. For the best things. st andhis gospel to all who know us and see us,week days as well as Sundays ? We are alwaysin the eye of the world. A moments ill tem-per, a bit of selfish living, an angry word, acareless act, an unseemly display of pride, ofgreed, of passion, of resentment, sharpnessin driving a bargain, a little impatience, aneglect of duty, the want of obligingnesstoward others, unlovingness shown even tow-ard the lowliest—there is nothing so trivialthat in it we may not either honor or dis-honor our Master. [42] Ci^e Eule of ptact [43] With eager heart and will on fireI fought to wi
. For the best things. st andhis gospel to all who know us and see us,week days as well as Sundays ? We are alwaysin the eye of the world. A moments ill tem-per, a bit of selfish living, an angry word, acareless act, an unseemly display of pride, ofgreed, of passion, of resentment, sharpnessin driving a bargain, a little impatience, aneglect of duty, the want of obligingnesstoward others, unlovingness shown even tow-ard the lowliest—there is nothing so trivialthat in it we may not either honor or dis-honor our Master. [42] Ci^e Eule of ptact [43] With eager heart and will on fireI fought to win my great desire;^ Peace shall he mine,^ I said^ hut lifeGrew hitter in the endless strife. My soul was weary, and my prideWas wounded deep; to heaven I cried,^God grant me peace or I must die^;The dumh stars glittered no reply. Broken at last, I howed my head,Forgetting all myself, and said,^^ Whatever comes, His will he done,^And in that moment peace was won. —Henry van Dyke. [44] CHAPTER FOUR Ci^e Eule of ptact. EACE is one of the mostsuggestive words in theBible. It appears in veryancient promises as therichest and ripest fruit oftrust in God. It is found inthe angePs announcement of the birth of theSaviour as one of the blessings of his com-ing. It is the bequest of the Master to hisdisciples at his leaving them. It runs throughthe Epistles as the greatest of the blessingsof redemption, peace with Grod, the peace ofGod. St. Paul exhorts us to let peace rule inour hearts. A marginal reading suggestsanother rendering— Let the peace of Christarbitrate in your hearts. It is to sit on thethrone and have undisputed sway in our , in the circumstances of any day, thingsarise which naturally would trouble us, break[45] into the calm and composure of our hearts,peace is to sit as arbiter, settling all conflictsof feeling and bringing all strifes and differ-ences to quiet are exhorted to let this peace rule. So wecan hinder its ruling if we will. It cann
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