is dark before
them. When Cardinal Wolsey, who had been the favorite of the king and
had long held the government of England in his hand, fell from power,
he said, "If I had served my God as truly as I served my king He would
not have forsaken me in my gray hairs." The world is a poor comforter
at the last. No man or woman has become successful until their
essential happiness is placed beyond the reach of all outward
fluctuation and change. Faith in Christ, the faith that penetrates the
future and brings down from heaven a bright and blessed hopefulness,
which casts its illumination over the present scene and reveals the
grand object of existence, is essential to true success.

We cannot sum up the teachings of this chapter better than in the words
of a poem of which we should try to catch the spirit: they express the
very philosophy of success in life:

Courage, brother! do not stumble,
Though thy path be dark as night;
There's a star to guide the humble;--
Trust in God, and do the right.

Let the road be rough and dreary,
And its end far out of sight,
Foot it bravely! strong or weary,
Trust in God, and do the right.

Perish policy and cunning,
Perish all that fears the light!
Whether losing, whether winning,
Trust in God, and do the right.

Trust no party, sect, or faction;
Trust no leaders in the fight;
But in every word and action
Trust in God, and do the right.

Trust no lovely forms of passion,--
Fiends may look like angels bright:
Trust no custom, school, or fashion--
Trust in God, and do the right.

Simple rule, and safest guiding,
Inward peace and inward might,
Star upon our path abiding,--
Trust in God, and do the right.

Some will hate thee, some will love thee,
Some will flatter, some will slight:
Cease from man, and look above thee,--
Trust in God, and do the right.
NORMAN M'LEOD.

That is the way to succeed in life.

CHAPTER III.

PERSONAL INFLUENCE.

We are all of us in close relations to one another. We are bound
together in numberless ways. As members of the same family, as members
of the same community, as members of the same Church--we are bound so
closely together that what any one of us does is certain to tell upon
others. It is out of this close connection with others that influence
comes. Just as one man in a crowd sends by his movements a certain
impulse throughout