MINISTERING | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 19, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 32.

MINISTERING.

WHAT though your feet are often weary, On ceaseless errands sent, And tired shoulders ache, and ache so sorely, 'Neath heavy burdens bent?

Be patient, lest the souls whom you are serving Be soon beyond your care, Lest little wayward feet that you are guiding Slip past you unaware.

Ah, then no joy would seem so dear and blessed As spending months and years In ceaseless service for the vanished darlings, So vainly mourned with tears!

But while you have your dear ones still around you, Do not regret your care; Far easier aching feet and arms and shoulders Than aching hearts to bear.

And still beyond your household duties reaching, Stretch forth a helping hand; So many stand in need of loving comfort All over this wide land. —Congregational Magazine.