True Success

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Sep 1, 1904

THE man whose life, outwardly all defeat, is steadily expanding in its interest and sympathies, steadily growing in power to bear and suffer and be strong, has the blessed consciousness of coming into his kingdom. No outward disaster, no external obstacle or limitation, can ever defeat a true life; the soul can escape all these things as the bird escapes the perils of the snare and the net by flying above them. This highest success lies within the grasp of every earnest man or woman, and it is rarely without attestation of its presence and value, even in the eyes of those who take small account of spiritual things. There is a force which streams from a noble nature which is irresistible and pervasive as the sunlight. The warmth and vitality of such natures, while they invigorate the strongest men and women about them, penetrate to the heart of clouded and obscure lives, and minister to their needs. There is no success so satisfying as that which is embodied in one's character, and being so embodied, can not be taken from him, and the influence of which, reacting on the character of others, is also indestructible.—Christian Union.