IN HIS HANDS by Edison Driver

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 13, 1903

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 29, No. 19.

IN HIS HANDS.

By Edison Driver

“It must be done!”

I was watching the goldsmith fashion a beautiful bangle. Various manipulations were necessary, but at last it seemed to me that the splendid work was finished. But lo! the artisan put the tiny shining bit into the flame and burned it black.

“Why destroy its splendid luster,” I exclaimed, disappointed.

“Wait,” he said, as he held the bit against the polishing wheel. As by magic the dull black disappeared, and the rosy luster of the metal flashed in his fingers, rich, without a scratch, more perfect a dozen times than it had been before.

“You can’t tell,” said the workman at last, “you never can tell about the unfinished job in the workman’s hands. Wait. Leave it to him, and don’t worry.”

Only the Maker, He who sees the end of all from the first, knows the result of human life—your human life and mine. His thoughts concerning us are thoughts of improvement, progress

and attainment. If we are in His hands His thoughts will be carried out. If we are not in His hands it is high time to get there.

EDISON DRIVER.