Work for Christ, the Relief in Trouble – Charles Spurgeon

I RECOLLECT the story of a mother, who, when her little boy was playing in the room, was shedding many bitter tears for her widowhood. Her little boy, who seemed to know right well the source of the mother’s grief, came up to her, and putting his arms around her neck, said, “You have got me, mother,” and you cannot tell how it comforted her heart as she thought, “Yes, I have a solemn charge in you to train you up to know your father’s God, and to follow to the Heaven where your father is at rest.” The necessary care which she rendered to her little son helped to wipe away the tears which else might long have worn a furrow down her cheeks. There is nothing healthier for the sick, there is nothing more encouraging for the desponding, there is nothing more strengthening for the weak, there is nothing more soul-enriching for the poor in spirit, than for every Christian man among us to gird himself to do something for his Lord and Master.