Little Crosses

Christ comes to us morning by morning, to present to us for the day then opening, divers little crosses, the thwarting of our own will, interference with our own plans, disappointment of our own pleasures. Do we kiss them, and take them up, and follow in his footsteps, like Simon, the Cyrenian? Or do we toss them from us scornfully because they are so little, and wait for a great affliction to prove our patience and our resignation to his will? Ah! how might we accommodate to the small matters of religion, generally those words of the Lord respecting the children, ''Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones." Despise not little sins, they have ruined many a soul. Despise not little duties, they have been to many a saved man an excellent discipline of humanity.