, 1880-01-22
PUGET SOUND ARGUS
HEARTlNESS IN SERVICE.

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n. Y, on the above subject. IL can
hardly fail to commend itself to ev-
cry thoughtful reader, as containing
something applicable to every ones
life:
"Whatsoevcr ye do, do 1t heartily, as TO
the Lord. and not unto men for ye
serve the Lord Christ "-COI. III, %, y.
We are told, Whatsoever ye do
in word or deed, do all in the name
of the Lord Jesus. There is not an
act, however insignificant, that is SO
q matter of habit, that is done so
thoughtlcssly, or that is performed
in a sphere so unimportant that is
not related to Christ. There is not
a word, nor glance or syllable
that is not fit to be hung upon him,
and made grand by its relation to
him. Whatsoever ye do not on
Sunday; whatsoever ye do, not
simply in the churh; whatsoever ye
do, not merely in religious affairs;
whatsoever ye do i'll the hours OF
mirth; whatsoever ye do in the hours
of material occupation; whatsoever
We do alone or in the multitude, in
gayety or in sorrow, whether ye be
high or low, under every conceivable
observation-disclosures ye do,
do all in the name Of the Lord Jesus.
There should be fidelity and heart
mess, thoroughness, sincerity, hon
est truthfulness, in the minutest
things, no matter whether it is
known Or not known. Men divide
their life too often into esoteric and
exoteric--things to be true and faith.
full in, and things that, as no one
knows them, can be left as they may
be; but in our association or identi.
fication with the Lord Jesus Christ
there is no in or out. All things are
for him, and whatsoever is for him is
beyond measure in him.
1t is possible to do reluctantly,
aud grudgingly, and with morose
grumbling, enforced duties. But
God says, Whatever ye do, do il
heartily" Not only must we be
careful of the details and particulars
of life, but we have no right to as
sort them, and make some prominent
and hide others. We have no right
TO do as fruiterers do in preparing
their fruit for the market. You have
no right to face life. You have nc
right to put the best on top, what
ever may come to haRd the rest oI
the way down.
"Not as unto men," saith the WORD
of the Lord, shut as unto God, dc
these things well. Whatsoever "
do, do it heartily" You had better
not do it at all than to do it in any
other way than by putting the best
part of yourself into it; and the
coarser it is the more it needs hearth
ness. The less renunerass i've it is tc
you the more you need to give to it
Whatever comes to your hand do /,
heartily if it be pleasant; and .if il
be disagreeable, all the more do i,
heartily--if not for their sakes who
ouforcsit, for your own; and if moi
for its sake, for Gods. There is tc
be more than earnestness; there is tc
be heartiness. 1t carries love with
it. 1t brings pleasure to pain. Ii
makes the hard easy. We must sub
due life and make it what we want il
to be.
When fax and hemp grow they
grow to please themselves; but when
we reap them wc fix them to please
ourselves. The woody fibre or text
ure we do not want, and we rot it or
soften it, to make it brittle, and put
it under the brake, and into the
hatchel, and take it out and whiten
it, and spin it into thread, and weave
it into cloth, to suit our purposes. 1t
is all changed, and becomes what it
needs to be for our use.
So it is in the power of nature
that feels itself allied to the eternity
and the to glory OF the matchlesS
God to take the hard ways OF life
and convert them into easy roads; to
take the bitter things of life and
learn to love bitterness; to take the
unweildy things Of life, and break
them in, and make of them garments
for our daily use. Men can learn to
like what they do not like. If there
was ever anything which God forti-
fed against all human use, saying,
There /! l defy the world to touch
tobacco, that was the plant; and vet