Active Christian, the best Christian. [ 1876]
PLutarch speaks of two Men, that were hired at Athens for some publique work,* 1.1 whereof the one was full of tongue, but slow at hand; and the other blanck in speech, yet an excellent Workman; Being called upon by the Magi∣strates to expresse themselves, and to declare at large, how they would proc••ed, When the first had made a large speech, and described it from point to point, the other seconded him in few words,* 1.2 saying; 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉; Ye Men o•• Athens, What this Man hath said in words, that will I Make 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in true performance. And as he was adjudged the better Artisan, so is the Man of action the better Christian: It is not the Man of words, but the Man of deeds; not the learie, but the fruitfull; not the discoursing, but the doing Christian, that shall be blessed here in this world, and happy in that which is to come.* 1.3