He lives henceforth a charmed life. Christianity is
a fine inoculation, a transfusion of healthy blood into an anaemic
or poisoned soul. No fever can attack a perfectly sound body; no
fever of unrest can disturb a soul which has breathed the air or
learned the ways of Christ.
Men sigh for the wings of a dove that they may fly away and be at
Rest. But flying away will not help us. "The Kingdom of God is
WITHIN YOU." We aspire to the top to look for Rest; it lies at the
bottom. Water rests only when it gets to the lowest place. So do
men. Hence, BE LOWLY. The man who has no opinion of himself at
all can never be hurt if others do not acknowledge him. Hence, BE
MEEK. He who is without expectation cannot fret if nothing comes
to him. It is self-evident that these things are so. The lowly
man and the meek man are really above all other men, above all other
things. They dominate the world because they do not care for it.
The miser does not possess gold, gold possesses him. But the meek
possess it. "The meek," said Christ, "inherit the earth." They
do not buy it; they do not conquer it; but they inherit it.
There are people who go about the world looking out for slights,
and they are necessarily miserable, for they find them at every
turn--especially the imaginary ones.
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