CHAPTER XII.
THE BLESSING OF FAITHFULNESS.
"It must be done by both; God never without me, I never without God." -- JOHANNES SCHEFFLER.
"Faithful servant" will be the commendation on the judgment-day of those who have lived well on the earth.

Not great deeds will be commended, but faithfulness.

The smallest ministries will rank with the most conspicuous, if they are all that the weak hands could do.
Indeed, the widow's two mites were more in value than the rich men's large coins.
"Two mites, two drops, but all her house and land Fell from an earnest heart but trembling hand; The others' wanton wealth foamed high and brave; The others cast away, she only gave." Yet faithfulness as a measure of requirement is not something that can be reached without effort.

It does not furnish a pillow for indolence.
It is not a letting down of obligation to a low standard, to make life easy.

It is indeed a lofty measurement.