little, obscure man, as truly lost on the peak as you would be at the
base.

Jesus died a failure; His friends were few, and the best of them
thought His life a mistake. It takes more than the span of our lives
to measure their size. It is better that a great soul should be called
a failure than that it should die a shrivelled success. Earth measures
by what the hands hold; heaven by the heart. The hands at last lose
their grasp, but the heart wealth goes on from more to more. This it
is that is worth while.

Jesus was right when He said that He would draw all men to Him. Then
it sounded like folly; to-day it demonstrates His divine insight.
Lifted up in shame the riches of His life were revealed. After all,
the best in us answers to the best; it is love that leads. In the end,
goodness, truth, gentleness, sincerity have the greatest attraction for
men. Jesus is known and loved by millions who never heard of Nero or
of Augustus. Their glory was that of circumstance; His that of
character. His life lifts.

This it is that most helps the world; not learning, but a life; not
power or position, but simple passion for men; not riches, but wealth
of the inner life. You may not found a university or build libraries
or hospitals, or even write books or preach sermons. But every one may
do the principal thing that Jesus did. That was to live a life amongst
men of love for them, of simple kindnesses, of God-seeking aspiration,
of white sincerity. The race needs not so much men who will shake it
with their power or dazzle it with their learning as it needs men and
women who will lift it with the quiet earnestness and sincerity of
their lives. Herein is lasting greatness and true power, to live as He