Christian Humility

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 29, 1873

Christian Humility.

If the Lord saw fit to place you in a position most obscure, or to assign to you a service the most menial, not calculated to catch the eye or win the applause, but rather the oversight and the slight, of your fellows, it would be one of the sweetest tests of the reality of your love for Him. When Morrison, the Chinese missionary, the man of God who first gave the Bible to China in its vernacular, offered himself to the directors of the London Missionary Society, as a missionary to the heathen, his appearance was so uncultivated and unpromising, that, hesitating to accept him as a candidate, they inquired if he were willing to go simply as an assistant in one of the missionary schools. “Gentlemen,” was young Morrison’s noble reply, “while the temple of Christ is building, I am willing to be a hewer of wood or a drawer of water.” In a moment, they decided that a man who so loved his Saviour, who was willing to undertake any service for Christ, was the fittest for the higher office of missionary to the heathen. They accepted him as such, and the result proved they were not mistaken in their judgment. If you love Christ, you will be willing to undertake any service your Lord and Master may appoint you. Love will make drudgery for Jesus pleasant and welcome.—Advocate and Guardian.