It is not a mean aspiration. Every noble spirit desires to be better and greater than it is, and God gives to each of you a great and precious work to do.
You have a Saviour to serve and glorify, and heaven to win, which is indeed our great life-work here.
The Lord Jesus, having bought our redemption by His own blood on the cross, has set up His kingdom in the world, and says to you and to every one, "Son, give Me thy heart."
And there is but one true purpose to make before every other purpose in life: "As for me, I will serve the Lord." If by true repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ you give yourself to Him, the noblest life is before you. This work will bless all other work. This path will make all other paths safe. No matter what your situation in this world may be, high or low, rich or poor, your Master is most honoured by godliness and humility, and they are out of place nowhere.
The world is so poor that it can give its honours to but a few. God, in His infinite richness, offers heaven to us all; and by the gift of His Holy Spirit, for which we must ever pray, a life of piety is within the reach even of a little child.
The steady trust and singleness of purpose which have so delighted you in the lives of the Stephensons, may you have, my children, in the service of your blessed Lord, who will make you victorious over every hindrance, and bring you safe to His sweet presence in heaven at last.
There you will find your name written in the Lamb's Book of Life, never, never to perish.
