The Progress., 1893-07-29

,,.,.n or r,.i.i.Iu was .al,on Hr d"pu.
ted hi. chicf marshal to 10 this work.
Eati.hon WIS walled town. Ir'c'lci''E
imprcguarlr. N1poi"on saw that ~ W--
the key to the situation II" W1r. .',iI
commissioned his officer to do th" work.
He drew up hi, soldiers bcf"r" tl' town
and called for volunteers. luG"dl2t4 -
the number of mon called for stopl"'
forward They were ordered 10 ti'
charge and -allauyly made 't" assault
Every soldier f,ll back ir'" t'' "'I'
dead Rot "a mau returned To- trli o."
story of their gallant assault
Ngsjn the Officer called for iunir'r..
and agoin thoy stepped ioyw.ri. W'r'
SLOWLY than mt first bat still -rii'ri'l.
uumi,or. all that had been called igr
AEain they rushed To tn" W'i-. dr'''l
thoy nadc illo assault. and atain eyer.
man fell back dead Not .Nlrs SOM
returned to te'i the ,toryot tlr Nlru.-''.
yain tine citccr called for volunteer.
Not man stirred. They looked Hp'n
tho piln of tdc dead that lay beneath irr
walls. and mo- man would venture g.
make the charge. Now You may hr.it
before ;hat luc ut mon all the money o.
this earth. and you may offer II to them
if they VIII make the char%c, and th''.
could not ho piled before th'u money
enough to induce those soldiers t"char-
over that pyramid of the dead, over tho>"
walls
But vou remember what happened.
The marshal himself. seoiu; these two
fruitlcss charges and seeing the fallure "i
the officer to enlist for thr tlnrd Assault
rushed himealf before the line. and
matching the standard from thc St'ul3-
ara bearer. turning to the men, he smd T."
thcm with lis face flashing with thr ci'c-
tic fire OF mis- great personality. Sol
diers. | viii show yoH that . marshal 81
Franco WAS once grcnadDr, Snatch
ing ascaliug ladder in the oth"v hand. itc
rushed toward the walls. Instantly
hundred brave men had lcapod troU tH"
ranks. suatchod heladder from his hau's
and the standard. and burrym- th" mat
shal to.thcrcar with shout they rushed
to the wall. scaled them successfully ANA
took the town with scarcely the lus'' 0i "a
single life,
Wealth e. power over m'n-power +"
command lncn. Npusy may ur may u";
signify TIL, power. Hhcro ere hours ,l
the lives OF ucn that it has no pownr 80
command
TIE CHRISTIAN AND ERUTE WAI.
Let us be sure that NO Christian can
engage in the modern brute war Gt
money for money in itself That strr@
gle aud all that it signifies | would az
raigu aud impeach in tEc name OF the
widow and the orphan; n the name oi
thf hungry. ana the homeless. and the 'ic -
suairinc. in the name Of the weak. AID
thp dowutroddau. and tho oppressed: IL.
tho name of yonr pottcr's field and iD
clustering institutions. Christianity
means weakness ruling strength. The
work of the Chm stiau iSnot so seer, money
for itself. Of itself The world may DE
mad in its airugglc for poucy in itself
Men may forget humanity W that strug
gle. Ii may be impossible for the Chris
tian today TO convince Tire world that
the world is wrong. 1t may DC imFos-
sible Cor us to rayolutioniZG at once t!lv
methods of "a social organization which
makes the IS el,ing of money and the ac-
cumplation of money in itself the end
and aim OF life.
THE DIVINE OisATI GO.
However this may Gc, it Is the duty oi
the Christian tO.live his life. to play hi
part. to sing his. own song, whatever hc
the chaos. che confusion, the disorder
about him. In thus playing his own part
he will bring the world at last into har
mouy. Just as that singer III the chon
brought order out of disorder, harmony
out of discord. y great musician hap
pening in a aC,uurch one Sunday found the
choir in discor1 He stopped his ears 10
keep out the din, and through the dis
cord caught the single note of sweet
soprano voice in that choir. singing the
song in perfect tune. She did not at
tempt to. drown the voices of the others.
either those of the choir ont of tune or
the congregation that 6oundered help
lessly in the effort TO follow. She sim
ply sang her own part. in her own time.
in her own way. She was singing ii to
leader unheard by others. She WAS
keeping time to the harmony of hepown
soul.
so struck was he by the weird effect of
this voice, singing in the midst of the
din and roar. that ho removed his hand
from his ear to listen. Sweeter and
sweeter grew the voice until presently
spne Of those in the choir nearest caught
~the note from her and joined in perfect
time. In a few moments the whole choir
were III tune and this voice leading. and
then the congregation were IN perfect
harmony, and then the great church
building was flooded with a glorious
melody that swept every s0ul with re-
sistless power.
SO the Christian is called upon to play
his part So he is called upon to sing
his divine oratorio of the ages. The
time comes to every man when he must
choose once III life. The end of life ii