 | George Keate - 1790 - 388 Seiten
...an act noble : especially the motive to please God, and promote human happiness. Herbert sings,— "A servant with this clause Makes drudgery Divine ; Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine." When midnight came he heard the distant music, for " he... | |
 | Richard Steele - 1807 - 238 Seiten
...me, my GOD and King, In all things thee to see ; And what I do in any thing, To do it as for thee : A servant with this clause, Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that and th' action tine. HERBERT. 2. In dependence upon the help of Goia, let your... | |
 | 1864 - 868 Seiten
...drinking and every other engagement, even the most menial, be made the medium of God's glory — • All may of thee partake, Nothing can be so mean, Which...Makes drudgery divine ; Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. This is the famous stone, That turneth all to gold, For that... | |
 | 1845 - 752 Seiten
...on glass, On it may stay his eye ; Or, if he pleaseth, through it pass, And thus the heaven espy. " All may of Thee partake, Nothing can be so mean Which,...Makes drudgery divine ; Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that and th' action fine." And the consciousness that we are God's servants, will not... | |
 | 1864 - 346 Seiten
...like to hear it. " All may of thee partake ; Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture, for (hy sake, ' Will not grow bright and clean. A servant,...Makes drudgery divine ; Who sweeps a room, as for tny laws, Makes that and th' action fine." Depend upon it, a great many of our troubles arise from... | |
 | 1863 - 350 Seiten
...Thee partake ; Nothing can be so mean Which, with this tincture . for thy sake,' Will not grow white and clean. "A servant, with this clause, Makes drudgery Divine : Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine." GEORGE HERBKRT. History tells us of men of earnest aspirations,... | |
 | 1824 - 706 Seiten
...doing his work well, and I defy them to despise him, rather will they say with old George Herbert : " A servant with this clause, Makes drudgery divine, Who sweeps a room as to God's laws, Makes that and the action fine." Follow an inventor through all the phases of his struggle,... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1833 - 142 Seiten
...of our life, in that state of life to which God calls us, whether that duty be lofty or obscure. ' ' A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine, Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws Makes that and the action fine." If our life be guided by these principles, it is impossible... | |
 | Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - 1835 - 402 Seiten
...it pass, And then the heav'n espy All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture, for thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean....Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that, and th' action, fine. For that, which God doth touch and own, Cannot for less... | |
 | Villeroi (fict. name.) - 1835 - 304 Seiten
...me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see ; And what I do in any thing, To do it as for Thee. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that and th' action fine. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold ; For that... | |
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A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. 
