Day 6

We must then have mercy on all we may see in suffering : on the sick and the afflicted: — we must soothe them by words of comfort and wise counsel if we have nothing else to give : — help them to bear their troubles, and if possible share these with them.

This is the most beautiful of all offerings. 4 I will have mercy and not sacrifice ,’ as He Himself has said.

1 Matt. ix. 13.

Seventh Da> SIXTH BEATITUDE To be clean of heart . — Matt. v. 8.

ILESSED are the clean of heart.’ Who can tell the beauty of a pure heart ? A spotless mirror — a piece of perfectly refined gold — a diamond of the purest water — an absolutely clear fountain — none of them equal the beauty and the cleanness of a pure heart. To produce such a heart, every bit of dirt must be removed : — and especially all that comes from the pleasures of sense, for one drop from the cup of these pleasures will disturb this beautiful fountain. How lovely, how truly ravishing even, is the untroubled stream of an unspotted heart ! God takes pleasure in seeing Himself reflected in it, as in a highly-polished glass, in all His beauty ; and, piercing it with His rays, He makes the mirror itself appear all resplendent as a sun. God’s own purity then becomes united to that Google