The spiritual life

(Martin Jones) #1

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eye Is everywhere, and never sleeping. No


scampingof work,for that is not tobeoneof


the Divine artificers,but onlyan ignorant and


clumsyworker. Artisonlydoingwhatyoudo


perfectly,andGod isalwaysanartist. There


is nothing,however small,no animal thatonly


the microscope enables youto see,thatis not


perfect in its beauty,and themorecloselyyou


examine the more exquisite does it become.


Why,those minute diatoms that youcanonly


see by the microscope, every minute shell is


sculpturedwith patternsgeometricallyperfect-


forwhom? For the satisfactionof thatsense


of perfection which is one of the Divineele-


mentsin God and man alike. Notwhat you


do,buthowyoudo it,whether itbeperfectly


wrought to the utmost limit of your ability;


thatisthetestofaman'scharacter,andbythe


workyoucanknowthecharacteroftheworker.


(Applause.)

Nowthatseemsasmallthingwhenyoubring


itdowntoyourownhouse,shop,office. Taken


onebyone,sosmall; butsupposeeveryonedid


it,howwouldthefaceoftheworldthenappear?


No scamped work, no unreliable products on


the market, nothing adulterated, nothing that

wasnotwhatitpretendedtobe,thefacevalue


andtherealvaluealwaysidentical,everyhouse

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