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Hallowing
Life
The secret of a hallowed life is the hallowing of God in
the heart. A hallowed life stands out in the world as a
witness to things that belong to the heavenly life. Hold
your body as a sacred thing dedicated to God for His
indwelling. He will hallow His temple. Keep the body
sanctified wholly, so that in your eating and drinking or
in whatsoever you do all reflects honor and glory to God.
A hallowed life speaks to men of things spiritual, divine,
eternal. Beware, O beware, lest you profane things
hallowed to God! There is a vast difference between a
cultivated dignity and a life hallowed by the holy
presence of God. A man's acquired dignity points men to
himself and they call him magnanimous. A hallowed life
points men to God and they magnify Him. The holy
contemplation of God awes the soul and this holy awe is
the spring of a hallowed life. Deep thoughts of God beget
a reverence, a veneration of God that hallows the words
and deeds of a man's life so that he speaks and acts not
as other men. Go, dear child of God, often into that place
of quiet communion with God, that you might take on a
hallowedness by which you may hallow the world.
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