| Strength and Beauty |
Chapter 6 |
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Another suggestion is that we should train ourselves to work quietly, never for notice, never to advertise our deeds or to get them mentioned or praised. It is perilous to form the habit of talking about ourselves and what we have done. Some Christian men and women allow themselves to drift into an easy was of self reporting which soon becomes self glorification. Even in the minds of those to whom they talk thus they defeat their own purpose, for talking of one’s own fine doings detracts greatly from the fineness of the doings in the thought of those who thus hear of them.
The truest work for Christ is wrought in self forgetfulness, with out consciousness of the important part one has taken. Moses wist not that his face shone. The Christliest piety is never aware of its own divineness. The work that is done for Christ without a thought of self is the heavenliest work. Humility, though it hides its beauty and veils it’s shining, is the brightest of all graces. No other quality of heart means so much to a Christian, either in beauty of character or in the peace of the heart.
“The eagle nestles near the sun;
The dove’s low nest for me!
The eagles on the crag; sweet one,
The dove’s in our green tree.
“For hearts that beat like thine and mine,
Heaven blesses humble earth;
The angels of our heaven shall shine
The angles of our hearth.”
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