men's hearts, and by grinding them to the dust; in this way we seek for happiness, where no happiness is to be found, mistaking and forgetting the boon of God: for the Almighty has vouchsafed to us here, a little portion of joy to comfort us in this time of our pilgrimage, and to charm our pained steps over the soil of life; yet that pleasure is quiet, modest, unassuming, evangelical, coming from a good heart, tender to all men, humbled before God, using the world, not abusing it, waiting day, and night, in all faith, and all humility, and resignation, for the coming of Christ. ر men's hearts, and by grinding them to the dust; in this way we seek for happiness, where no happiness is to be found, mistaking and forgetting the boon of God: for the Almighty has vouchsafed to us here, a little portion of joy to comfort us in this time of our pilgrimage, and to charm our pained steps over the soil of life; yet that pleasure is quiet, modest, unassuming, evangelical, coming from a good heart, tender to all men, humbled before God, using the world, not abusing it, waiting day, and night, in all faith, and all humility, and resignation, for the coming of Christ. |