ATTENTIVE TO DUTY

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 31, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 44.

ATTENTIVE TO DUTY.

"Are you not afraid to live here?" said a visitor to a lighthouse keeper. "It is a dreadful place to be constantly in."

"No," replied the man, "I am not afraid; we never think of ourselves here."

"Never think of yourselves! How so?"

"We know that we are perfectly safe, and only think of having our lamps brightly burning, and keeping their reflectors clear, so that those in danger may be saved."

That is what Christians ought to do. They are safe in a house built on a rock which can not be moved by the wildest storm; and, in a spirit of holy unselfishness, they should let their light gleam across the dark waters of sin, that they who are imperiled may be guided into the harbor of eternal safety.—Selected.