We must, therefore, go back to the thought-life for the mould in which the man takes shape. Conduct essentially springs from character, and character from thought. The mouth speaks out of the abundance of the heart, and so speech takes its utterance from this secret, inner self. God therefore “looketh on the heart.” He weighs the thoughts for His estimate of the man. He values purity of thought. Man is apt, in aiming at improvement, and even sanctity, to forget this hidden realm; to cultivate morals