what good you do even from yourself; at least, conceal its merit from your own sight. Always believe that you are doing little or nothing, and that you are a useless servant. Fear, in all your good works, that your intention is not pure enough, nor sufficiently free from worldly motives. Let God alone see the merit of your actions; do good without reflecting on yourself. Be occupied solely with the work, so as never to think about what you may gain by it, but to leave all to the judgment of God. Thus, He alone will gaze upon you, and you will be hidden from your own sight.
'Sound not a trumpet before thee,’ [1] like those who are incessantly talking of their own sayings and doings. They are their own trumpeters, being so much afraid that they may escape notice.
- ↑ Matt, vi. 2.
