“Let me today do something that shall take
A little sadness from the world’s vast store,
And may I be so favoured as to make
Of joy’s too scanty sum a little more.
“Let me not hurt, by any selfish deed
Or thoughtless word, the heart of foe or friend,
Nor would I pass, unseeing, worthy need,
Or sin by silence where I should defend.
“However meagre is my worldly wealth,
Let me give something that shall aid my kind,
A word of courage or a thought of health,
Dropped as I pass fro troubled hearts to find.”
We are each other’s keeper in a more serious sense than we think. When a new friend is given to us we come under very sacred obligation to do him good, not evil, to guard his interests, to seek to be a blessing to him in every way. St. Paul said his aim was to present every man perfect in Christ. He was looking on to the end of his ministry. He saw in every person he met or knew one for whom he must give account, whom he must bring to Christ at last in spotless beauty. Every Christian must likewise present spotless and perfect before Christ those who are committed to his keeping.
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