Although as yet the liturgy has not been specifically
mentioned, everything which has been said applies to it. In
the liturgy the Logos has been assigned its fitting
precedence over the will. Hence the wonderful power of
relaxation proper to the liturgy, and its deep
reposefulness. Hence its apparent consummation entirely in
the contemplation, adoration and glorification of Divine
Truth. This is also the explanation of the fact that the
liturgy is apparently so little disturbed by the petty
troubles and needs of everyday life. It also accounts for
the comparative rareness of its attempts at direct teaching
and direct inculcation of virtue. The liturgy has something
in itself reminiscent of the stars, of their eternally fixed
and even course, of their inflexible order, of their
profound silence, and of the infinite space in which they
are poised. It is only in appearance, however, that the
liturgy is so detached and untroubled by the actions and
strivings and moral position of men. For in reality it knows
that those who live by it will be true and spiritually
sound, and at peace to the depths of their being; and that
when they leave its sacred confines to enter life they will
be men of courage.