The littleness of great men is well exemplified in Jonah. God would not have called him to His great foreign mission if there had not been the elements in Jonah’s character which the Spirit could mightily use. But Jonah was proud and easily irritated; the mission was displeasing; he would get no glory out of it, and he fled to Tarshish. But when the severe test of the storm comes, pride and irritation vanish. He frankly tells the sailors that he is to blame, and to cast him overboard. The greatness of soul with which he does this so impresses the ignorant heathen that they strive all the harder to save the man, and are led to pray to the great Jehovah. The best of a man is not always seen on the surface. Sometimes ill health in the form of dyspepsia, catarrh, indigestion, and the irritation consequent on these ailments, hide many a noble soul. But even over all these God will give the victory to him who will co-operate with divine power.