A LESSON IN ART by J. R. Miller, D.D.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 2, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 34.

A LESSON IN ART.

By J. R. Miller, D.D.

THERE is a legend of an artist who sought for a piece of sandalwood out of which to carve a Madonna. At last he was about to give up in despair, leaving the vision of his life unrealized, when in a dream he was bidden to shape the figure from a block of oak wood, which was destined for the fire. Obeying the command, he produced from a log of common firewood a masterpiece.

In like manner people wait for great and brilliant opportunities for doing the good things of which they dream, while through all the plain, common days the very opportunities they require for such deeds lie close to them, in the simplest and most familiar passing events, and in the homeliest circumstances.—J. R. Miller, D.D.