Being and Doing – 1 July – Purpose
Out of self to love be led
And to heaven acclimated
Until all things sweet and good
Seem my natural habitude
Out of self to love be led
And to heaven acclimated
Until all things sweet and good
Seem my natural habitude
We live in an age when, at all costs, men seek for personal aggrandisement, or for the intoxication of passing pleasure.
Do as well as you can to-day, and perhaps to-morrow you may be able to do better.
Act, act in the living Present!
Heart within and God o’erhead!
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;
LIFE never seems so clear and easy as when the heart is beating faster at the sight of some generous, self-risking deed.
DUTY may regulate the hours of life towards others
Love takes charge of its moments.
AN IDEAL may seem unattainable, but when it is distinctly acknowledged as the object of aspiration, it will be found close at hand.
God calls us by name, casts away our fears and watches over us, that we may tell others that God is calling their name as well.
Life finds its noblest spring of excellence in this hidden impulse to do our best.
May I reach
That purest heaven, be to other souls
The cup of strength in some great agony,
Enkindle generous ardour, feed pure love,
Beget the smiles that have no cruelty