Motives for Sanctifying My Actions
God expects me to honor Him by that action.
God has attached a special blessing to that action, and awaits its fulfilment to bestow it.
God notes each action; and of them all hereafter I must give an account.
God will see that I love Him, if I strive to fulfil every duty, in spite of weariness and trouble.
I honor God by this action; and I, poor, weak, sinful child, am allowed to glorify Him, in place of those who blaspheme and rebel against the Divine will.
XXIX.
They say there is nothing which communicates itself so quickly amongst the members of a family as an expression of coldness or discontent on the face of one of its members. It is like the frost that chills us. This is not altogether true; there is something which is communicated with equal rapidity and greater force—I mean the smiling face, the beaming countenance, the happy heart.