Section 18. GIVE[1] THE HONOUR TO GOD ALONE.
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Section 18. GIVE[1] THE HONOUR TO GOD ALONE.
A lady applied[2] to the worthy philanthropist[3] Richard Reynolds on behalf of a little orphan boy. After he[4] had (App. § 17) given liberally[5], she said: “When[6] he is old enough, I (App. § 15) will teach[7] him to thank his benefactor.” “Stop[8],” said the good man, “thou art mistaken[9]. We do not thank the clouds for rain (S. 3, N. 2). Teach[10] him to look higher, and thank Him[11] who giveth both the clouds and the rain.”—Rev. R. K. Arvine.
Notes in this chapter
Note 2 · Use the gen. of the def. art. The definite article is always required before nouns representing the whole of a given class, and before abstrNote 1 · Say ‘Give God alone the honour’.Note 2 · to apply to a person on behalf of somebody, sich bei einem für jemand verwenden.Note 3 · Menschenfreund, m.Note 4 · To avoid ambiguity turn the pron. ‘he’ here by ‘Reynolds’.Note 5 · ‘liberally’, here reichlich.Note 6 · The conjunction ‘when’, used in the sense of ‘whenever’, and referring to indefinite time, must be rendered by ‘wenn’ (compare S. 4, N. 2); Note 7 · The verb ‘lehren’, to teach, requires the accusative of the person. Render the sentence ‘I — benefactor’ by ‘I will teach him to be thankfulNote 8 · [1] Say ‘Give God alone the honour’. [2] to apply to a person on behalf of somebody, sich bei einem für jemand verwenden. [3] MenschenfreundNote 9 · to be mistaken, sich irren.Note 10 · Teach — higher, Lehre ihn höher blicken.Note 11 · The pronoun ‘Him’ is here used as a demonstr. pron.; ‘both ... and’, sowohl ... wie auch; ‘to give’, here = to send.