1 Chronicles 28:21

"Handfuls of Purpose,"

For All Gleaners

".... the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment." 1 Chronicles 28:21 .

This is the way to mingle the classes and the masses. The only equalisation of human society possible or desirable is an equalisation wrought out by holy service community of effort, united and consolidated sympathy, on behalf of the poor, the helpless, and the outcast. The service was so great that the prince was as the peasant, and the peasant was as the prince. In the glory of the mid-day sun all lights of our kindling seem to be equal, because the glory of the sun rules all and excels all: so in the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ all his servants seem to be equal; the wise man is not vain of his wisdom, the strong man makes no account of his strength, the weak man is not ashamed of his weakness; all are inspired and dominated by a common exaltation of feeling. When our spiritual zeal declines we begin to make invidious comparisons; we speak of great men and little men, leaders and followers: there is a sense in which this distinction will ever hold good, until, under the influence of the purest inspiration, all these differences will be but a variety of unity, and these distinctions themselves will be cited as a proof of the oneness of the Christian Church. The stars are many, but the heavens are one; the flowers are innumerable, but they are all warmed and fostered by one common sun. Let each do what he can; the first may be last, and the last may be first. When we are in a right mood of mind we shall be characterised by obedience, we shall know the voice of the leader and respond to it, we shall know the commandment of God, and never hesitate to carry it out. Princes and people were at liberty to reject the mere inventions either of David or of Solomon, but when David or Solomon became the obvious medium of divine communication the people looked at the message and not at the medium.