affect our judgment. We acquire habits which seem of no consequence, but which are the channels of a thousand new impulses to our soul. The majority of us are dependent on external guidance, and are guided and formed, not indeed by the will, but by the example and sympathy of others. Man needs now for his guidance a clearer knowledge of the divine purpose and human duty; he must, by our thinkers, be led to recognize life as an heritage on which the feu-rent-indicative of our responsibility-of intelligent obedience is continually chargeable. To look thus on life will greaten and broaden the character, will ennoble and elevate the soul, and quicken and excite the whole being to spread the rich, varied, and potent influences of dutiful activity throughout the vast theatre of the moral universe.

"Upward and onward " is the true motto of human existence:
"Still 'tis our being's inborn tone,
To strive for ever up and on."
GOETHE.

Life is a series of acts, each of which should be a well defined and reflective effort to bring about some predetermined purpose. Did man uniformly act from the suggestions of his reason, his thoughts and doings would have the relation of sequence and conduct-his conduct would be, in all circumstances, divinable; history would be science. Instead of being like a pilotless vessel on the tide of affairs, we want his reason to seize the helm and guide him onward safely through the toils and dangers of life; we want him to go through life's duties with an aggressive and unyielding persistency, not so much for progression as ascension, with a belief that the best life is the greatest.