Yes, my friends, this is one meaning, though only one, of St. John's words, 'This is the victory which overcometh the world, even our faith.'

[Sidenote: Sir Percival overcometh the strange knight]

Sensibile forte destruit sensum, a strong object overcometh the sight, according to that axiom in philosophy: fulgorem solis ferre non potes, multo magis creatoris; if thou canst not endure the sunbeams, how canst thou endure that fulgor and brightness of him that made the sun?

"Wine is strong, the king is strong, women are strong, but truth overcometh all things," Esd. i. 3, 10, 11, 12.

As the heart ruleth over all the members: so music overcometh the heart.

[Sidenote: Sir Launcelot overcometh Sir Turquine]

[Illustration: Sir Percival overcometh ye Enchantress Vivien] Chapter Third How Sir Percival met two strange people in the forest, and how he succored a knight who was in very great sorrow and dole.

"My conscience" (saith Anselm) "dictates to me that I deserve damnation, my repentance will not suffice for satisfaction: but thy mercy, O Lord, quite overcometh all my transgressions."