The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-17
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Paul Faced Death Bravely
Having Fought For Truth
Apostles Farewell Address Model for
Every True Christian, Says William
Jennings Bryan.
By WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.

ly. contended more uncompromis-
ingly, or face death more calm
ly. He has given to. every true
Christian a model for a farewell
address.
Forsaken by all at his first
answer before his second trial
before Caesar: knowing that
death by martyrdom was only a
question OF time, ever though
his preliminary defense to the
accusations brought against him
had delivered him from being
torn to pieces by lions; with no
earthly hope or assistance for
him anywhere, still he could pray
that their desertion be not laid
against those who had abandoned
him to his fate; still he could
think of others, as is seen in his
messages of love sent through
Timothy: yet he could say Of
himself as he looked back upon
his life as a follower Of Christ.
Il have fought good fight, 1
have finished my course. | have
kept the faith"
II have fought a good fight"
What satisfaction has life tina,
can compare with the conscious
ness of duty done?
The Christian life is a conflict
from the day II is entered upon
to the time of ones departure.
1t is struggle against evil IN
every form-not the kinds of evil
tho forms n no
had to meet, but evil In some
form which must be overcome.
Each life has its temptations;
each individual has his easily
besetting sins" The foes within
require constant watchfulness.
even when for a time there may
be a lull in the attacks Of foe.
from without.
Calls for Entire Energy.
What kind of n fight may we
call good? That which employs
all the energy and utilizes all
the opportunities to raise ones
self to the maximum Of efficiency
and then uses the entire strength
for the advancement Of that
which is highest and best.
When one looks back over life.
it is usually easy to see where
something less than all the en-
ergy has been employed. when
some of the opportunities have
been neglected. and times when
even an Unmarried efficiency has
not been entirely consecrated to
the work. or when the end fell
SnnNnfhfnp Shnrs Of
idealism. The memory of short
oomings robs the hours Of retro
spect of some of the consultations
that were crowded into the clos
ing moments of the great
Apostles life. At such a time
one must be impressed by the
littlcness OF life's van es-thc
size of ones accommodations
whether in gold or fame. The
good figh-" is the only one that
counts in the frai calculation.
Ready for the End.
Il have finished my course. q"
1t is everything to be ready
when the end comes. Paul re-
viewed his career: events passed
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in memory faces that once
beamed with love. glowed with
enthusiasm and then turned
away "Demas hath forsaken
me-" he tells Timothy Demas
was one who loved this pres
ent world"-his heart was like
the stony places in which the
seed sprang up quickly but soon
withered.
All forsook him at his fi:st
defense and yet. though lett
alone. his heart. like the heart
of the Saviour. laid it not to
their account. If they did not
rely upon the strength that the
Lord gave to Paul. his gratitude
to the Heavenly Father for his
own strength restrained him
from reproachinE those who
were weak in the hour Of trial.
Paul did not quarrel with fate.
He would not have shortened
his life by a day as long as God
had any work for him to do, and
he would not lengthen II by an
hour when his task was done.
There must be satisfaction in
such an attitude. The mind cam
not reason out a problem so in
tricate as that which death pre-
sents; the heart. with its keener
perception, cuts its way through