its
own
action,
but
by
the
action
of
him
who
seeks
to
restore
it.
Our
action
then
should
be,
to
put
ourselves
into
a
position
to
suffer
the
action
of
God,
and
to
allow
the
Word
to
retrace
His
image
•
in
us.
An
image,
if
it
could
move,
would
by
its
movement
prevent
the
sculptor's
perfecting
it.
Every
movement
of
our
own
hinders
the
work
of
the
Heavenly
Sculptor,
and
produces
false
features.
We
must
then
remain
silent,
and
only
move
as
He
moves
us.
Jesus
Christ
has
life
in
Himself
(John
V.
26),
and
He
must
communicate
life
to
all
who
live.
That
this
action
is
the
most
noble
cannot
be
denied.
Things
are
only
of
value
as
the
principle
in
which
they
originate
is
noble,
grand,
and
elevated.
Actions
committed
by
a
divine
principle
are
divine
actions;
whereas
the
actions
of
the
creature,
how-ever
good
they
may
appear,
are
human
actions,
or
at
best
they
are
virtuous
actions,
if
they
are
dene
with
the
help
of
grace.
Jesus
says
that
He
has
life
in
Himself;
all
other
beings
have
but
a
borrowed
life,
but
the
Word
has
life
in
Himself;
and
as
He
is
communicative.
He
