In his poem ldquo Rest rdquo nineteenth-century minister John Sullivan Dwight gently challenges our tendency to separate ldquo leisure rdquo time from ldquo work rdquo asking ldquo Is not true leisure One with true toil rdquo If you want to experience true leisure instead of trying to avoid life rsquo s duties Dwight urges ldquo Still do thy best Use it not waste it mdash Else lsquo tis not rest Wouldst behold beauty Near thee All round Only hath duty Such a sight found rdquo Dwight concludes that true rest and joy are both found through love and service mdash
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