Faithfulness in Present Labor
To FAIL, through weariness and discontent, in the narrow and despised field of present labor, is a prophecy of disastrous failure if ever the opportunity comes to enter that larger, longed-for field, which haunts the imagination of every incompetent worker. How can the strength and the ability which have shown themselves unequal to the lesser task, prove equal to the larger? The words of Holy Writ spoken centuries ago by one who was tried and who was not found lacking, bear an impressive warning for every weak seeker after a larger career: "If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?"—S. S. Times.