Ukuziqhelanisa nokuSebenza koMhla: Ukusuka kwilizwe elibonakalayo

Ihlabathi ngumkhohlisi. Yonke into ingamampunge apha ezantsi, ngaphandle kokukhonza uThixo, itsho iNtshumayeli. Kukangaphi le nyaniso ichaphazeleka! Ihlabathi lisihenda ngobutyebi, kodwa ezi azonelanga ukongeza ubomi bethu ngemizuzu emihlanu; Iyasicenga ngolonwabo kunye nembeko, kodwa ezi, zimfutshane kwaye phantse zihlala zimanyene nezono, zonakalisa iintliziyo zethu endaweni yokuba zanelise. Kwinqanaba lokufa, zingaphi ukuphoxeka esiza kuba nakho, kodwa mhlawumbi kungasasebenzi! Makhe sicinge ngayo ngoku!

Ihlabathi lingumngcatshi. Ungcatsha thina, ubomi bethu bonke, ngamanqaku akhe achasene neVangeli; usicebisa ngekratshi, ngamampunge, impindezelo, ukoneliseka kukabani, usenza ukuba silandele ububi endaweni yesidima. Usinikezela ekufeni ngokusishiya nazo zonke iingcinga zakhe, okanye ngokusikhohlisa ngethemba lokuba sinexesha. Ungcatsha kuthi ngonaphakade, alahlekelwe ngumphefumlo wethu ... Kwaye simlandela! Kwaye siyamoyika, bakhonzi bakhe bathobekileyo! ...

Indawo evela kwihlabathi. Ngowuphi umvuzo onokulindela umhlaba wonke? Yintoni awayenayo uIzebhele ngomtsalane awawusebenzisa gadalala? UNebhukadenetsare ngokuzingca kwakhe, uSolomon ngobutyebi bakhe, uArius, uOrigen ngobukrelekrele babo, uAlexander, uKesare, uNapoleon I ngamabhongo abo? Ubumfama beli hlabathi buyanyamalala, utsho uMpostile; sifuna igolide yesidima, hayi udaka lomhlaba; sifuna uThixo, izulu, uxolo lwenene lwentliziyo. Thatha izigqibo ezinzulu-

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