| Christian life - 1880 - 374 pages
...that, do you say ? No ; not if they dwelt with the King for His work, for " Nothing can be so mean But with this tincture, ' For Thy sake,' Will not grow bright and clean." It is work for the King, and that ennobles lowly work ; and it is dwelling with the King for His work... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...TEACH me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see, And what I do in anything, To do it as for Thee. All may of Thee partake; Nothing can be so mean Which...room as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. AARON HILL. HOW TO DEAL WITH COMMON IfATURKS. TENDEH-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - Christian life - 1833 - 142 pages
...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,...room as for Thy laws Makes that and the action fine." If our life be guided by these principles, it is impossible that we should live in vain. " If the home... | |
| Villeroi (fict. name.) - 1835 - 304 pages
...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 which God doth touch... | |
| Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - Christianity - 1835 - 402 pages
...looks on glass, On it may stay his eye ; Or, if he pleaseth, through 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. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery... | |
| Giles Fletcher - English poetry - 1836 - 400 pages
...looks on glass, On it may stay his eye; Or, if he pleaseth, through 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. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery... | |
| George Herbert - 1838 - 406 pages
...looks on glass, On it may stay his eye ; Or if he pleaseth, through it pass, And then the heaven espy. All may of thee partake : 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... | |
| Charles Abel Heurtley - Sermons, English - 1837 - 196 pages
...See his Life by his Son, p. 174, &c. 1 G. Herbert, Country Parson. See also his Poems, " The Elixir." All may of Thee partake ; Nothing can be so mean, Which, with this tincture, FOB THY SAKE, Will not grow bright and clean, &c. • It is recorded of Hooker, " that, in four years,... | |
| Christian life - 1844 - 606 pages
...looks on glass, On it may stay his eye ; Or, if he pleaseth, through it pass, And then the heaven espy. All may of thee partake : 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... | |
| George Herbert - Christian poetry, English - 1838 - 420 pages
...looks on glass, On it may stay his eye; Or if he pleaseth, through it pass, And then the heaven espy. All may of thee partake.: 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... | |
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