Notes

NOTES. The impossible becomes possible when a restless determination deals wiin it. Man was not created in God's image, his nostrils filled with God's breath, and all the earth placed under his dominion to meet with impossibilities at every step. The impossibilities are man's own creation, not God's, and for man voluntarily to surround himself with impossibilities is an insult to his Creator. Let him, rather, stride forth upon the earth, over which he wa§ given dominion; let him hold up his head; tighten his muscles; let the warm red blood surge through his veins and conquer. It is the man who brings things to pass in spite of difficulties, who honors his Maker, and is leader among men. The angel who wrestled with Jacob declared, "As a prince hast thou power with God and with man, and hast prevailed." Carlyle's definition of a king is "The man who can." The man who always can't is a puny creature, ever growing smaller and weaker. The man who can grows upon his own God-given strength until he becomes a giant, subduing the material things of the world, realizing his ideals, making the home, the community, the state better, and proving his right to be called one of the sons of God.— rAc Circle. All sorts and conditions of men have excellent" reasons for their position in life. Illustrated Bits tells of a tramp who had no illusions about the cause of his own condition: Mrs. Finehealth (at hotel entrance): No, I have no money to spare for you. I do not see why an able-bodied man like you should go about begging. Lazy Tramp: I s'pose, mum, it's fer about the same reason that a healthy woman like you boards at a hotel, instead of keeping house. The professor in charge of a Princeton class room, had been annoyed by the tardy entrance of a student. He pointedly ceased talking until the man took his seat. After lecture the student apologized. "Professor," said he, "my watch was fifteen minutes out of the way. It has bothered me a good deal lately, but after this I shall put no more faith in it." ■'It's not faith you want in it," replied the professor; "it's works."