If he were to become a competitor with the
Carletons and the Bloomfields, he would have to look upon it as a
business proposition. The Devil would take him up on to the high
mountain, and point out to him the kingdom of huge circulations and vast
profits, whispering to him: 'All this will I give thee, if thou wilt fall
down and worship me.' I don't want the dear good fellow to be tempted."
"Is it impossible, then, to combine duty and success?" questioned Joan.
"The combination sometimes happens, by chance," admitted Greyson. "But
it's dangerous to seek it. It is so easy to persuade ourselves that it's
our duty to succeed."
"But we must succeed to be of use," urged Mary. "Must God's servants
always remain powerless?"
"Powerless to rule. Powerful only to serve," he answered. "Powerful as
Christ was powerful; not as Caesar was powerful--powerful as those who
have suffered and have failed, leaders of forlorn hopes--powerful as
those who have struggled on, despised and vilified; not as those of whom
all men speak well--powerful as those who have fought lone battles and
have died, not knowing their own victory.
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