Recorded in God’s Book
By Butler
God harkens to hear, records, and remembers all that the righteous say. Every word of encouragement spoken to a weary fellow toiler, every word of quickening to diligence and activity in the Christian life, every kind, generous, loving word that has helped and cheered a struggling, tempted fellow soul, is heard, remembered, and recorded, and one day shall be disclosed again to the mutual, grateful joy of the helper and the helped. So, too, every good word spoken in season to him who owns no Saviour, who has no hope, who is without God and yet is journeying to an eternal world where trust and hope in a God and Saviour are the conditions of happy existence — every such word will be found on record, too; it will contribute to the lasting joy of its utterer and of him that has heeded it.—Butler.