January 10

Thank God that when a man does a bit of service, however little it may be, of that too he can never trace the consequences. Thank God for that which in some better moment, in some nobler inspiration, you did ten years ago to make your brother's faith a little more strong. To establish the purity of a soul instead of staining it and shaking it, thank God, in this quick, electric atmosphere in which we live, that, too, runs forth. Do not say in your terror, "I will do nothing." You must do something. Only let Christ tell you—let Christ tell you that there is nothing that a man rests upon in the moment, that he thinks of, as he looks back upon it when it has sunk into the past, with any satisfaction,

except some service to his fellow-men, some strengthening and helping of a human soul.