Certainly, this creates unity in the Church of God. If we all had a work
of our own, and were shut up to do it, we should not know one another;
but now I cannot do my work without your help, my dear friends, and, in
some respects, you cannot do your work without my help. We are
members one of another, and one helps the other. I hope that I shall
never have to do without you. God bless you for all your efficient help! In
many Christian works you will have to do without me, one of these days;
but that will not matter. There will be somebody who will carry one the
work of the Lord; and so long as the work goes on, what matter who does
it? God buries the workman, but the devil himself cannot bury the work.
The work is everlasting, though the workmen die. We pass away, as star
by star grows dim; but the eternal light is never-fading. God shall have
the victory. His Son shall come in his glory. His Spirit shall be poured
out among the people; and though it be neither this man, nor that, nor
the other, God will find the man to the world’s end who will carry on his
cause, and give him the glory.
This leaves a place for those who come after. On thing David said to
Solomon I like very much, “Thou mayest add thereto.” I have quoted that
sometimes when the collection has been rather small. I have said to each
of our friends who were counting the money, “Thou mayest add thereto.”
It is not all a bad text for a collection-sermon; but it may also be used in
many other ways.
Here are certain preachers of the gospel. Cannot I put my hand on some
young man’s shoulder, and say to him, “Thou mayest add thereto; thou
hast a good voice; thou hast an active brain; begin to speak for God;
there are numbers of godly men in the gospel ministry; if thou art called
of God, thou mayest add thereto”? We have a good Sunday-school,
though some of you have never seen it. We have a number of loving and
earnest teachers; “thou mayest add thereto.” Go thou, and teach likewise;
or engage in some other work for which the Lord has qualified you.
I wonder whether there is an unconverted man here this evening, or
unconverted woman, whom God has ordained to bless, and to whom he
will speak to-night, some stranger whom he will bring in by his almighty
grace, some servant of the devil who shall to-night be made a servant of
Christ. My Master has a large number of servants; “thou mayest add
thereto.” If thou wilt yield thyself to Christ, thou mayest come, and help
God’s people. We want recruits; we are always wanting them. May God
lead some, who have been on the side of sin and self, to come out, and
say, “Set my name down amongst God’s people. By the grace of God, I
am going to be on Christ’s side, and help to build his temple.” Come
along, my brother; come along, my sister; we are glad of your help. The
work is not all done yet; you are not too late to fight the Lord’s battles,
nor to win the crown of the victors. The Lord has a large army of the
soldiers of the cross; and “thou mayest add thereto.” God save thee!
Christ bless thee! The Spirit inspire thee! May it be so with very many,
for Christ’s sake! Amen.
“This article originally appeared here at Bible Bulletin Board.”
