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In one of the campaigns in India, during the great insurrection, the English army was shut in Lucknow, besieged, almost at the point of starvation. Hope was wellnigh dead in their breasts. They had looked long for rescue, but none came. One day a Scotch lassie thought she heard the shrill sound of the bagpipe afar off. Then others heard it. It came nearer and nearer. Then the music of a full military band was heard; and soon, from out the forest that long besieged garrison saw the relief army advancing with banners and spears. The siege was broken and the besieged garrison was delivered.
So it will be with those who God calls to stand and wait in his service. They are shut in, besieged, weary, disheartened. Sometimes despair wellnigh breaks down their hope. They are ready to give up. I say to such people, never give up. There is plenty of blue sky behind the clouds. “Having done all, stand!” God’s hours are long; he works for eternity, “in whose wide sweeps there is a space enough for al crooked paths to grow straight, and for the slowest harvest to ripen.” Wait for God. Stand where he has placed you. It is yours to serve, if not by grand achievements, and sublime activities, yet by fidelity in standing for God.