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That he tried once more as he tried before. /
And that time he Sid not fail.

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And that time he sid not fail
"Pay goodly heed, py you who read.
And beware of srS.,>y, Il can't
'Tis a cowardly wo:r e1d apt to lead
To- idlness, folly anS '~-ht."
/ am now goiSs - make a state
ment that / do % want anyone TO
misunderstood. would not have
you think for a iAoment that | dCn't
believe that Christ is our example
in all things, but Paul said follow me
even as / follow Christ. / am now
going to hold up before the young
people two persons who accepted
Christ as their Saviour, His Word as
their guide, and on the qualities
named made a success of life.
Let me first speak TO the young
men.
England has given to the world
some of the greatest men in all
place in the front ranks William
Ewart Gladstone. He was born Of
wealthy parents and with royal blood
dissipated as many a young man in
such circumstances would have done,
or instead of depending upon his So
cial standing, he took the course that
have already laid out in this sermon
and by so doing 'he being dead yet
speaketh.
AS a Christian he said, "Christ is
the hope Of my poor wayward life"
He never missed service on Sunday
when we'll enough to attend.
AS student he was graduated
with high honors from Oxford. at the
age of twenty. His library contained
twenty-four thousand volumes. He
Is the author of number Of very i'm
portant works; several of them are
on the Bible.
He was one Of the greatest orators
and statesmen of his time. 20 be
familiar with his life is to know Eng
lands history for a period of sixty
years.
Before the young women | would
hold up as the embodiment of the
principles l have referred to in this
address, one Of the greatest reform
ers that has ever blessed our coun-
try. When her funeral car drew
slowly into the city of Chicago, as
many as 10000 people turned out
midst falling snow and sleet to take
the last look at one Of their greatest
benefactors, Frances Elizabeth Will
lard. They came from the North,
South, East and West to pay their
last tribute of respect. A wreath OF
flowers was sent by young lady who
had met Miss Willard but once. She
was then on the correspondence staff
of city paper, and had been sent to
interview Miss willard, who was sick
at the hotel and unable to fill her
appointments. Miss Willard was
seated in an easy chair, but when she
saw the young lady's pale and ema-
ciated face she said, "Dearie, YOU have
this chair, you look so tired" The
young lady said, 81 never forgot
those words. She was the only per-
son that had spoken a kind word to
me since I said farewell TO mother
and the dear ones at home"
Miss Willard was true to Christ.
denying herself every pleasure or
comfort that she might fill the posi-
tion to which He had called her.
Her influence is giving to the youth
of this land portion of knowledge
that cannot fail TO prove beneficial to
them.
Her honesty as we'll as her patriot
ism may be seen in the fact that dur
ing her visit to England, when
strained political relations existed be-
tween England and this country, she
said: Il aW first Christian. then l
am a Saxon, then I am an American.
and when 7 get home to heaven, / ey-
pect to register from Evanston. Her
tact, push, principle, faith, courage
an perseverance may be seen In the
great organization known to-day
throughout the world as "The Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union"
An army of heroic women who are
battling for God and home and ma
tive land.
In conclusion, let me say, life is
to each one of us a great battle, and
we must either win or lose it. Which
shall it be? Let us take unto our
selves the whole armor of God, fight
the good fight of faith. and endure
hardness as good soldiers OF Jesus
Christ. The Captain Of our saliva
tion has never lost a battle.