OUR BUSINESS by James Culross

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 21, 1888

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 14, No. 49.

OUR BUSINESS.

By James Culross

OUR business is not to talk about shining, not to have theories about the way of doing it—but by our good works to shine, and so to bear testimony to the Lord. This simple thought meets a thousand difficulties.

"I am very poor; my candle-stick is tin instead of silver; if I were richer I should be of more use." Let your light shine.

"I am feeble in health; half my time is passed within a sick-room; my candle-stick is a broken one." Let your light shine, even if there is no more candle-stick than to hold the candle from falling over.

"I am very much out of the way, in a very obscure corner, far off from the general eye and observation; I wish I were in a better position." Let your light shine.

The Lord knows why he has placed you where you are; be sure he has a purpose worthy of being accomplished.—Rev. James Culross, D. D.