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The Divine Companion
They who tread the path of labor follow where my feet
have trod;
They who work without complaining do the holy will of
God.
Where the many toil together, there am I alone my own;
Where the tired workman sleepeth, there am I with him
alone.
I, the peace that passeth knowledge, dwell amid the daily
strife;
I, the bread of heaven, am broken in the sacrament of life.
Every task, however simple, sets the soul that does it free;
Every deed of love and mercy, done to man, is done to me.
Nevermore thou needest seek me; I am with thee every
where; Raise the stone and thou shaltfind me; cleave the wood,
and I am there.
-Henry van Dyke, in "The Toiling of Felix."
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