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activity,and wronglyseen when called secular
or profane. The merchant in his counting-
house, the shopman behind his counter, the
doctorinthehospital,isquiteasmuchengaged
in a Divine activity as any preacher in his
church, (Applause.) Until that is realised
the world isvulgarised, and until we can see
one life everywhere, and all things rooted in
thatlife, until thenitiswewhoare hopelessly
profane in attitude, wewho are blind to the
beatificvision,whichisthe sightof theonelife
in everything, and all things as expressions of
thatlife.
Now, if that be true, if there is only one
hfe in which you and I are partakers, one
creative thought by which the worlds were
formed and are maintained, then, however
mighty may be the unexpressed Divine exist-
ence-though it be true as itiswritten in an
ancient Indian scripture, "I established this
universe with one fragment of Myself, and 1
remain"-howevertrueitmaybethatDivinity
transcends the manifestation thereof, none the
less the manifestation is still Divine; and by
understanding thatwe touch the feet of God.
If it be true that He is everywhere and in
everything,then Heisasmuch in the market-
placeasin the desert,asmuchinthe counting-
