♦New Service♦ “Right, lad; the best reward for having wrought well already is to have more to do; and he that has been faithful over a few things must find his account in being made ruler over many things. That is the true and heroical rest, which only is worthy of gentlemen and sons of God. As for those who, either in this world or in the world to come, look for idleness, and hope that God shall feed them with pleasant things, as it were, with a spoon, Amyas, I count them cowards and base, even though they call themselves saints and elect.”--KINGSLEY. THE TWO IDEALS (The two following poems present respectively the Buddhist and Christian Ideals of Life.) THE BUDDHIST IDEAL. DHANIYA SUTTA. 1 _Hot steams my food. My cows are milked. --So said the herdsman Dhaniya-- Along the banks of the Mahī With equals and with friends I dwell. Right well is my trim cottage thatched, And on my hearth the fire burns bright. So let the rain pour down now, if it likes, to-night!_ 2 _Cool is my mind. No fallow land lies there. --So said the Exalted One-- For one night only, as I wander on, I dwell upon the banks of the Mahī. My lodging’s open to the sky. The fires Are out (for in my heart the flames Of Lust, Ill-will, and Dulness burn no more). So let the rain pour down now, if it likes, to-night!_ 3 _There are no gadflies here. My kine --So said the herdsman Dhaniya-- Are roaming through the meadows rich with grass; Well can they bear the fickle rain-god’s blows. So let the rain pour down now, if it likes, to-night!_ 4 _My basket raft was woven well together. --So said the Exalted One-- Crossed over now, I’ve reached the farther bank And overcome the floods (the Lust of Sense, The Lust of Life, Delusion, Ignorance). So let the rain pour down now, if it likes, to-night!_ 5 _Obedient is my wife, no wanton she, --So said the herdsman Dhaniya-- Long has she dwelt with me, my well-beloved, I hear no evil thing in her against me. So let the rain pour down now, if it likes, to-night!_ 6 _Obedient is my heart, wholly set free, --So said the Exalted One-- Long has it been watched over, well subdued, No evil thing is found within my breast. So let the rain pour down now, if it likes, to-night!_ 7 _On my own earnings do I live at ease. --So said the herdsman Dhaniya-- My boys are all about me, strong in health, I hear no evil thing in them against me. So let the rain pour down now, if it likes, to-night!_ 8 _No man can call me servant, and I wander --So said the Exalted One-- At will, o’er all the earth on what I find. I feel no need of wages, or of gain. So let the rain pour down now, if it likes, to-night!_