Fragment: Service for the Lord

"If jealous over my own heart, and counting it, in the Spirit, to be better to depart and be with Christ, I can still feel willing to abide while the Lord will vouchsafe any little service, in connection with the testimony He is rendering, or the Saints beloved of Him; and with unfeigned feeling I do count that there is many a servant around me, to whom a green old age, full of service, would be an honor. Humbling, doubtless, to be left to wander when natural energy and vigor is all gone; but blessed, if it be for the honor and service of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the comfort of His saints."