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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Nov 10, 1904

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 45.

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Little Things

By Elizabeth Willard Dennison

My life is full of little things, A little care, a little task, A little walking in the dark— No great thing does the Master ask.
I long to do some noble thing, To show how great my love may be; But only little daily tasks Does the dear Lord require of me.
A little yielding of my will, A little while to patient wait; Sometimes my life so little seems I sigh and murmur at my fate.
Yet once—’twas in the twilight hour— He whom I love said tenderly: “There is no task in all thy day But may be done for love of me.”
“I see each effort thou dost make, And trivial though the day may be, Each one that’s spent for Christ’s dear sake Will bring thee one step nearer me.”
A little life of faith and prayer, And love and joy, mid daily care, Ready to help and brave to bear— Yet these are needed everywhere.
—Elizabeth Willard Dennison.