There is a story of a young minister who had just come to be pastor in
a town, and he called on Hiram Golf, the shoemaker.
“Well, Hiram,” said the minister, “I have come to talk with you
about the things of God, and I am very glad a man can be in a
humble occupation and yet be a godly man.” The shoemaker said,
“Don’t call this occupation humble.” The minister thought he
had made a mistake, and he said, “Excuse me, I didn’t mean to
reflect on what you do for a living.” The man replied, “You
didn’t hurt me, but I was afraid you might have hurt the Lord
Jesus Christ. I believe the making of that shoe is just as holy
a thing as your making a sermon. I believe that when I come to
stand before the throne of God, He is going to say, ‘What kind
of shoes did you make down on earth?’ And He might pick out
this very pair, in order to let me look at them in the blazing
light of the great white throne; and He is going to say to you,
‘What kind of sermons did you make?’ and you will have to show
Him one of your sermons. Now, if I made better shoes than you
made sermons, I will have a better place in the kingdom of God.”
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=Work, Quiet, Successful=--See VALUE OF ONE MAN.