Sharkrow the VOL. XXXI. Practical Christianity, 423557 KANSAS CITY, MO., JULY, 1909 * No. I THE SPIRIT OF SUCCESS MARY BREWERTON DE WITT A momentous faculty is called into play when cess is understood in its entirety. suc Success is a word covering a wide field. To be truly successful is not only to understand the law of prosperity governing riches, but it is to understand the law that governs health, strength, peace of mind and all harmonious conditions, for to have these is to have success. Thus we see that a certain spirit is required in success, for the spirit of success relates to the mind and its attitude toward life. The faculty referred to is that determining quality of the mind which will take no secondary matter when it is looking for the best. This is that quality of faith backed by enthusiasm and courage and a full determination to succeed notwithstanding obstacles and stumbling blocks that may lie in the path. The one who is determined upon success and never gives up is bound to succeed in the end. He who is bent on success is always persevering, patient and invulnerable to attacks from the crowd of would-be detrimental thoughts and ideas. If these essay to thwart him, they are balked at every turn, for he who is bent on victory is sure to be victorious. No one who has ventured to attain to any object or idea, and kept at that venture faithfully and persistently, has been known to fail, for he who sticks to his work through fair days and foul, lives to see the completion of that work, provided he has a coura |