Being and Doing – 5 August – Service
FREELY we serve – we freely love
MILTON
BE SURE no earnest work
Of any honest creature, howbeit weak,
Imperfect, ill-adapted, fails so much,
It is not gathered as a grain of sand
To enlarge the sum of human action used
For carrying out God’s ends.
No creature works
So ill, observe, that therefore he’s cashiered.
The honest man must stand and work,
The woman also otherwise she drops
At once below the dignity of man,
Accepting serfdom.
Free men freely work.
Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease.
E. B. BROWNING
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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.
Suffolk Vicar 