Young Men who Overcame

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Fleming H. Revell Company, 1905 - 229 pages
 

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Page 101 - None knew him but to love him, None named him but to praise.
Page 83 - The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible determination ; a purpose once fixed and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Page 4 - Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind ; Sight, riches, healing of the mind, Yea, all I need, in Thee to find, O Lamb of God, I come...
Page 50 - He scarce had need to doff his pride or slough the dross of Earth — E'en as he trod that day to God so walked he from his birth, In simpleness and gentleness and honour and clean mirth.
Page 136 - I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
Page 214 - Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day. That is> be systematically ascetic or heroic in little unnecessary points, do every day or two something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.
Page 153 - As a martyr to the truth. Did his life do the same in the past, From the days of his youth? It is easy to die. Men have died For a wish or a whim — From bravado or passion or pride, Was it harder for him? But to live — every day to live out All the truth that he dreamt, While his friends met his conduct with doubt And the world with contempt. Was it thus that he plodded ahead, Never turning aside? Then we'll talk of the life that he lived, Never mind how he died. " Life and Death," by Ernest...
Page 152 - These through fiery trials trod ; These from great affliction came; Now before the throne of God, Sealed with His almighty name, Clad in raiment pure and white, Victor-palms in every hand, Through their dear Redeemer's might, More than conquerors they stand.
Page 168 - Down through our crowded lanes and closer air, O friend, how beautiful thy footsteps were ; When through the fever's waves of fire they trod, A form was with thee like the Son of God. 'Twas but one step for those victorious feet, From their day's walk unto the golden street ; And they who watch'd that walk, so bright and brief, Have mark'd this marble with their hope and grief.
Page 3 - To treat all women with respect and endeavor to protect them from wrong and degradation.

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