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situation at Williams College. when
one class had broken up the furniture
and upset room where another was
about to be examined, by saying to
his boys that he had been president OF
that institution for years and every act
which was reflection on the true
manhood OF student had ever borne
heavily on his heart He added, il thev
could get any comfort from the fact.
they might know that that day he had
the heaviest heart he had ever carried.
The ringleaders confessed, and the
wrong done was soon righted.
The third word pointed out was SO.
How God must pity the lack OF tact III
Christian work! The many things
that had best be overlooked! He
spoke of the many Christians made
absolutely repulsive by their goodness;
of an assembiage in country store
where jokes containing nothing but
untainted mil tn Wehe being told; OF
the coming of the deacon who sancti-
moniously asked, Young man, do
you know the chief end of man" to
which the young fellow replied, Eyes,
minding your own business" How he
would love to force some Christians
into a chair and make them laugh for
two hours and get the graveyard out
OF them!
He repeated the story told by Drum
mond of young man at the Univer-
sity OF Edinburgh Of all that student
body he was the most brilliant. but he
was cursed with the Inheritance of the
craving for drink. One of the most
al J., ,,,f
i0r his room -mate-a young fellow
blessed with common sense. He never
was known to preach, but such an in
tluence resulted from the association
that the dissipated youth came to him,
| telling him it was no use. he intended
to give up. The other declared lie did
, not understand, The first young fel-
low told him the craving had over
mastered him--he must have whiskey.
He was surprised to hear. the renlv,
I'll get it for you He did get it..
and after the first swallow the bottle
was dashed to- pieces and never again
touched
j DIR. Dixon. one day stepping on a
car in Baltimore. sat next 4 boy with
an armload oi books He conversed
with him and found he had prepared
himself for Johns Hopkins medical
examination which he was about to
take. DIR. Dixon sympathized and
questioned. " hen about To leave he
said, Young man, are you pref tired
for that other examination The
words were never forgotten. and III
! later years he was tuown as phys-
clan who brought spiritual comfort as
well as physical relief.
| He spoke OF William Mckinley as
the Great sOuled Commoner". and OF
the friendship that existed between
, Mark Hanna and Mckinley as the
! greatest romance of modern times. He
told of how it began in Mark Hanna 5
admiration for an honest lawyer
In closing he urged, as the secret OF
it all. keeping Jesus Christ in the fore
ground Dir. Rangeficld. in Toronto
Canada. said that men might differ
and condemn a creed, but few would
condemn Jesus Christ A student told
him OF attending a great socialist
meeting in Chicago. A wizencd little
man arose and began to speak. Wher
he denounced Jesus Christ he was
Kissed from the place by that audience
comprised OF anarchists and every ele-
| ment which represents the bad.
! Every day others are seeming oui
faces Tor sympathy and love. and mas
much as they find shining forth the
light of sympathy and love. reflected
from Christ, so will they crowd c'osel
and closer to us.
| And. frally, does the longing pos
sess you to- see His iace--as home,
sick child longs for the face of its
| mothera Such is the reward of those
who let their light shine