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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... as earnest as we are in our secular pursuits. If we are conspicuous in the worlds work we should certainly be no less conspicuous in our work for the Masters kingdom. Few even of the best Christians do their best for their Master. Saint Paul exhorted his young friend Timothy to stir up the gift that was in him. The fire was banked up and smoldering when it should have been burning brightly. In not many of us is the passion for Christian service doing its best. On all sides the motive of earnestness and diligence presses. The natural world teaches us the lesson. Every flower that blooms has its inspiration for us--we should put beauty into everything we do. Every bird that sings calls us to live more songfully and cheerfully. Every wind that blows whispers to us of the breath of God and urges us to open all our being to its blessed influence. "I would give up all the mind In the prim citys hoard can find--House with its scrap-art bed light, Straightened manners of the street, V Smooth-voiced society-I f so the swiftness of the wind Might pass into my feet; If so the sweetness of the wheat Into my soul might pass, And the clear courage of the grass, If the lark carolled in my song, If one tithe of the faithfulness Of the bird-mother with her brood Into my selfish heart might press, And make me also instinct good." It is true also in the realm of spiritual life that everyone has his own work allotted to him. There is something for everyone. In the building of the wall in Nehemiahs time, each man built over against his own house, and thus the entire wall was soon repaired. We will easily find our work for Christ if we will look for it right opposite our own door. We never need to journey far away to...
| ISBN-13 | 9781152535688 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1152535684 |
| Weight | 0.26 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.17 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 72 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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