HOUSE BUILDING AND CHARACTER BUILDING. “ A workman that needeth not to be ashamed.”—ll Timothy, ii., 15. When a child comes into this world he comes without any character at all. Ho is simply a bundle of latent energies, a fagot of possibilities or a piece of white paper on which, as time goes on, he will write the history of a soul and demonstrate its suc cess or failure. The science of heredity teaches us that ho may have strong tenden cies to either good or evil, but when his reason puts tho crown on his head, as Na poleon did at Notre Dame, he is in fall command of himself and can. settle his des tiny beyond a peradventure. If he is long sighted he will see that he moat not become the creature of circumstance, but must bond circumstance to the accomplish ment of a high, noble and divine pur pose. Religion comes to his aid and tells him, just as an old man would toll a young man. that oao course of life will in the long run, however enticing it may be at the begin ning, produce misery both of body and mind, and that another course of life will in tho long run produce satisfaction and happiness. That is the chief function of re ligion, and that is the only kind of religion which can rightfully claim his attention. It is a man’s best friend, because it teaches him to seek his best good. Keligiou is the science which tells us how to produce the highest results, and as such no man can afford to bo indifferent to it.
