 | George Herbert - 1660 - 444 pages
...not grow bright and clean. . . A fervant with this claufc 10 Makes drudgery divine. Who.fweepsaroom, as for thy laws, > Makes that and th' action fine. This is the famous (lone That turnedi all to gold ; I SFor.that which God doth touch & own* . Cannot for lefs be told.... | |
 | George Herbert - 1667 - 362 pages
...tij/ifc) Will not grow bright and clean. Afervant with this claufc Makes drudgery divine. Who (weeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that and th' action fine. This is the famous (tone That tiirneth all to gold : for that which God doth touch and own Cannot for lefs be told. ^... | |
 | George Keate - Margate (England) - 1790 - 388 pages
...an act noble : especially 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... | |
 | Richard Steele - Business ethics - 1807 - 238 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...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 accompanied... | |
 | 1864 - 868 pages
...the medium of God's glory — • All may of thee partake, Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture (for thy sake), Will not grow bright and...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... | |
 | 1845 - 752 pages
...pass, And thus the heaven espy. " All may of Thee partake, Nothing can be so mean Which, with this tincture, for thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean....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 to our every-day... | |
 | Christian life - 1863 - 350 pages
...Thee partake ; 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...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... | |
 | Christian life - 1864 - 346 pages
...like to hear it. " All may of thee partake ; Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture, for (hy sake, ' Will not grow bright and clean. A servant,...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... | |
 | 1824 - 706 pages
...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,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...in anything, To do it as for Thee. All may of Thee partake; Nothing can be so mean Which with this tincture, for Thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean....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... | |
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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. 
