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April 30th - Ecc. 9

Finding Time For God
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Insead of going up to the mountain, we visited a highly finished bit of clearing some miles out, the work of a single man, who has found his happiness in subduing and tilling a small portion of "the face of the ground" with his own hands. Years ago, it was virgin forest; now it is a flower-garden, with an artificial lake, as fair and well-kept as any gentleman's grounds in the neighborhood of London ... The whole place was very interesting; but how will it valuate as a life's work? There were well-kept villas in Pompeii: but "lo, they are not," and their proprietors are unknown. So it is in a thousand cities that were not overwhelmed in volcanic ash. So it is in every generation. Human industry is good, but not sufficient by itself. A man must know, love, and serve God to fulfil a part in this universe equal to his original design and adaptability. He got away from that ideal. Christ is bringing him back, where men will listen. They need not give up their gardening to listen, but they must give the listening at least an equal place.

Robert Roberts, Diary of A Voyage, page 115

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