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THE TOUCH OF JESUS 257
the earth, while its branches wave in the air : and
your life is wholesome, and healthful to others, when
you are in right relations both to heaven and to earth.
The saint who holds aloof from his fellows, like St
Simon Stylites on his pillar, is not of much practical
use to the world he spurns ; and he certainly fails to
do such work as Jesus did. On the other hand, the
man who moves among his fellows, and works among
them, with no thought of the God above him, will
never raise them heavenward. Seek, then, to be
godly, as well as brotherly. Remember you are
called on to love the Lord your God with all your
heart, and soul, and strength, and also your neighbour
as yourself; and obedience to both these commands
is in essence obedience to all the commands that
God ever gave.
O !
that the life of Jesus in some small measure
may be repeated in us ! Then, from the outgoing of
divine power, which He imparts, the miseries of the
world will be alleviated, and its sins rebuked, and
chased away ; till, in the new heaven and new
earth, in which righteousness and love shall dwell,
Christ shall reign for ever and ever. Amen.
R