petty friction of our every-day life with one another, the jar
of business or of work, the discord of the domestic circle, the
collapse of our ambition, the crossing of our will or the taking
down of our conceit, which make inward peace impossible. Wounded
vanity, then, disappointed hopes, unsatisfied selfishness--these
are the old, vulgar, universal

Sources of man's unrest.

Now it is obvious why Christ pointed out as the two chief objects
for attainment the exact opposites of these. To meekness and
lowliness these things simply do not exist. They cure unrest by
making it impossible. These remedies do not trifle with surface
symptoms; they strike at once at removing causes. The ceaseless
chagrin of a self-centered life can be removed at once by learning
meekness and lowliness of heart. He who learns them is forever proof
against it. He lives henceforth a charmed life. Christianity is
a fine inoculation, a transfusion of healthy blood into an anaemic
or poisoned soul. No fever can attack a perfectly sound body; no
fever of unrest can disturb a soul which has breathed the air or
learned the ways of Christ.

Men sigh for the wings of a dove that they may fly away and be at
Rest. But flying away will not help us. "The Kingdom of God is
WITHIN YOU." We aspire to the top to look for Rest; it lies at the
bottom. Water rests only when it gets to the lowest place. So do
men. Hence, BE LOWLY. The man who has no opinion of himself at
all can never be hurt if others do not acknowledge him. Hence, BE
MEEK. He who is without expectation cannot fret if nothing comes
to him. It is self-evident that these things are so. The lowly