 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1829 - 316 pages
...account. I ought to consider the duty to which I am called each day, as the work that God has given me to do, and to apply myself to it in a manner worthy...FOURTEENTH DAY. ON A PREPARATION FOR DEATH. ' Thou fool ' this night thy soul shall be required of thee ; then whose shall those things be, which thou hast... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1829 - 316 pages
...account. I ought to consider the duty to which I am called each day, as the work that God has given me to do, and to apply myself to it in a manner worthy...FOURTEENTH DAY. ON A PREPARATION FOR DEATH. " Thou fool ! this night thy soul shall be required of thee ; then whose shall those things be, which thou hast... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1831 - 312 pages
...nothing ; for it is dangerous, either to perform the works of God with negligence, or to appropnpte them to ourselves by self-love and false zeal. In...FOURTEENTH DAY. ON A PREPARATION FOR DEATH. " Thou fool'. this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those tilings be, which tnou hast provided... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1841 - 330 pages
...account. I ought to consider the duty to which 1 am called each day, as the work that God has given me to do, and to apply myself to it in a manner worthy...seest fit; none, if such be thy pleasure. FOURTEENTH BAY. ON A PREPARATION FOR DEATH. " Thou fool! this night thy soul shall be required of thee ; then... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1841 - 360 pages
...his glory, that is to say, with exactness and in peace. I must neglect nothing ; I must be violent in nothing ; for it is dangerous, either to perform the...FOURTEENTH DAY. ON A PREPARATION FOR DEATH. " Thou fool ! this night thy soul shall be required of thee ; then whose shall those things be, which thou bust... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1844 - 358 pages
...exactness and in peace. I must neglect nothing ; I must be violent in nothing ; for it is dangerous, cither to perform the works of God with negligence, or to...FOURTEENTH DAY. ON A PREPARATION FOR DEATH. " Thou fool ! this niglit thy soul shall be required of thee ; then whose shall those things be, which thou hast... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale, Lucretia Peabody Hale - 1850 - 290 pages
...account. I ought to consider the duty to which I am called, each day, as the work that God has given me to do ; and to apply myself to it in a manner worthy...as thou seest fit ; none, if such be thy pleasure." 11 CHAPTER XIX. MARGARET PERCIVAL had been a day at Anna's home. She had been there long enough to... | |
 | François de Salignac de la Mothe Fénelon (abp. of Cambrai.) - 1850 - 284 pages
...his glory, that is to say, with exactness and in peace. I must neglect nothing ; I must be violent in nothing ; for it is dangerous either to perform the...none, if such be thy pleasure. FOURTEENTH DAY. ON A PEEPAEATION FOE DEATH. " Thou fool ! this night thy soul shall be required of thee ; then whose shall... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1864 - 386 pages
...his glory, that is to say, with exactness and in peace. I must neglect nothing ; I must be violent in nothing ; for it is dangerous either to perform the...seest fit ; none, if such be thy pleasure. FOURTEENTH DAT. ON A PREPARATION FOR DEATH. « Thou fool ! this night thy soul shall be required of thee ; then... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1879 - 250 pages
...individual feeling, and we do the work ill, for we get fretted and excited, and think only of success. Almighty God ! grant me Thy grace to be faithful in...concern is to do Thy will, and to lose myself in Thee, whenever engaged in duty. It is for Thee to give to my weak efforts such fruits as Thou seest fit ;... | |
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I must be violent about nothing; for it is dangerous either to perform the works of God with negligence or to appropriate them to ourselves by selflove and false zeal. In that case we act from our own individual feeling, and we do the work ill, for we... 
