...either yet quoted, Raimond Lull, of Majorca, who died in 1315, says : As the needle turneth by nature to the north, when it is touched by the magnet, so it behoves that thy servant should turn to praise his Lord God, and to serve Him, since out of love to...

...deserved. But such was not his wish. " As the needle*," . he says in his Contemplations, " naturally turns to the North, when it is touched by the magnet, so is it fitting, O Lord, that Thy servant should turn to love and praise and serve Thee, seeing that...

...success, he was again more active for God. " As the needle," he says in his contemplations, " naturally turns to the north when it is touched by the magnet, so it is fitting, 0 Lord, that thy servant should turn to love and praise Thee, seeing that out of love to him, Thou...

...the rest he had so well deserved. But such was not his wish. "As the needle," he says, " naturally turns to the north when it is touched by the magnet, so is it fitting, O Lord, that thy servant should turn to love and praise and serve thee, seeing that...

...constrained St. Paul, so it constrained this grand old man. Hear how he writes : " As the needle by nature turns to the north when it is touched by the magnet, so it is fitting that Thy servant should turn to Thee, since out of love to him Thou hast endured such pains and sufferings."...

..." we read : " As the needle naturally turns to the north when it is touched by the magnet, so is it fitting, O Lord, that Thy servant should turn to love...and serve Thee ; seeing that out of love to him Thou wast willing to endure such grievous pangs and sufferings." And again: "Men are wont to die, O Lord,...

...time of his departure was at hand." In Lull's " Contemplations " we read : " As the needle naturally turns to the north when it is touched by the magnet, so is it fitting, O Lord, that Thy servant should turn to love and praise and serve Thee ; seeing that...

...blood and his tears to be shed for Thee." And in "Contemplation," he wrote: "As the needle naturally turns to the north when it is touched by the magnet,...and serve Thee : seeing that out of love to him Thou wast willing to endure such previous pangs and sufferings." And again, " Men are wont to die, O Lord,...

...than myself, and myself only for you, and in you all that love you truly. Thomas a Kempis 106.14 As a needle turns to the north when it is touched by the magnet, so it is fitting, O Lord, that I, your servant, should turn to love and praise and serve you; seeing that out of love to me you were...

...constrained St. Paul, so it constrained this grand old man. Hear how he writes : " As the needle by nature turns to the north when it is touched by the magnet, so it is fitting that Thy servant should turn to Thee, since out of love to him Thou hast endured such pains and sufferings."...