MINNIE G. was the only daughter of godly parents. She had early known the Lord Jesus as her Saviour, and she loved Him. Almost from infancy she would say to others, “Do you love Jesus?” All knew her as a happy little Christian.
Like many others, Minnie, one day, left the loving shelter of her home, to go forth into the world—a child of God—bearing bright testimony to His name.
One day, while living with a lady who employed her as cook, she was very unhappy. Her mistress, a seemingly religious lady, although void of the true love of Christ in her heart, practiced little deceptions. She seemed greatly annoyed to find her maid above such un-Christ-like actions, and did her best, we are sorry to say, to personally annoy her. It had been so on the day of which we speak. Minnie was cooking the dinner, and the tempter whispered, “Burn up the dinner, and get even with her. Your mistress will treat you better for it. You will show her you can take your own part.”
Minnie was angry and miserable and was almost on the point of yielding to Satan’s advice, when a voice within said, “Do all to the glory of God”.
Her eyes filled with tears, for these were her mother’s last words on her leaving the old home. She thanked God she had not yielded to temptation, and said to herself, “I’ll cook the dinner for the Lord Jesus; if He is my guest, I shall be sure to do it well”.
“Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily as to the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.”
ML 08/04/1912