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They have their divine mission and to its quick 

 fulfillment they ever hasten. 



The passions of unsanctified nature are vio- 

 lent and work with relentless fury among the 

 races and here arises the long heart-rending 

 wail of woe from crushed victims. Ambition 

 utters loud harangues. Fame heralds its 

 boasted heroism. Revenge wails in woeful 

 chant its dire disappointments. But Love moves 

 queen-like amid the sorrowing, drying tears 

 and assuaging griefs. Faith, patience and hu- 

 mility possess the quiet spirit, theirs a readi- 

 ness to yield, but an unflinching integrity, power 

 but only for service. True benefactors never 

 sound the pharisaic trumpet, to call together 

 witnesses of their charitable deeds. Verily the 

 unwritten charities of life are more than the 

 written. The noblest emotions of the human 

 heart are too big for utterance; they are felt 

 and lived. The grandest strains of melody, 

 echoing in the human soul have never been 

 sung. "The Messiah" of Handel was but a 

 faint echo of the greater Messiah that thrilled 

 his soul. The noblest men and women have 

 been the silent and effective workers. The shal- 

 low pretender in life is boisterous, yet no bur- 

 dened heart is relieved. Heaven puts higher es- 

 timates upon the silent love-workers than upon 



