The life and writings of Rufus CBurleson, DD., LLD., containing a biography of DrBurleson by HonHarry Hayens; . andlasting. He drew his friends to him with hooks of steel,and his name is to-day a household word in thousands ofhomes in Texas. May it remain fadeless as the stars, andhis memory be cherished for the good he has done. Thus, as minister, educator, citizen, and friend, presents to the youth of this land a model almostwithout parallel. The young minister finds in him the ele-ments of beautiful and splendid success, an ideal of Godsgreatest workmanship and his blessings for
The life and writings of Rufus CBurleson, DD., LLD., containing a biography of DrBurleson by HonHarry Hayens; . andlasting. He drew his friends to him with hooks of steel,and his name is to-day a household word in thousands ofhomes in Texas. May it remain fadeless as the stars, andhis memory be cherished for the good he has done. Thus, as minister, educator, citizen, and friend, presents to the youth of this land a model almostwithout parallel. The young minister finds in him the ele-ments of beautiful and splendid success, an ideal of Godsgreatest workmanship and his blessings for faithful service. 516 The Life and Writings of The educator finds in him an ideal which draws himfrom disappointment, lethargy, ignorance and vice to theloftiest pinnacles of ambition and virtue. The citizen seesin him an ideal which makes the highest type of heroes,patriots and statesmen. Of such material Gideon chose thethree hundred to rout a great army. While water runs and grass grows upon the prairies heloved so much, may his name and the good he has done beheld in remembrance by a grateful DR. BURLESONS GRAVE THE MORNING AFTER THE FUNERAL, WITHHIS HORSE AND PHAETON. PART III. CHAPEL TALKS BY DR. BURLESON. Dr. Rufus C. Burleson. 521 CHAPEL TALKS BY DR. R. C. BURLESON. INTRODUCTORY NOTE. The following Chapel Talks of Dr. Burleson are herereproduced with mingled feelings of hope and fear; hope thattheir power may be blessed again, fear lest cold type maywrong his memory. They will cause the strings to vibrate faster in the heartsof thousands of his old students who will be carried back tobrighter days, hearing again the words that once stirred themto nobler aims and loftier ambitions. They will bring a flush of joy and pride to hundreds whowill recall the very occasion and the very lesson that turnedthem from the downward path and pointed them to the betterway. These Chapel Talks will cause a blush to mantle thecheeks of some, whose golden opportunities were allow
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