CHAPTER VII.
HEART-PEACE BEFORE MINISTRY.
"Like the star That shines afar, Without haste And without rest, Let each man wheel, with steady sway, Round the task that rules the day, And do his best." -- GOETHE.
Peace in the heart is one of the conditions of good work.

We cannot do our best in anything if we are fretted and anxious.

A feverish heart makes an inflamed brain, a clouded eye, and an unsteady hand.

The people who really accomplish the most, and achieve the best results, are those of calm, self-controlled spirit.

Those who are nervous and excited may be always busy, and always under pressure of haste; but in the end they do far less work than if they wrought calmly and steadily, and were never in a hurry.
Nervous haste is always hindering haste.