God’s Will Better Than Arithmetic.
“GREATEST good to the greatest number” has a plausible sound to it; but it is never a safe guide to duty-doing. One who bases his work on that principle is likely to spread himself so thin that neither a great number nor a small will get much good from his efforts. Christ’s rule was to give Himself chiefly to serving one at a time. He suggested that “he that is least among you all, the same is great;” and He announced the awarding of eternal life to those who have ministered “unto one of these My brethren, even these least.” Nowhere6does the Bible even hint at great numbers as a test in determining one’s duty. The only test a man need consider is: “Is this God’s will for me?” God may call him to serve a great multitude; but when God does, He will make the duty plain by other reasons than merely the count of heads. And those who serve great numbers effectively do so by virtue of concentrating their efforts chiefly on one at a time; for the one-at-a-time method is the secret of the greatest good to the greatest number. — Sunday School Times.