MADE GREAT BY ADVERSITY
Misfortune and Poverty Have Been
Means of Urging Men to Great
Accomplishments.
Adverse circumstances' are fre
quently among the foes that, being
vanquished, bestow a blessing, Rev. J.
Frank Thompson writes in the Uni
versalist Leader. It was a good
thing for the world that the loss of
his fortune Induced Thackeray to
become a writer. English literature
Is indebted for the "Pilgrim's Prog
ress" to the imprisonment that com
pelled Bunyau to choose between
mental industry and madness. If
Hawthorne had not lost his position
in the customhouse he might never
have written "The Scarlet Letter" and
the books that followed it. Through
physical blindness Milton gained an
increase of spiritual vision. In the
sorrow of exile, and the lofty medita
tions which were the only solace,
Dante found the Inspiration of his
poem. It was while dwelling on the
Isle of Patmos, with convicts as his
only companions, that John received
his revelation. Willingness to suf
fer for the truth which he pro
claimed gave to the letters sent by
Paul from his Roman dungeon a pow
er beyond that of tbe essays which
Seneca wrote upon bis golden table.
It was through resisting the tempta
tion to save his Ufe at the cost ot
his mission that Jesus added to the
wisdom of his teaching the perfect
example which had made bim "The
Light of the World."
Heed not Jeers; they cannot hurt, i
Ever Eat
Grape-Nuts?
There's a vast army of
physical and ' mental
workers who do.
One reason its deli
cious nut-like flavour.
Another it is easily
and quickly digested
generally in about one
hour.
