Engaged by the Day

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 8, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 18.

Engaged by the Day.

A KING had in his garden a yawning pit of great magnitude. One day he hired a number of workmen to fill it up. Some went to the sides of the pit, and as they saw its depth they exclaimed: "How is it possible to fill it?" And they gave up the work in despair. But the others said: "What matters it how deep it is! We are engaged by the day and are happy to have something to do. Let us be faithful in our duty, and we will fill the pit as soon as we possibly can." Let no man say, "How immeasurable is the divine law, it is deeper than the sea, how many statutes to perform, how can we carry them out?" God says to man, "Thou art engaged by the day, do the work which thou canst, and think of naught else."