“This spirit of ‘Restful Dependence’ is an inward rest, which in most cases is brought out of great effort, great struggling. . . . It is a rest which enables us to work, not apart from God, but in harmony with God. and so there is no waste of force as there is when we work in merely the natural way. . . . We have rushed from place to place, feeling that something must be done, and that we must go and do it ourselves, that very moment! And afterwards we found that if only we had knelt down and committed it to God, the work would have been far better done. We should have had God with us next day, or whenever God’s time had come, whereas on that day, when we ran about so quickly, we were working by ourselves, and of course the Finite cannot do as much as the Infinite; man cannot accomplish as much as God. Work done out of harmony with God comes to nothing, but work done in a rightful spirit, drinking in of the Love of God, is eternal work. It is divine work, though done by human instrumentality, therefore it shall last when heaven and earth shall pass away.”
Bishop WILKINSON
“However she appears before me in these bright working years of her life, it is always with the same gentle manners and movements, never too hurried or too important to attend to other people’s affairs, however tedious or trivial, or to give a helping hand when it was wanted.”
From Life of Annie Keary
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