. For the best things. of i^ijs ^ignjj glory in our hearts and lives—the glory oflove, of gentleness, of truth, of patience, ofthoughtfulness, of kindness, of forbearance,of humility, of helpfulness. Then the gloryof our life will be manifested, not in anoccasional flash of surpassing heroism, self-denial, generosity, effort, or sacrifice, but ina daily life of unbroken goodness, faithful-ness and holiness. [101] Ci^rtjSt in ^ux tUvv J^a^js [103] We must buy and sell in the markets^ we must earn our daily just in the doing of these usual acts, may the soul be helped and is not
. For the best things. of i^ijs ^ignjj glory in our hearts and lives—the glory oflove, of gentleness, of truth, of patience, ofthoughtfulness, of kindness, of forbearance,of humility, of helpfulness. Then the gloryof our life will be manifested, not in anoccasional flash of surpassing heroism, self-denial, generosity, effort, or sacrifice, but ina daily life of unbroken goodness, faithful-ness and holiness. [101] Ci^rtjSt in ^ux tUvv J^a^js [103] We must buy and sell in the markets^ we must earn our daily just in the doing of these usual acts, may the soul be helped and is not by keeping the day^s work and the days prayer separate so,But by mixing the prayer with the labor that the soul is taught to grow. ^ For sweeping a room by Gods law, is a service he deigns to mending a kettle worthily, is working for him no lessThan steering steady the ship of state, or wielding the sword in war,Or lifting the soul of man by songs to the heights where the angels are. [ 104 ] CHAPTER EIGHT. NE of the later Old Testa-ment prophets predicts acoming golden age whenthe bells of the horsesshall be as sacred as thegarments of the highpriest, and the common cooking utensils inthe people^s homes as holy as the vessels ofthe temple. St. Paul teaches this lesson whenhe says, Whatsoever ye do, in word or indeed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus.*This covers all our acts and all our words. Itapplies to our Bible-reading, but not less toour other reading. We must read our morn-ing newspaper, our Tennyson, our schooltext-books, in the name of the Lord, so as tohonor him and to get knowledge that will addto the beauty and the strength of our are to pray in the name of the LordJesus, but we are also to go to our busi-[ 105 ] ness in the same blessed name. We regardthe Lords house as holy^ and say thatwe should do nothing in it but that whichis reverent, which yields honor and praiseto God. True; but the house we live in issacred also, and nothing ever s
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