 | George Keate - 1790 - 388 sider
...an act noble : especially the motive to please God, and promote human happiness. Herbert sings,— "A servant with this clause Makes drudgery Divine...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 - 1807 - 238 sider
...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 religious principles be... | |
 | 1864 - 868 sider
...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...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 sider
...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 laws, Makes that and th' action fine." And the consciousness that we are God's servants, will not only give a higher character... | |
 | 1863 - 350 sider
...; 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...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... | |
 | 1824 - 706 sider
...satisfaction he takes in 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,... | |
 | 1864 - 346 sider
...; Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture, for (hy sake, ' Will not grow bright and clean. A servant, with this clause, 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... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1833 - 142 sider
...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... | |
 | Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - 1835 - 402 sider
...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 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 sider
...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... | |
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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. 
