"How do you manage to paint such exquisite pictures?" it was once asked of Corot; and he replied "Je reve mon tableau, et plus tard je peindrai mon reve". There spoke the true artist: "I dream my picture, and afterwards I paint my dream". The true artist dreams with his eyes open, looking at nature, and it is because he thus sees the inner spirit of her beauty through its external veil of form that he can show others what they could nor see, unaided, for themselves. This is his function, and the large-minded dealer enables him to perform it by taking the business side of the matter in hand in a generous spirit combined with a shrewd knowledge of the market, and so leaves the painter to his proper work by seeing his vision of nature and interpreting it by his individual method of interpretation.
So with the Divine Healer. He knows the ropes, He has command of the market, and He will deal in a liberal spirit with all who place their work in His hands. Let us, then, do diligently, honestly, and cheerfully the work of today, not as serving a hard taskmaster, but in happy confidence, and day by day hand it over to the Loving Creating Spirit who will bring out connections we had never dreamt of, and open up fresh avenues for us where we saw no way. You are the artist, and God is your honest, appreciative, and powerful Dealer.
Liberty
But what else is this except exchanging the burden
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