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 this exterior  ministry,  as  never  to  be  drawn from their  interior  attention  to  God."

In the  words  of  St.  Augustine,  "God  sees thee;  go  in  where  thou  wilt,  He  sees  thee; light  thy  lamp,  He  sees  thee;  quench  its  light, He  sees  thee.  Fear  Him  Who  ever  beholds thee.  If  thou  wilt  sin,  seek  a  place  where  He can  not  see  thee,  and  then  do  what  thou  wilt."

And again  St.  Basil  exclaims:  "Who  shall dare,  in  presence  of  his  prince,  to  do  what displeases  that  prince?"

The Royal  Psalmist  says:  "I  remembered the  days  of  old,  I  meditated  on  all  Thy  works: I  mused  upon  the  works  of  Thy  hands. Make  the  way  known  to  me  (O  Lord),  wherein I  should  walk;  for  I  have  lifted  up  my  soul to  Thee"  (Ps.  cxlii.  5,  8).

As we  read  in  "The  Crown  of  Jesus":  "We can  meditate  when  we  sit  in  the  house;  when we  walk  on  the  way;  when  we  lie  down;  when we  rise  up.  We  can  meditate  by  considering all  earthly  things  as  types  of  holy  truths.  In trees,  the  wood  of  the  cross,  our  Redemption; in  dust,  our  origin.  In  the  sky,  heaven  our reward.  In  the  stars,  the  heavenly  mansions of  those  who  by  their  glorious  deeds  have brought  many  to  justice.  In  the  moon,  the Queen  of  heaven.  In  the  sun,  the  Son  of justice.    In  the  sea,  the  ocean  of  eternity.