 (see also Being Good) “The community, the nation, the race, are now taking their due place in our religious thought. We are no longer solely occupied in what an Irish woman called 'saving yer dirty sowl.' Our religion is becoming more magnanimous and more responsible, and it is time that a like change should take place in our educational thought.” * “As for self-denial, it is impossible for love to go without what it wants, because it is not aware of personal wants. The mother who feeds her child with the last crust, covers it with her last rag, does not exercise self-denial, but love. Probably a great deal of harm to ourselves and others is done by what we call our self-denials. "I won't have you saving yer dirty sowl upon me," said an Irish woman to her district visitor; and it is just possible that she expressed a law of life, ––that we are not allowed to be good to others, or even to be good in ourselves, just for the sake of being good. Love, and the service of love, are the only things that count.” * “Again, if we wish children to keep clear of all the religious clamours in the air, we must help them to understand what religion is––[What Religion Is, by Bernard Bosanquet, D.C.L.] ‘Will religion guarantee me my private and personal happiness? To this on the whole I think we must answer, No; and if we approach it with a view to such happiness, then most certainly and absolutely No.’ …In a word, ‘I want, am made for and must have a God.’" Examen: How do I recognize true religion? What are the religious clamors of our day? What are my self-denials? ~~~~~~~ The community, the nation,: Charlotte M. Mason, Towards a Philosophy of Education, 6:46. As for self-denial: Charlotte M. Mason, Ourselves, 4:154–55. Again, if we wish: Mason, 6:149–50. Day 65 'Dirty Sowl' meditation/100 Days copyright Laurie Bestvater 2025
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