. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . e a Stoic, but with the strong faith of theChristian. And they came to him for comfort; every eyewas fixed on him; he was the example; they clung to him inthat hour of danger; and when he said, Let us pray, women sobbedand strong menb owed t h e m-selves, while theChristian hero,who had beenfirst in workingfor safety whilehope remained,lifted up his voicein prayer, a n dthen, as a nobleexample of heroicfaith and confi-dence, waited thedread result withthe fortitude andquietness of aChristian. It is the Christian man that the infidel loo
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . e a Stoic, but with the strong faith of theChristian. And they came to him for comfort; every eyewas fixed on him; he was the example; they clung to him inthat hour of danger; and when he said, Let us pray, women sobbedand strong menb owed t h e m-selves, while theChristian hero,who had beenfirst in workingfor safety whilehope remained,lifted up his voicein prayer, a n dthen, as a nobleexample of heroicfaith and confi-dence, waited thedread result withthe fortitude andquietness of aChristian. It is the Christian man that the infidel looks toin time of trouble or distress. He becomes the hero. Why?By the power and force of his example. Let us suppose a shipwreck ; a raging sea, a mighty hurri-cane ; the people in the village are full of alarm; they hearthe gun that tells of distress; they go down to the beach; itis a terrible night; they see the blue lights that reveal theship in distress, with men clinging to the masts and to theshrouds, and hear the cry of passengers upon the DEATH STARED THEM IX THE FACE. 558 TEACHING A DRUNKARD HOW TO DRINK They bring down the Lifeboat, but the surf is so terrific thatno one will venture out; one thinks of his wife and children,another of his old mother, another thinks of his brothers andsisters. There is the boat, there is the wreck : no one daresto launch that boat, there is so much danger. Another gun,another blue light; there, there ! It is too much for them;one young man steps forward and leaps into the boat. Iwill go, who will follow me? At that moment there is apress forward, and < very man is ready to take an oar. Whois the leader of those men? The volunteer. The the tacit consent of all, stands at the helm: he ordersthem to pull at the oars; his eye is fixed upon the is the master of the expedition, and when the passengersare all safely brought ashore, he, the hero in that fearfulstrife with the elements, is the most modest man of
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