To be near unto God - pagina 10

unto him. But in that case, satisfaction with half measures must not be tolerated. If we do, vague love for a far-away God will riiore than ever fail

The free and untrammeled life, that joj'fully proclaims: I love the Lord, alone can save. For it does not remain standing afar off, but seeks access to the immediate presence of God, in personal contact of soul with the Eternal. us.

"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 may have, but just because we have made it.

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 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

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