There is the most perfect harmony; there is relatively easy settlement of problems and difficulties if but this principle be adopted; that you have taken as your chief business in life the ends of true religion, the development of character and the service of humanity, and, with this purpose, the daily toil, the opportunities and enginery of your trade or profession shall be made to serve these higher ends. Religion then becomes the motive in business and business the manifestation of religion. A man serves the Most High in his office with the same devotion and elevation of spirit as a priest at the altar. He is doing a great work, because the spirit is great. In questions of conscience he can afford to lose everything except the great end; he will not sacrifice the lesser to the greater. XVIII The Force of Faith "_The Victory that Overcometh_" _Fear and Faith_ _Faith for the Future_ _Some talk so hard about duty they have no strength left for deeds._ _When a good man gets down in the dirt some one is sure to stumble over him._ _Many a man who would make a first-class lighthouse is wasting his life trying to be a fog-horn._ _The mournful saint works a good deal more harm than the cheerful sinner._ _The faith that shows up strong on the fence may fail altogether when it gets on the field._ _It's not the man who says the loudest amen who makes the most impression on heaven._ _There are too many folks trying to meet the world's hunger for love with essays on affection._ _Lots of people let their daily manna spoil while they pray for butter and sugar to spread on it._ _People who lay their sins on the old Adam are not anxious to have their successes attributed to him._ _Many a man thinks his life is clouded over when the truth is he is burying his head in the steam of his own sighings._ XVIII "THE VICTORY THAT OVERCOMETH" You cannot believe little things and do great ones; you cannot believe in half successes and accomplish whole ones. A man's faith sets the boundaries of his work. He will do what he believes and accomplish what he believes can be accomplished. Mountains are not subdued by men who stand discouraged at a mole-hill. A man must conquer the fatigues of the way in his own heart or he will never set out on the road. Back of all free action lies some creed, some conviction. All great battles have been fought and either lost or won in the heart. The simple or stubborn confidence that leads to all-conquering effort, this is faith, the vision that vitalizes. The eye of faith sees the prize at the end long before it is reached; the eye of fear looks so closely at the difficulties and dangers of the course that the prize is not seen at all.