. Christian herald. TEXT: I kOI liken him unto a wise man, tchich buUt his houseupon a rock. Matt. 7: H A SERMON ByRev. Charles Lewis Slattery, * Tinppnnn IT IS the highest characteristic of a genius thathe reaches out for the essential. We are surethat he is a poet who by a few common wordscan thrill us with the conviction of a funda-mental truth. We are sure that he is an artistwho, with a few strokes of his brush, can put onhis canvas the very soul of the man he is begin-ning to paint. We are sure that he is a friend whoby an instinctive glance can give us sympathy andunderstanding. We
. Christian herald. TEXT: I kOI liken him unto a wise man, tchich buUt his houseupon a rock. Matt. 7: H A SERMON ByRev. Charles Lewis Slattery, * Tinppnnn IT IS the highest characteristic of a genius thathe reaches out for the essential. We are surethat he is a poet who by a few common wordscan thrill us with the conviction of a funda-mental truth. We are sure that he is an artistwho, with a few strokes of his brush, can put onhis canvas the very soul of the man he is begin-ning to paint. We are sure that he is a friend whoby an instinctive glance can give us sympathy andunderstanding. We name him a wise man whobuilds his house upon a rock. The house may beanything you please—a poem, a picture, a friend-ship, or one of ten thousand other things; if it isalways planted firmly on a rock, we know that hewho put it there has some of the genius of one need not be a genius to take immediateadvantage of the essential. True, some peoplecould not see the essential quality in a task if itflaunt
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