It will do you good to study carefully as to the results of your present life. One can not always know what his influence is, nor what the fruit of his living will be, but in general it can be known by each one whether his life, as a whole, helps the world upward, leaves it without marked influences, or draws it downward. The only true test for any life is its fruitage. Christ’s words, “By their fruits ye shall know them,” form a universal standard. It is not enough that one’s theories of life be correct, neither is it enough that one’s purposes be right, in an easy-going way. Correct theories must be forced into correct action. Right purposes must be vigorously woven into righteous character. Do not shrink from this examination of your own life. Better know of your faults, and so be enabled to correct them, than to remain in blissful ignorance concerning them. Each man can become a critic of himself, in the better sense, so as to learn what his life is doing and what his influence is. You are responsible for the results which come thru your life and influence. To disregard that responsibility or close your eyes against what it demands is evidence of folly, and is the beginning of failure. You do not need to seek praise or blame from other men in order to arrive at some just estimate of what you are. If you do not shrink from becoming acquainted with yourself, God will help you to know yourself sufficiently well; and such self-knowledge will enable you to see what fruit your life is bearing. You are quick to discover what other lives produce, and most of us are not slow to condemn that which we do not approve. One ought to be better acquainted with the result of his own life and sharper in criticizing his own faults than he is in criticizing the faults of others. Such self-criticism may not be as agreeable, but it is far more valuable than the criticism we are likely to bestow upon others.—Sabbath Recorder.