| John Ruskin - 1849 - 306 Seiten
...it much, most especially that chief of all purposes, the pleasing of God. Hence George Herbert — " A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine ;...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... | |
| 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... | |
| Christian poets - 1851 - 470 Seiten
...-. Nothing can be so mean, Which with his 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 fine. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold : For that which God doth touch and own Cannot for... | |
| Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1851 - 474 Seiten
...Nothing can be so mean, That 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... | |
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