WELL.
Men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.—Psalm xlix. 18.
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him.—Isaiah, iii. 10.
If when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.—I. Peter, ii. 20.
Such music!
Before was never made,
But when of old the sons of morning sung
Whilst the Creator great
His constellations set,
And the well-balanced world on hinges hung.
Milton.
To pray, without devotion, is to prate;
And hearing is but half our exercise:
We ought not, therefore, to regard alone
How often, but how well, the work be done.
George Wither.
Circles are prais’d, not that abound
In largeness, but th’ exalted round:
So life we praise that does excel
Not in much time, but acting well.
Waller.
Am I doing well or ill?
Soul, a solemn question this!
Am I seeking to fulfil
God’s most high and holy will,
Bending all mine efforts still
To attain eternal bliss?
Am I doing well or ill?
Ask the world, and it will say—
Well, for gold thy coffers fill;
Thou hast learning, thou hast skill,
Thou hast climbed up fortune’s hill,
And helped others on the way.
Am I doing well or ill?
Still recurs the solemn quest;
Worldly wealth, and men’s good will,
Cannot satisfy, nor still
Anxious doubts, and fears that fill
Thee with sadness and unrest.
Egone.