 | George Keate - Margate (England) - 1790 - 388 pages
...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 heard the church bells beyond the stars, and... | |
 | Richard Steele - Business ethics - 1807 - 238 pages
...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 religious principles be... | |
 | 1864 - 868 pages
...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 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... | |
 | 1845 - 752 pages
...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 laws, Makes that and th' action fine." And the consciousness that we are God's servants, will not only give a higher character... | |
 | Christian life - 1863 - 350 pages
...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, who at the very beginning of life's... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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 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 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 that we should live in vain. " If the home... | |
 | Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - Christianity - 1835 - 402 pages
...mean, Which with his 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 laws, Makes that, and th' action, fine. For that, which God doth touch and own, Cannot for less be told. A WREATH. A WREATHED... | |
 | Villeroi (fict. name.) - 1835 - 304 pages
...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... | |
 | George Herbert - 1838 - 406 pages
...mean, Which with his 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 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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A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. 
