Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable.—Psalm cxlv. 3.
Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.
And Jesus perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,
And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me; and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.—Luke, ix. 46, 47, 48.
O happy man, saith he, that lo I see
Grazing his cattle in those pleasant fields,
If he but knew his good. How blessed he
That feels not what affliction greatness yields!
Other than what he is who would not be,
Nor change his state with him that sceptre wields.