from day to day. A student who cons out every word in his Latin
and Greek instead of consulting a translation finds that honesty
is translated into his character. If he works out his mathematical
problems thoroughly, he not only becomes a mathematician, but becomes
a thorough man. It is by constant and conscientious attention to
daily duties that thoroughness and conscientiousness and honorableness
are imbedded in our beings. Character is

The music of the soul,

and is developed by exercise. Active use of the power entrusted
to us is one of the chief means which God employs for producing the
Christian graces. Hence the religion of a student demands that he
be true to his work, and that he let his Christianity be shown to
his fellow students and to his professors by the integrity and the
conscientiousness of his academic life. A man who is not faithful
in that which is least will not be faithful in that which is great.
I have known men who struggled unsuccessfully for years to pass
their examinations who, when they became Christians, found a new
motive for work and thus were able to succeed where previously they
had failed. A man's Christianity comes out as much in his work as
in his worship.

Our work is not only to be done thoroughly, but it is to be
done honestly. A man is not only to be honorable in his academic
relations, but he must be honest with himself and in his attitude
toward the truth. Students are not entitled to dodge difficulties,
they must go down to the foundation principles. Perhaps the truths
which are dear to us go down deeper even than we think, and we will
get more out of them if we dig down for the nuggets than we will