 | George Keate - 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 - 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
...glory — • All may of thee partake, Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture (for thy sake), Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1864 - 346 pages
...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, with this...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 - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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. A servant with this...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... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1833 - 142 pages
...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, 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... | |
 | George Herbert - 1838 - 406 pages
...heaven espy. All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture (for thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this...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... | |
 | 1836 - 574 pages
...ANOH. ALL may of Thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture, — for thy sake,— Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this...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... | |
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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. 
