THE STABILITY OF TRUTH. 365 



" It is not the truth in man's possession that makes 

 the worth of man. Possession makes him selfish, lazy, 

 proud. Not through possession, but through long striv- 

 ing, comes the ever-growing strength. 



If G d should hold in his ri S ht hand a11 

 truth, and in his left hand only the cease- 

 less struggle to reach after truth, and he should say to 

 me, Choose, I would fall in humbleness before his left 

 hand, and say : 



" ' Father, give ; the perfect truth is but for thee alone.' " 



