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. For the best things. sentences GeorgeEliot ever wrote is this: Oh, the anguish ofthe thought that we can never atone to ourdead for the stinted affection we gave them,for the little reverence we showed to that sa-cred human soul that lived so close to us, andwas the divinest thing God had given us toknow. Let us not fail to make our home lifesacred and holy. If even on the bells of thehorses we write, Holy unto the Lord, letus not neglect to make the home in which wedwell, pray, live and love, a fit place forChrist to tarry in, a sweet and gentle placefor our dear ones to grow up in. [116] ?
. For the best things. sentences GeorgeEliot ever wrote is this: Oh, the anguish ofthe thought that we can never atone to ourdead for the stinted affection we gave them,for the little reverence we showed to that sa-cred human soul that lived so close to us, andwas the divinest thing God had given us toknow. Let us not fail to make our home lifesacred and holy. If even on the bells of thehorses we write, Holy unto the Lord, letus not neglect to make the home in which wedwell, pray, live and love, a fit place forChrist to tarry in, a sweet and gentle placefor our dear ones to grow up in. [116] ?^o(n8 3ImpojijJ(ble Cl^ingjJ [117] ^Here let us pause,- he said. At peep of dawn;^^Nay, comrade, let our tread Lead up and on! ^^Here let us pause f he cried,When noontide shone; ^ Nay, comrade, let our strideLead up and onf ^^Here let us pause!—his gaze The night upon;^ Nay, comrade, let our ways Lead up and on! ^Here let us pause!—0 hearty Till life he gone,Ever the braver part Leads up and on! [118] CHAPTER NINE. E too easily set limits toour own ability. We donot know our own face a difficulty andthink we cannot master it,and do not try. Any of usmight accomplish a great deal more than wedo. Jesus said, All things are possible withGod. The preposition with is the key tothe meaning of this saying. Many personstake the words to mean only that God cando everything, that nothing is impossible tohim. But what Jesus says is that a man withGod can do impossible things. We know thatGod is omnipotent. Job said, I know thatthou canst do all things, and that no pur-pose of thine can be restrained. It gives usconfidence, in the midst of dangers, in theface of enemies, or when troubles are aboutus, to know that God is stronger than the[119] strongest. If God is for us, who is againstus ? When we have some duty to do whichis too hard for us with our Kttle power, itgives us immeasurable comfort to know thatGod can do it. Yet God does not do our dutyfor us. But we are coworker
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