A STATE of complete satisfaction is not by any means a desirable attainment. It is not found among scriptural beatitudes. On the other hand, it was our Lord himself who said: "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst." Thus the beatitude is one of dissatisfaction. It is mind-hunger that impels the student in all his quests and researches; if he becomes satisfied with his knowledge, his progress is at an end. Satisfaction with attainments in any sphere marks the limit of attainment. Hunger of soul, the desire for more of God, for holier life, for deeper communion, for fuller transforming of character, is the only hopeful state; the want of these desires tells of a perilous spiritual state. Longing is the heart's cry for greater nearness to God. It is the hand held out empty for Heaven to fill. It is the very spirit of faith impelling always to new ventures, to more heroic struggles. Satisfaction sits down at the foot of the mountain, while longing boldly climbs to its summit. Satisfaction is content to stand on the shore and wonder what is beyond; longing pushes out upon the unpathed waters, and discovers great continents. It is longing alone that makes us grow. It transforms us into its own spirit. What we long for intensely and continuously, we become. It is like the lamp in Goethe's tale, which, placed in the fisherman's rude hut, changed it to silver. The lamp of heavenly longing, lighted in our hearts and burning there, will transform our poor, dull, earthly lives into the beauty and brightness of Heaven.—Sel.