A. D. W by A. D. W.

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 7, 1915

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 42, No. 48.

A. D. W

By A. D. W.

AN American artist once made use of a piece of inferior canvas, for what he intended as a mere study; but the picture developed unexpected excellence, and eventually was hung in one of the great galleries of Europe, and brought the painter the highest honors he ever received. But he was ever afterward haunted by the fear that the canvas would crack. How often did he regret that he had not taken the pains to secure a better one! When we do not at all anticipate how permanent are to be the results of our course — at a time, perhaps, when we have allowed ourselves to be unwontedly lax — then we may be deciding the quality of our life's best achievement.