A Narrow Place by William P. Finney

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 19, 1902

A Narrow Place

By William P. Finney

O soul that’s filled with discontent, Shouldst thou lament Because thy life in narrow bounds is pent?

The land was small where Jesus dwelt, Yet he ne’er felt That God with him had thus unwisely dealt.

But rather, in his narrow place, He set his face To do God’s will—and there redeemed the race!

So, soul, learn this: thou hast a part Just where thou art, Which, if thou’lt do, will surely bless some heart;

And not so much where thou dost dwell As whether well Thy work thou dost, at last thy fate will tell.

—The Rev. William P. Finney, in N. Y. Observer.