You, have you built well, have you forgotten the cornerstone? Talking of relations of men, but not of relations of men to GOD.
...Of all that was done in the past, you eat the fruit, either rotten or ripe. And the Church must be forever building, and always decaying, and always being restored. For every ill deed in the past we suffer the consequence: For sloth, for avarice, gluttony, neglect of the Word of GOD, For pride, for lechery, treachery, for every act of sin...
And of all that was done that was good, you have the inheritance. For good and ill deeds belong to a man alone, when he stands on the other side of death, But here upon earth you have the reward of the good and ill that was done by those who have gone before you...
And all that was good you must fight to keep with hearts as devoted as those of your fathers who fought to gain it. The Church must be forever building, for it is forever decaying within and attacked from without; For this is the law of life; and you must remember that while there is time of prosperity, The people will neglect the Temple, and in time of adversity they will decry it.
Much to cast down, much to build, much to restore; Let the work not delay, time and the arm not waste; Let the clay be dug from the pit, let the saw cut the stone, And daughters ride away on casual pillions.
