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Not the Sayer but the Doer

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 15, 1903

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 29, No. 15.

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Not the Sayer but the Doer

Not the Sayer but the Doer.—It matters not what great professions we may make, nor how much we may desire to do, if we make no effort ourselves. “The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing.” (See also Matt. 21:28-31.) The curses, not the promises, belong to the idler. “Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.” Judges 5:23. The divine injunction is, “Go labor in My vineyard.” And the plaudit that will greet the faithful laborer at the end will be, “Well done.”