“WHY STAND YE HERE ALL THE DAY IDLE?”
By N. L. Courter
Are there not many of us alone simply because we are idle? Christ says, “Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in Heaven.” Little do we know what good may be accomplished by a single effort in the right direction. We no doubt feel lonesome and well-nigh discouraged at times. Very often we think if there could only be a course of lectures where we live, much good would be done. Now we should live in such a way that all true Christians will want to investigate our faith. Perhaps it might encourage others to know what success I met with in reading Nos. 3 and 4 of the present volume of the REVIEW to my neighbors, and comparing with the Bible. It resulted as follows: One brother, fifty-four years of age, who has belonged to the Baptist church thirty-five years, has been keeping the two last Sabbaths with me. His mother, over eighty years of age, who has been a member of the Methodist church sixty years, kept the last Sabbath. His daughter has also promised to keep the Sabbath with her father. We will do what we can to get others to keep the Sabbath, and look to God for assistance. Pray for us, that our feeble efforts may result in some good; and may God help us to see our own faults and overcome them. N. L. COURTER.