Everyman’s Hut

Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 95, 24 October 1941, Page 8

Everyman’s Hut

Just where you stand in the conflict, There is your place.

Just where you think you are useless, Hide not your face.

God placed you there for a purpose, Whate’er it be;

Think He has chosen you for it; Work loyally.

Gird on your armour! Be faithful At toil or rest!

Whate’er it be, never doubting God’s way is best.

Out in the fight or on picket, Stand firm and true; ‘ ,

This is the work which your Master Gives you to do.

One has well said that “A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in a little thing is a great thing.” The

“Well done, good and faithful servant” is given, not because of the magnitude of the service performed, but for the degree of faithfulness shown in the performance.

The battles being fought in this war have shown that victory cannot be won without organisation — from the greatest to the smallest detail. Each one has his part to do, however remote it may be from the actual scene of battle. Munitions, supplies, transport, communications, all co-or-dinated and working together for the one final victory under the direction of one controlling hand.

And, so it is in the spiritual warfare that is being waged continually between good and evil. Victory over evil cannot be gained by mere passive resistance. It must be met and overcome by active offensives. It is not enough merely to pray to God that evil be overcome. We must put on the “whole armour of God” and actively resist the evil. “Resist the devil” says the apostle, “and he will flee from you.” And in order to fight effectively—in order to gain the victory—there must be organisation. We cannot all be leaders, we may not all be given great and spectacular deeds to do, but we all can, and we all must, be obedient to God’s commands to serve gladly under His control and direction, and above all, each one must do faithfully and to the best of his ability, whatsoever his hands finds to do. Only . thus can the victory be gained. One little leak in the bank and soon the flood is pouring through. One little task left undone, or not done faithfully, makes a gap through which the enemy can penetrate the ranks and cause confusion and perhaps defeat.)

Let us see to it that not through us is the enemy given any advantage over us.

The latest Chinese sign story is the one about the theatre marquee in Canton, China, announcing the arrival of a vaudeville troupe. It said:

“Amazing! Colossal! Terrific! Each act is better than the next!”