August 12

Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?--LUKE x. 25.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.--ECCLES. ix. 10.

"What shall I do to gain eternal life?"
"Discharge aright
The simple dues with which each day is rife,
Yea, with thy might."
F. VON SCHILLER.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work, and done
his best; but what he has said or done otherwise, shall give him no peace.
R. W. EMERSON.

Be diligent, after thy power, to do deeds of love. Think nothing too
little, nothing too low, to do lovingly for the sake of God. Bear with
infirmities, ungentle tempers, contradictions; visit, if thou mayest, the
sick; relieve the poor; forego thyself and thine own ways for love; and He
whom in them thou lovest, to whom in them thou ministerest, will own thy
love, and will pour His own love into thee.
E. B. PUSEY.