What Service Does

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 14, 1911

What Service Does

A boy has come to his pastor to tell him of his doubts. The pastor listens to them, and his own heart beats with the tenderest pity for the lad.

“It is a most serious hour for you, my lad,” the pastor says; “will you do me a favor this afternoon?”

“I will with pleasure; tell me at once what you would have me do.”

“Go for a visit this afternoon to the old blind man,” whose name he gives, “and read to him several chapters from the Word of God.”

The lad turns pale. How can he do it? What will he read? The pastor tells him what to read, and asks that again at seven that day he join him in the study, and tell how his visit went. The day goes by. At seven the pastor is eagerly waiting in his study for the lad. The lad is at the door. There are tears upon his face. He is alternately sobbing and laughing like a little child. What does it mean? His words explain:

“Say not a word about my giving up the church — about my doubts and fears. When I read to the old blind man, he became so happy that he shouted for joy, and I think I shouted, too. O pastor, I have learned my lesson! Henceforth I will be busy for my Lord.”—The Brooklyn Eagle.