. When the song begins. Keller should shame all such yielding to thesmall inconveniences and obstacles that besetyoung people in ordinary conditions. Theyshould regard their limitations and hindrancesas only impertinences, to be bravely set asideby undismayed and unconquerable energy, or,rather, as barriers set not to obstruct the waybut to nerve and stimulate them to heroic en-deavor before which all obstacles will vanish* [195] (Bet leafce to WotH [197] A little corner for my Lord, to till,A little chalice for my Lord, to fill,Some blessedness to know, of labor done,Some quiet resting at the
. When the song begins. Keller should shame all such yielding to thesmall inconveniences and obstacles that besetyoung people in ordinary conditions. Theyshould regard their limitations and hindrancesas only impertinences, to be bravely set asideby undismayed and unconquerable energy, or,rather, as barriers set not to obstruct the waybut to nerve and stimulate them to heroic en-deavor before which all obstacles will vanish* [195] (Bet leafce to WotH [197] A little corner for my Lord, to till,A little chalice for my Lord, to fill,Some blessedness to know, of labor done,Some quiet resting at the set of sun—And comes Gods peace to overbrim my soul;Life hath no fragments. Tis a perfect whole. Such grace as comes when hand and heart uniteTo finish every task as in His sight,Who stoops from heaven to give me, day by day,His smile of cheer upon my humble grace brings melody to flooding soul;Life hath no fragments. Tis a perfect whole. —Margaret E. Sangster. [198] CHAPTER SIXTEENTH (( mt ttau to 3£otfc. ORK is the divine law forhumanity. The man whodoes not work, if he beable to work, is failingGod and also bringingblight upon his own is part of the constitution of our requires it. Idleness has curse in works, and if we are to be like God wemust work too. Idleness is most undivine. Theunhappiest people in the world are those whodo nothing. They have lost the balance of are out of harmony with God and theuniverse. Work is the law of life and a primesecret of happiness and work assigned by the Master is not thesame for all. To each one his work. Wedo not all have the same gifts and Paul illustrates this by a reference tothe members of the human body. Each mem- [199] ber has its own use and function. Suppose allthe members were eyes, how helpless wouldthe body be! Eyes are important, but we needears and hands and feet as well. Sometimespeople chafe because they can do so little;but the smallest mem
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