THROUGH LIBRARY WINDOWS i6r 



the Life and the Light of the World. The 

 power of genuine character, then, is both mag- 

 netic and dynamic, and both go on in silence. 

 Such lives are evangels. They hasten by a good 

 deal the coming of the King's kingdom. 



"Of every work, the silent part is best, 

 Of all expression, that which cannot be ex- 

 pressed." 



One's life is a building built from within in 

 silence. Environment, associations, influence, 

 atmosphere supply material and go far to de- 

 termine the plan and character of the building 

 — a hovel or a palace. Each day and hour, 

 fifty or more faculties or sentiments or powers 

 within, are building in the material furnished 

 and the character-edifice rises steadily as coral 

 reefs from beneath the sea. Some rocks are 

 so hard and flinty that iron wedges and heavy 

 sledges fail to splinter the stubborn mass. Then 

 the more effective plan is to cut grooves in the 

 rock into which wooden wedges of very hard 

 fibre are tightly inserted. Water is then ap- 

 plied and the wedges begin to swell and must 

 have room for expansion. The flinty hearts of 

 the rock cannot withstand this silent and power- 

 ful influence, and from top to bottom it is rent 



