The world canonizes |push.| It eulogizes the |man of push.| It loves to see a man elbowing his way through the jostling crowd, and gaining for himself a |chief seat| at life's feast. He is proclaimed a |successful| man, and he rises in |the chief seat,| and amid loud hurrahs he responds to the toast of his health.

Yes, |push| is the word of the world, but |pull| is the word of the Lord, and between the two there is the difference of darkness and light. |Push| is selfish and exclusive: |pull| is inclusive and neighbourly. |Push| takes as its motto, |The weakest to the wall!| |Pull| takes as its motto, |Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.|

The final verdict upon life will be founded, not upon our own success in gaining a chief seat, but upon our success in encouraging the faint and the weakling, and in |helping lame dogs over stiles.|

My gracious Lord, help me to put on |a heart of compassion| that by neighbourly feeling and ministry I may lead my fellows to the choice places of life's feast.