of man, know that appearances do not reveal the exact truth concerning anything, and they also know that man has it in his power to change his whole life, his entire nature and his own destiny. This world is not a world of aimless chance; neither do events just happen. When we look at the confused surface and see how many things move in some helter-skelter fashion we may think that it is entirely useless to attempt any orderly re-adjustment; but when we discover that every adverse effect comes from some adverse cause, and that man himself produces those adverse causes, we find it necessary to take another point of view.

The confused surface of the world is produced by the confused and misdirected actions of the human race, just as an upset household is produced by disorder among its members. The inside of every house is the exact likeness of those who have charge of it. An orderly person will have everything in harmony, and neatness will prevail even though the house itself be ordinary, and everything in it be ordinary and inexpensive. But the newest and finest house .nd the costliest furniture can give the appearance of utter depravity if placed in charge of a disorderly mind.

The same law rules everywhere among the smallest things and the largest things in the