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The TRUE HERO.
Sermon Of Rev. J. A. CFQZan at
Central Union Church.
QUIT you LIKE MEN"
Stirring Address in Behalf Of Gen.
uine Courage-A Rap at the
Stock Speculation.

the pulpit of the Central Union church
last evening. The subject of his ser.
mon was "Heroism," and he chose 70,
his text 1 Cor. 1913. Watch We. stand
fast in the faith, quit you like men. be
strong"
The first shot fired at Concord rang
around the world, calling the thirteen
colonies to arms and their proper place
among the nations of the earth. II
mas been said that no such response
would be given today, that this is the
age of shams. On the contrary | he
lieve this to be the truly heroic age.
and that if that trumpet call should
sound today all would take their places
in the battle line. / believe that true
manhood and womanhood exist today
as never before.
In these closing days of the worlds
greatest century, signs of discomfort
are about us. The struggle is waging
between capital and labor, and COM
munism, socialism and anarchy are
striving for footholds. The words of
the text, be strong, are very apple
able today. We need heroism.
The first characteristic necessary to-
enable man TO lead a heroic life is to
join himself with some grand and
noble cause. There is no heroism in
selfishness. We must look above and
beyond self. Every truly heroic char
acter has linked himself to some high
purpose. The greatest of all came out
of the carpenter shop of Nazareth. On
every thirtiety day of May we march
out and stand with barred heads to-
honor Americas patriot dead. Why?
Because they fell fighting in the grand
cause. Because they went forth stand
ing for liberty, equality and national
ity.
Insight is the second characteristic.
The power to see that which is invis-
ible, to see not as others see. to realize
what to others seems as dreams and
visions. This is necessary to true
heroism. What made the old aboli-
tionists steadfast during the dark days
when the mention of their names was
the signal for kissing and reproach?
The faith that America should be free
for all in deed as we'll as in name; the
faith that some day the clanking of the
chains should cease. The true heroic
soul believes and sees, and so falters
not.
Genuine courage stands forth as the
third characteristic There is no true
heroism without genuine courage. But
beware of the sham and the amalgam
in the metal. Lord Nelson could not
have stood for a moment before a
prize fighter of today. but upon that
eventful day of Trafalgar, with fates
of nations trembling in the balance he
was worth 1000 priZefighters. True
courage? 1t is Abraham Lincoln bat
Ting for the right though the heavens
fell, in his contest with Stephen \.
Douglas. 1t is Martin Luther standing
before the nations and saying, Il can
not retract. God help me-" II is
Jesus in the awful hour at Gethsemane.
though with legionS at his call, going
to die upon the central cross.
There is no country where ii is more
needed than in Hawaii nei. There is
need of true courage when the devil OF
speculation leads him on the noun
tain top and bids him look on cane
fields which exist only in imagination;
need to say, as in that earlier day, Get
thee behind me-" There is need of
true courage for the young man to re-
sist the world, the flesh and the devil.
to battle against the temptations that
call upon his manhood. TO lead pure.
Christly life. Yes, it is needed in Ha-
waii nei.
The last requisite is self-sacrifice.
Grander than courage, it is yet insep-
arably linked with it in the heroic soul.
We stand with barred heads and Slist-
ening eyes beside our heroic dust be-
cause it was through self-sacrifice that
it became dust. On the brave boys of
San Juan hill and the bloody trenches
OF the Philippines America looks with
swimming eyes. And there are Others
who never wore uniform who went
into the vale out of sacrifice of self.
No thunder of cannon accompanied the
last journey of the martyrs of the
bloody centuries. Yet through their
self sacrifice, in bold relief, they stand
out truly heroic. And remember this
That only he can be truly heroic who
clasps so close the hand of God that
he may not wander either TO the right
or to the left, but keep steadfastly in