The Happiness of the Blessed considered as to the Particulars of their State their Recognition of Each Other in that State; and its Difference of Degrees. To which are added, Musings on the Church and her Services. By Richard Mant. Fourth Edition, with Additions |
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CHRISTIAN AMBITION.
“Ambition is the vice of noble souls!”If 'tis a vice, then let those souls beware,
Thrice noble tho' they be, and passing fair
In the world's eye, and high upon the scrolls,
Her favour'd minions where the world inrolls,
Lest it conduct to shame! Be thine the care,
Soldier of Christ, that nobler strife to dare,
Which the rash spirit of the world controls,
And makes ambition virtue! Be it thine
To win thy bright unfading diadem
By works of love!—Around his brows shall shine
In heaven from glory's source the purest beam,
Whose aspect here, with beauty most divine,
Reflects the image of the Good Supreme.
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