There is no better place from which to see heaven than a carpenter’s bench, or a mason’s wall, or a merchant’s counter, if the heart be right. Elisha was plowing in the field when the prophetic mantle fell upon him. Matthew was engaged in his custom-house duties when he was commanded to “follow.” James and John were busily engaged in mending their nets when called to become fishers of men.
Had they been snoring in the sun, Christ would not have brought their indolence into the apostleship. Gideon was at work with a flail on a threshing floor when he saw the angel. It was when Saul was with fatigue hunting his father’s asses that he got the crown of Israel. There is no post like the post of duty.—TALMAGE