ew think about him at all,
and if his name is mentioned it is not with love and esteem. How empty
and short lived are the glory and the pride of this world! If we are
wise, we will live for God and eternity; we will get outside of
ourselves, and will care nothing for the honor and glory of this
world. In Proverbs we read: "He that winneth souls is wise." If any
man, woman, or child by a Godly life and example can win one soul to
God, their life will not have been a failure. They will have outshone
all the mighty men of their day, because they will have set a stream
in motion that will flow on and on forever and ever.

God has left us down here to shine. We are not here to buy and sell
and get gain, to accumulate wealth, to acquire worldly position. This
earth, if we are Christians, is not our home; it is up yonder. God has
sent us into the world to shine for Him--to light up this dark world.
Christ came to be the Light of the world, but men put out that light.
They took it to Calvary, and blew it out. Before Christ went up on
high, He said to His disciples: "Ye are the light of the world. Ye are
my witnesses. Go forth and carry the Gospel to the perishing nations
of the earth."

So God has called us to shine, just as much as Daniel was sent into
Babylon to shine. Let no man or woman say that they cannot shine
because they have not so much influence as some others may have. What
God wants you to do is to use the influence you have. Daniel probably
did not have much influence down in Babylon at first, but God soon
gave him more, because he was faithful and used what he had.

Remember a small light will do a good deal when it is in a very dark
place. Put one little tallow candle in the middle of a large hall, and
it will give a good deal of light.

Away out in the prairie regions, when meetings are held at night in
the log schoolhouses, the announcement of the meeting is given out in
this way:

"A meeting will be held by early candlelight."

The first man who comes brings a tallowdip with him. It is perhaps all
he has; but he brings it, and sets it on the desk. It does not light
the building much; but it is better than nothing at all. The next man
brings his candle; and the next family bring theirs. By the time the
house is full, there is plenty of light. So if we all shine a little,
there will be a good deal of light. That is what God wants us to do.
If we cannot all be lighthouses, any one of us can at any rate be