Dream Not of Noble Service

“Dream not of noble service elsewhere wrought,
The simple duty that awaits thy hand
Is God’s voice uttering a divine command;
Life’s common duties build what saints have thought.

In wonder — workings of some bush aflame
 Men look for God, and fancy Him concealed;
But in earth’s common things He stands revealed,
While grass and stars and flowers spell out His name.”

(The Quiet Things, by Minot Judson Savage, 1882)

HT: QuietResting