Love and Service by George MacDonald

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 19, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 15.

Love and Service

By George MacDonald

If in thy life on earth, In the chamber, or by the hearth, 'Mid the crowded city's tide, Or high on the lone hillside, Thou canst cause a thought of peace, Or an aching thought to cease, Or a gleam of joy to burst On a soul in sadness nursed; Spare not thy hand, my child, Tho the gladdened should never know The well-spring amid the wild Whence the waters of blessing flow. Find thy reward in the thing Which thou hast been blest to do; Let the joy of others cause joy to spring Up in thy bosom too. And if the love of a grateful heart As a rich reward be given, Lift thou the love of a grateful heart To the God of love in heaven. GEORGE MACDONALD.