To be near unto God - pagina 14

main standing afar

off,

but seeks access to the in personal contact

immediate presence of God, of soul with the Eternal. 2

"THE SOULS WHICH

I

HAVE MADE."

There is a peculiar charm about the thing which we have made. Not because of any intrinsic value it

have made

may

have, but just because

we

The new beginner at the art of portrait-painting, who practices his art by copying celebrated originals, will think more of his own copy than of the more excellent original. Flowers which the young lad plucks from his own little garden are much more interesting to him than the boquet from the florist. The country gentleman prefers vegetables from his own it.

grounds or hothouse, even if less fine, to the produce imported from abroad. He who writes

for the press deems his own article, published in some monthly or quarterly, the best of the edition. This holds good in every department of life. Produce raised ourselves interests us greatly. Cattle bred on our own stock farm is preferred to any other. We are more happy in the house which we have built. Of course, this implies some self-complacency, which especially in youth is apt to breed conceit. We grant that preference for our own work can go too far, as when from sheer egotism it makes us undervalue better works from other hands. This is evident in motherjoy, which revels in play with its own child, such as is impossible in play with a neighbor's child. Self-delusion and selfishness may at times be too evident in this joy of the mother heart, but history and folklore in all lands

i

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