Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-05

obligation, and stand almost helpless
lefore it, but how great is our relief
and comfort when we find that great
things are not required of weahlings.
INTO the Savior in the little home in
bethany, that he said to her, thai
wherever this gospel shall be preach
cd, it shall be told as a memorial Of
her that she did what she could. Any
oI Us can do as much. | am so glad
that great things are not expected of
all of us, and that it Will only be re-
CURED that we do what we can. May
| mention briefly just a few points
Of service that every one Of us may
give the Master. The first that occurs
to me is that quiet simple service, so
modest as not be conscious of itself.
so reserved as not to vaunt itself, or
to wish publicity, and yet, SO potent
as to be the NEAR of bringing many
souls to Christ. 1t is the service rem
dered by the influence Of a beautiful
Christian character. Does our influ-
enca bear testimony for the Savior?
Are we in Il every day lives living
epistles of God, read and known of
men, this is indeed a service that the
humblest of is may render. Then
there is another service which is the
very core Of true religion and a serv-
ice that every child Of God may give.
the service of sympathy. Not only
are We to rejoice with those that do
rejoice, but We are to extend our
tenderest sympathy to those into
whose lives the shadows fall, those
who less fortunate than ourselves
are down and out. The service Of
sympathy would be only a half ser4-
ice-a hollow mockery were it not
accompanied by its counterpart, that
IF the service of h%elpfulness. The
Samaritan, that model MAJ OF
Christ, that one of Whom Christ said:
We a like unto him." did not pass
the sick nan by the wayside with a
mere shake of the hand and an eX-
preston of sorrow for his sad plight.
but he lifted him up, placed him upon
his own horse, took him to an inn
and provided for him. This is true
Christian sympathy. 1t manifests it
self in courtesy, love, kindness to-
ard the unfortunate. The last serv-
ice that | shall mention as done in
dividually, is that service that We
render Christ in the cheerful per-
formances of the every day duties of
life. The service of cheerfulness
teaches us to greet the morning with
gladness, to pass the day with patti
ence and to retire at night with
thankfulness. 1t teaches us to be
seeing the bright side of
things and imparting our cheerful
ness to those around us. If We but
stop to count the blessings that pour
into every day of our lives, We a
but carry hearts overlooking with love
and gratitude, and the little worries
and perplexities of which every wom-
ans life is so full, Danish before the
1t keeps us young in
our hearts and in our faces as we'll:
but whence cometh this service and
how may We be able to render it
aoceptably? 1t comes only from
hearts aglow from love of Christ. Cold
hearts may formulate plans and give
Of their substance, but the real CIV
of ones self to service, the work
81 visiting the sick, and the afflicted.
the poor, the prisoner m from
he love CT God in the heart. The
OF our love is the measure
Of our service. -
But thus far, | have spoken only of
individually, and it is my de-
-;ra tp remind Won Of fbe imnortancp