the manual labor which they
still shared with the men in their employment, he devoted himself to
an occupation more accordant to his mind. He set to work to make
single beds and private rooms for the workmen, contriving various
conveniences and means of occasional solitude for them, and in other
ways doing all in his power to achieve for them the privileges he
found so necessary for himself. Of these efforts we get occasional
glimpses in the diary. But it is, in the main, devoted to more
impersonal and larger topics, and the facts of his daily employment,
as just given, have been gained from other sources.

"September 1.--There are two ways in which the spirit may live itself
out. One is to leave all these conditions, purchase a spot of ground,
and live according to its daily dictates. The other is to make these
conditions as harmonic as possible by giving the men" (workmen) "an
associative interest in the accumulations of our associative labor.
Both extremes require renunciation of property and of self. Love,
universal love is the ruler, and only by it can the spirit find peace
or be crowned with the highest happiness."

"The mystery of man's being, the unawakened capacities in him, we are
not half aware of. A few of the race, the prophets, sages, and poets,
give us a glimpse of his high destiny. Alas! that men should be on
the borders of such mighty truths and stand as blind and dumb as
lower animals before them!"

"Balaam sometimes, but ignorantly, utters true prophecies. A remark I
heard to-day leads me to say this. Speaking of diet a man said: 'Why,
what do you intend? At last you will have men to live on God.' We
must become God-like, or God-full. Live as He lives, become one with
Him. Until we are reconciled with our Father we are aliens,
prodigals. Until we can say, My Father and I are one, we have not
commenced to be. We must fulfil what the Apostle said (and it means,
perhaps, more than we commonly imagine): 'In God we live and move and
have our being.'"

"The deeper and more profound a truth is, the less proof can you give
in its support."

"September 8.--On the evening of the 6th I went to see the French
Opera Company in Auber's 'Black Domino.' It did not please me as well
as some music I have heard, though parts of it were very beautiful.
The hymns of the nuns were very sweet. The thought occurred to me
that if the Church does not provide religious gratifications for the
true wants of humanity, she m