The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-05
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of Paurs preaching are linked with
this significant quality. The Chris
tan who meditates upon this book of
/ boldness will find himself acquiring
! the Christian courage which is learned
/ in the school of Scripture. AS Amos
! r. Wells pointedIy says: 1.-The Bible
is a fountain of courage; it is not
! only the Sword of the Spirit but the
spirit of the sword"
/ These are the gifts I ask
! Of Thee, Spirit serene:
Strength for the daily task
| Courage to face the road
/ Good cheer to help me bear the
! travellers load
And for the hours of rest that come
| between,
An inward joy in all things heard
and seen.
HENRY VAN DYKE.
Sometimes we think we are coura-
geous when we are merely quarrel
some. We are indulging in conten-
tlousneSs. which is but cheap lIni-
tation of courage. The really brave
are peaceable. The best soldiers we
ever have met have been the ones most
averse to war. Real strength shuns
strife. A homely illustration of the i'm
maturity of quarrelsomenesS is the OBJ
vious fact that school boys frequently
fight, whereas it is rare for grown men
to do so.
Make of disaster an opportunity for
your courage.-G. s. Merriam.
Courage comes from conviction. The
way to learn to dare anything is to
learn to believe something.
God give us men-a time like this
demands
Great hearts, strong minds, true faith,
and willing hands;
Men whom the lust of office cannot
kill:
Men whom the spoils of office cannot
buy:
Men who have opinions and will;
Men who have opinions and a will;
not lie:
Men who can stand before a dema-
gogue,
And brave his treacherous batteries
without blinking;
Tall men, sun-crowned, who live
above the fog
In public duty and in private think
ing.
Holland.
A tonic for courage is the eleventh
chapter of Hebrews. A person can
not rise from the reading of this roll
of heroes without being more heroic.
Courage is contagious; we become
brave by associating with the brave,
is stored with the great words of hero
ism is least likely to stoop to deeds
OF cowardice.
Courage is the soil for most of the
other virtues. 1t is elemental charac-
ter. Out of it grow the qualities which
make strong manhood. The Bible, with
its off-repeated injunction to "pe
strong" is not singular in intoxicating
bravery: all great literature does so.
The souls which have dared to stand
alone are the spiritual emancipators of
the race.
The braggart is seldom brave, be-
cause he has not learned to conquer
his own spirit.
A line cannot be drawn between
faith and courage. Simple trust ID
God makes a person needless of lower
considerations. Because we believe
His word we dare His work. When He
commands, fear cannot countermand.
THE Bravest are the tenderest,
The loving are the daring"
The dashing daring which adven-
lures is one form of bravery: but the
higher courage is that which siuplv
endures. The heroism of the sick room
is higher than the heroism of the bat
tlefield. Woman's bravery is rated
higher than a mans because more
spiritual. As the late Joaquin Miller
wrote:
THE bravest battle that ever was
fought
Shall 1 tell you where and when?
On the maps of the world you'll find |
it not:
Twas fought by the mothers of |
men,
The finest quality in courage is it's |
self-concealment- To fight without
banners or bugles; to sound no war
cries; to shun all spectators; to dare to |
be willing to be esteemed a coward
that is the sore of self-supporting cour-
age which makes on think of the Hero
of Calvary.