| John Ruskin - 1849 - 306 Seiten
...ennobled therefore ; nor is any purpose so great but that slight actions may help it, and may be so done as to help it much, most especially that chief...as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine." II Therefore, in the pressing or recommending of any act or manner of acting, we have choice of two... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1849 - 396 Seiten
...; Nothing can be so mean, Which, with this tincture, FOR THY SAKE, ^Will not grow bright and clean. A servant, with this clause, Makes drudgery divine...as for thy laws, Makes that, and the action, fine. This is the famous stone, That turneth all to gold : For that which God doth touch and own Cannot for... | |
| Mary Atkinson Maurice - 1849 - 156 Seiten
...partake, Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture (for Thy sake) Will not prove bright and clean. " A servant with this clause, Makes drudgery divine...as for thy laws, Makes that, and the action fine. " This is the famous stone, That turneth all to gold ; For that which God doth touch and own, Cannot... | |
| Servants' hall - 1849 - 312 Seiten
... THE SERVANTS' HALL, EDITED BY A CLERGYMAN. 1 A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine :...Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and th' action fine." HERBERT. FRANCIS & JOHN RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE. LONDON:... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1844 - 950 Seiten
...partake ; Nothing .can be so mean. Which with this tincture for thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause, Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room as for thy law*, Makes that and the action fine. This is the famous stone, That turneth all to gold ; For that... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1849 - 240 Seiten
...Nothing can be so mean Which with this tincture, For thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean. A serrant with this clause Makes drudgery divine ; Who sweeps a room, as for God's laws, Makes that and the action fine." All these texts and principles lead us to the grand principle... | |
| Thomas Vincent Fosbery - 1850 - 416 Seiten
...Nothing can be so mean, Which, with this tincture, — FOR THY SAKE, Will not grow bright and clean. A servant, with this clause, Makes drudgery divine...room, as for Thy laws, Makes that, and the action, line. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold ; For that which God doth touch and own, Cannot... | |
| Mary Theresa Vidal - 1850 - 564 Seiten
...carrier, and the principal part of his load was the goods for " Porter's store." WOODLEIGH FARM. " We treat God with irreverence, by banishing Him from...not by referring to His will on slight occasions." CHAPTER I. WOODLEIGH FARM. A LOW rustling wind scattered the leaves on the ground ; they fell lightly... | |
| 1881 - 792 Seiten
...ennobled therefor ; nor is any purpose so great but that slight actions may help it, and may be so done as to help it much, most especially that chief of all purposes — the pleasing of God. We treat God with irreverence by banishing Him from our thoughts, not by referring to His will on slight... | |
| 1850 - 396 Seiten
...there is no action so slight or mean but it may be done to a great purpose and ennobled therefore." "'A servant, with this clause, Makes drudgery divine. Who sweeps a room, as to Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine." When we wake in the morning, with bodies and minds refreshed... | |
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