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Be True to God

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 17, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 7.

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Be True to God

Be True to God.—Seek to know His will; plead for His Spirit; keep the conscience clean and tender by confession of sin and faithful doing of duty; be charitable toward others, and then go forward, regardless of what others may say and do. If others do not appreciate your efforts, never mind; go forward still; God knows, and His approval is more than all the world can bestow. Mabel Adams Ayer sings:—
"In working let us give with noblest grace The best we have, without a thought of gain, Else to our hearts there comes the saddest pain, That all we've done for others has no place In Life's reward; yet we should strive to face This thought, nor hope for prize, nor yet complain Because no recognition comes we fain Would have; and O, believe, if we embrace With tireless grasp all good that comes our way, Our souls expand like beauteous opening flower, And One who knows and loves, will some day give What never could be had from Fortune's dower,— That inner something which is more than praise, And transforms work to beauty while we live."
It is better to walk by faith alone with God in the dark than with the multitude by sight. His "well done," spoken so low that only the heart can hear, is more than the plaudits of the multitude.