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Show ivo. y. "I APPEAR TO BE USELESS." BY BEV. JAMES SMITH, CHELTENHAM. MANY good people live to very little purpose. They do very little good ; and when they die, Very few miss them. They are aware of t h i s; but they are not properly • affected with it, or influenced by i t ; for if they were, they would soon eoniinenco a new course. It was but the ether day th%t a believer, in conversation, said, '-'WELL, I APPEAR TO BI<; USELESS." And there was too much truth in this. He had light, but he did not let it shine. He had Salt, but he did not try to season others with it. He was living too much to himself, looking pretty much on his own things, and not on the things of others. I will suppose that, for a few moments, I aia speaking to such an one. I hear him confess, ' ' I AM USELESS." Then. I say, it is your own fault, for you need not be useles?. Fo matter what, station you fill,, in what place you dwell, or how small your"talents may be, you need not be useless." There is work that you can do. There are soulsthat you may benefit. There is good seed,,and you may sow it. There is good news, and you may spread it. Yes, you may tell to sinners round what a dear Savior you have found. You may speak of Jesus, and for Jesus, and speak with effect, too. When a laboring man is out of employment, he goes from place to place, and inquires in every direction for a situation, nor does he rest until he obtaina one ; and why? Because he really wishes to be employed. And if he can not get what he wishes, he will, for a time at least, take what he can get. Just so; if you really wish to be employed |
