Let Me Share in the Work.
By R. F. Cottrell
THE LORD, as I verily believe, is doing a great and infinitely important work in the earth. By the last merciful warning he is drawing a line between the righteous and the wicked, between those, whatever be their profession, that serve God and those who serve him not. And it is my heart's desire and prayer to God that I may have some humble part in his work. For this I pray, and for this I labor; and I believe my prayer will be heard, and my labor will not be in vain. No greater honor can one attain than to be a humble servant of the Lord, have his approving smiles, and be owned of him as a helper in his work. This honor all may have who will seek it by yielding themselves to God to do his will in all things. Those, and those only, who make a covenant with God by sacrifice, can share in this glorious work and in the special honors that will soon be conferred on those that have fully overcome and endured to the end. I seek no higher honor, but I feel that I must have a part in the work of the Lord. And since it is possible to all, I hope in the mercy of God to be accepted of him. We sing:— "Oh, give me a part in thy kingdom." And I would as earnestly pray for a part in the labor and the crosses and struggles that lie between us and the kingdom. Brethren, pray for me. And let us "Toil on till the sheaves of the Lord are bound,
And joyfully borne from the harvest ground."
R. F. COTTRELL.