of some sort is an item of great importance in accomplishing our designs, and distrust or doubt is a source of weakness in any and every case. Faith, then, we choose, rather than doubt, as the mainspring of our life. Reliance in God—our chosen Life-principle Now if self-reliance can make a man, how much more can God-reliance! This latter is more justifiable, more humble, more sure, more ennobling. Our own powers can only reach so far and no further: we are all tethered, and cannot go beyond our limit.