25. Paysons Humility.

Paysons Humility In the following extract we find true humility expressed in one of his beautiful figures : " Could I paint a true likeness of Christ, I should rejoice to hold it up to the view and admiration of all creation, and to be hid behind it forever. It would be heaven enough to hear him praised and adored, though no one should care about insignificant me." In a letter to a candidate for the ministry he expresses himself thus : " Let those who choose to engage in such a race (for worldly distinctions) divide the prize. Let one run away with the money, another with applause; be God’s approbation the only prize for which I run." In alluding to two distinguished characters, who asserted that they were never happy until they ceased striving to be great, he writes, " My heart saw it and consented to it, and now I am comparatively happy." In reviewing his life in this same spirit of humility, he could say, U I have done nothing myself; I have not fought, but Christ has fought for me; I have not run, but Christ has carried me; I have not worked, but Christ has wrought in me; Christ has done all."