Lost Works
How is it, my dear brethren, that so few Christians behave with one end only in view -- to please God? Here is the reason, pure and simple. It is just that the vast majority of Christians are enveloped in the most shocking ignorance, so that, humanly speaking, they really do the very best they can.
The result is that if you were to compare their
intentions with those of pagans, you would not find any difference. Ah, dear
Lord, how many good works are lost for Heaven! Others who are a little better
informed are interested only in the esteem of their fellow men, and they try to
dissemble as much as they can: their exterior seems good, while interiorly they
are filled with duplicity and evil. Yes, my dear brethren, we shall see at the
Judgment that the largest section of Christians practiced a religion of whim or
caprice only -- that is to say, the greatest number of them practiced their
religion merely from motives of routine, and very few sought God alone in what
they did.
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