Dr. Bonar tells of a dream he once had. In his dream the angels
weighed his zeal, and he was delighted with the result. It
reached the maximum and turned the scale at a hundred. Then
they analyzed it, and his delight vanished. For (out of the
hundred) fourteen parts were pure selfishness, fifteen parts
sectarianism, twenty-two parts ambition, twenty-three parts love
for man, and twenty-six parts love to God. He awoke from his
dream sobered and saddened, but resolved on a new consecration.
How much religious zeal (if analyzed) would prove even more corrupt!
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=Zeal in Teachers=--See TEACHERS, ALERTNESS OF.
=Zeal Overdone=--See HUMAN PASSION.
=Zeal, Unwise=--See UNNATURAL EDUCATION.
=Zones=--See PATHS, KEEPING ONE’S OWN.