The Singer

“l7i a choir or concert of voices he is commended that sings luell. Whether he sings the bass, or the mean or the treble, that is nothing so he singeth his part well; but he is despised and disallowed that sijigs amiss, whatever voice he tiseth. Even thus doth God approve, accept, and rezvard his people that serve and glorify hi7n 17t a7ty state, whether it be high or loiu, rich or poor €nii7ie7it or Yes, it is not our rank or estate, but the right using of our position which is the point to be thought of — the point by which we shall be judged at the last. If called in poverty to sing bass, blessed is he who sings so as to please the ear of God; he shall be fully as accepted as his neighbour who exalts his voice upon a higher key. So long as the music of his life was true to the score of duty no man will be censured because his notes were not so strong, or high, or many as those of another in the company. It is not the loftiness of our place, but the worthy occupying of it, which will bring acceptance to our work before the Lord.

O, my great Master and Teacher, help me to remember this, and let me be far more anxious to sing my part correctly than to sit in this seat or that, among the rich or the great.