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nocence, together with purity of motive, shall be 

 joined the wisdom and strength to make that purity 

 effective, that motive translated into substantial re- 

 sult. 



Finally, in the quotation from the Collect, we 

 ask that we may be made ready both in body and 

 in soul, that we may cheerfully accomplish those 

 things that we are commanded to do. Ready both 

 in body and in soul; that means that we must 

 fit ourselves physically and mentally, fit ourselves 

 to work with the weapons necessary for dealing 

 with this life no less than with the higher, spiritual 

 weapons; fit ourselves thus to do the work com- 

 manded; and moreover, to do it cheerfully. Small 

 is our use for the man who individually helps any 

 of us and shows that he does it grudgingly. We 

 had rather not be helped than be helped in such 

 fashion. A favor extended in a manner which 

 shows that the man is sorry that he has to grant 

 it is robbed, sometimes of all, and sometimes of 

 more than all, its benefit. So, in serving the Lord, 

 if we serve him, if we serve the cause of decency, 

 the cause of righteousness, in a way that impresses 

 others with the fact that we are sad in doing it, 

 our service is robbed of an immense proportion of 

 its efficacy. We have a right to ask a cheerful 

 heart, a right to ask a buoyant and cheerful spirit 

 among those to whom is granted the inestimable 

 privilege of doing the Lord's work in this world. 

 The chance to do work, the duty to do work is not 

 a penalty; it is a privilege. Let me quote a sen- 

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