The Life And Writings of George Washington Doane .. 2
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I urge it upon your attention, because I would have you, the pupils of this Seminary, and, if it so please God, the ministers of this Church, prove to the world that you, " have not so learned Christ." Go out, when you go hence, if need be, like Abraham from Ur of the Chaldees, " not knowing whither " you go. If you have any choice, let it be exercised in taking for youi*- selves the lowest seat. Even for this world you will find it wise. They greatly err, not to say greatly sin, who long and l...abour for the high places of the Church. Come when they will, they bring increase of care, in- crease of toil. Obtained too soon, without the needful preparation, they but too often fail of that increase of usefulness, which, in the true Christian aspect, is their only proper commendation. " Seekest thou great things for thyself? — Seek them not," is a sentiment of Scrip- tui'e which cannot be too much commended, nor too con- stantly regarded. To learn, in whatsoever state we are, to be therewith content ; to be " faithful over a few things," to remember, with the thoughtful heathen,* that from all places the road to heaven is of equal length ; and to regard the post of duty in which we * Anaxagoras, the master of tbree illustrious scholars, Euripides, Pericles, Socrates.
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