This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... IV. Inspiration in Work. "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might."--Ecclesiastes 9:10. "Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts" [Forces].--Zech. 4:6. Every human being is a dynamo of concentrated, creative energy, ever seeking avenues of expression. And when the right avenues have been found, and there is nothing that prevents the free and full manifestation of that energy, then heavenly joy is realized, and continues, as the fruits of that work return and glorify their source. Work is divine, and everyone who is normal in mind and body, loves work--not labor, but work, for there is a distinction between work and labor. The first is the creative activity of God, congenial, united with love, inspired, one with play and one with rest. True work is subject to our choice, never obligatory, nor limited by time or space. It is done from the heart, and there is no curse upon it, for the worker obeys the inner Voice, and ever seeks Its sanction in all he does. But labor is work, mixed with false thoughts and feelings, and therefore its fruits are not happiness and freedom. It is ignorance of one's divine origin, and unspiritual living, that bring man to the place where he must labor in the sweat of his face, become- a slave to others, and have imposition, cruelty and injustice heaped upon him. To escape the misery and degradation of undesirable and brutish labor, man must get knowledge about himself and his fellow-beings, and above all, know the true God, and the reason of Jesus Christ's coming, and the Way to live his Life. Men may change their environments and their masters, may seek new work, and make new laws, but as long as they are content to sit in spiritual darkness, and ignore the God...
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