 | 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 - 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
...and secure your highest end and truest happiness, whatever your success may be in other respects.* * Teach 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... | |
 | 1864 - 868 pages
...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 the action fine. This is the famous stone, That turneth all to gold, For that which God doth touch... | |
 | 1845 - 752 pages
...labours may entitle you. Say, in the quaint but expressive language of good George Herbert — • " Teach me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see...And what I do in anything To do it as for Thee. " A man that looks on glass, On it may stay his eye ; Or, if he pleaseth, through it pass, And thus the... | |
 | 1822 - 796 pages
...heart, mouth, hands in me, With faith, with hope, with charity. That I may run, rise, rest with Thee. Teach me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see ; And what I do in any thing, To do it as to Thee. Not rudely, as a beast, To run into an action ; But still to make Thee... | |
 | Richard Steele - 1823 - 334 pages
...the young are exposed, none is more fatal and pernicious than evil company. Such are to be fonnd * Teach 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 ; \Vho sweeps a... | |
 | 1863 - 350 pages
...; 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...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
...prayer as this : " Lord Jesus, help me in my work to-day, I beseech thee, and be thyself near me ?" Teach me, my God and King, In all things thee to see ; And what I do in every thing, To do it as for thee. If done beneath thy laws, E'en servile labours shine ; Hallow 'd... | |
 | 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,... | |
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TEACH me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see, And what I do 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. A servant with this clause... 
