Being and Doing – 27 June – Growth

LIFE never seems so clear and easy as when the heart is beating faster at the sight of some generous, self-risking deed.   We feel no doubt then what is the highest prize the soul can win; we almost believe in our power to attain it.

GEORGE ELIOT

IT IS true of a human life that it finds its highest enjoyment in the consciousness of progress.   Our times of greatest pleasure are when we have won some higher peak of difficulty, trodden under foot some evil, refused some pleasant temptation for truth’s sake, been swept out of ourselves by love, and felt day by day in such high labours so sure a growth of moral strength within us, that we cannot conceive of an end of growth.

STOPFORD BROOKE

C. PATMORE

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These quotes are from ‘Being and Doing’ A selection of helpful thoughts from various authors arranged for daily reading.

Collected by Constance M Whishaw and first published in 1908 for members of the Being and Doing Guild whose object is to do all they can for the relief of suffering and misery.

Most of the writers are 19th Century Christians from Britain and Europe who were committed to living their faith through deeds as well as words – Being AND Doing.

For many years these words have kept me company and encouraged me on the journey of faith.  I hope they will encourage others also.