Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-07
LITTLE
rhe Serviceableness of Just Every
Day Living and the Common
Duty of Every Hour.

Faithful in the least is Gods order.
The most ~seryiceable thing, after all,
and about which we should concern
ourselves the most, is just everyday
living, the common duty of every hour.
The round of service in this lowly, I'M
eventful life of ours for every day is
going to make the warp n wool OF
eternity. Sometimes we clamor like
the child who was repeating the Lords
Prayer, clause by clause, after her
mother, and when the mother said:
olive us this day our daily bread, y
the child cried: mo, no; me want
cake" So we are not always willing
to take the ann u Heavenly Fa-
Their provides. but long for the flesh
pots of Egypt. We should remember
that the way up is usually to go
down in gentleness and humility.
There are submerged lives with strong
Inducements of being hidden beneath
the surface, and, after all, says Rev.
A. G. WEIGH, in Character Photog-
raphy," it is this quiet influence that
is moving the world of thought. Much
that is gorgeous and grand and ele-
giant is only ephemeral. 1t fades out,
but the real abides. Truth makes 81
lent progress, like the wafer that
trickles behind the rocks and loosens
them, so that some day there is a
mountain slide, and a single hour lays
the work Of years.
Howmuch of life's work has been done
under disadvantages by men and wom-
en- who were hampered in the struggle!
Sometimes the highest inspiration is
that of necessity, "the must power"
The very d~esperateness of our condi-
ton is the best spur to heroic en-
deavor. The pressure of circumstances
is so energetic and critical that sur
passing effort must be made. Divine
revelation lays great stress on little
things. More value is given 10 quail
ity than to quantity. The question 10
not "How much?" but "How?" We
often shrink from the ordinary duties
of life, and we say: GIVE me some
thing great" Pride rebels, and we
say: why make me sweep and dust?"
Yet out of these come the larger du-
ties, and from these spring the finished
results. The beautiful butterfly is de-
veloped from the chrysalis of the
worm that crawls. A rude cradle
often rocks a noble and lordly life. 1t
needs, like the diamond, only to be
smoothed and polished. to CLEAN and
glow with a marvellous beauty. We
think of the lowly life of the Nazarene,
of the life of retirement at Nazareth.
Nazareth lay among the hills of
Judea. 1t was reached by a narrow,
steep and rough mountain pathway
over which the villagers brought their
harvests from the plains below. Their
streets were narrow and dirty. their
people were rude and coarse, and their
morality doubtful. Yet there Christ
lived and toiled for 80 years. He
climbed its mountain path, and drank
at its springs and fountains There,
as a boy. He played and wandered
about. He was a peasants son. His
parents were plain, ordinary, humble
Jewish folks. without either rank or
wealth. Joseph was a Galilean arti-
san, and He was "the carpenters SON.
He labored for His daily bread at a
workbench. and thus sanctiied toll,
and made it ever blessed. He was
trained in the lowly life for His great
responsibilities, that He might be an
example to others.
What is the meaning of my daily life,
Its drudgery. its endless, petty strife?
o deadly certainty of common things!
o hours with heavy, tagging wings!
DO Thou. o Carpenter of Galilee.
Teach me Thy secret; let me learn Of
Thee;
Send visions of those days when Thou
didst share
The lot of working man, his trials bear.
Help me to feel that Thou dost work
with me
In earthly tasks, in heavenly / with Thee
And vet, dear Lord, with Thee is always
| see my common lot hath blessed
leaven."