American messenger . I have selected for our thought fromthe Book to be given to the members of thegraduating class: The word of God isquick and powerful and sharper than anytwo-edged sword (Hebrews 4:12). The West Point spirit is the spirit thatdoes things in the face of insurmountableobstacles. No task is too hard to undertake,no road too difficult over which to march,and no height too high to climb. This spiritis the same force that dominated NapoleonBonaparte, who, when his officers stated itwas impossible to march across the Alps,said, There are no Alps. The word of God is quick or alive,
American messenger . I have selected for our thought fromthe Book to be given to the members of thegraduating class: The word of God isquick and powerful and sharper than anytwo-edged sword (Hebrews 4:12). The West Point spirit is the spirit thatdoes things in the face of insurmountableobstacles. No task is too hard to undertake,no road too difficult over which to march,and no height too high to climb. This spiritis the same force that dominated NapoleonBonaparte, who, when his officers stated itwas impossible to march across the Alps,said, There are no Alps. The word of God is quick or alive, and itenergizes with unconquerable power the lifethat it influences. It has in it a force thatproduces results. Arrayed against the small band of Christiandisciples who began the circulation of Godsword were the authorities of the state. Menbecame martyrs for their faith in its believers had to face fire, wild beasts, andsuffering in most horrible forms; but theseonly inspired them with greater zeal. Slow-. THE CHAPEL OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POIXT. Iy, quietly, but irresistibly the word of Godmoved against the army, the religion and thesocial influences of its day until it became thevictor and then dominated the world. Dead nations are the nations without theBible. A group of native princes from Africavisited Queen Victoria after they had seenmuch of England, and one of them said toher, Your Majesty, we have seen your greatcity, its big buildings, its ships, its bridges,its monuments, its banks, and its beautifulhomes. Will you not give us the secret thatwe may make our country like the whitemans land? The Queen picked up a Bibleon the table, and handing it to the Africanprince she said, This is the secret of Eng-lands greatness and glory. The man who made the Dark Continenthis monument, dying on his knees with hisBible near at hand, was David carried this book with him because it wasthe foundation upon which he had buildedthe new
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