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d rin k ; and you know it is d eath to disobey orders.” F ixing his eyes on the face of th e m ajor, he said, “ Sir, my fath e r died a d ru n k ard ; and when I en tered th e arm y I prom ised my m other I would no t ta ste a drop of rum and I mean to keep my promise. I am sorry to disobey your orders, sir, b u t I would ra th e r suffer anything th a n disgrace my m other and b reak my pledge.” We need boys made of th is kind of stuff. v. 8. Daniel purposed in h is h eart. Let th e outw ard condition of God’s peo ple be w hat it may, th e re is a p ath of pu rity and devotedness always open to t h e individual COMMENTS FKOM saint, which he MANY SOURCES can p u r s u e i n - K . Ii. B rooks dependently o f everything.— Mc- intosh. This is th e key to Daniel’s life and th e secret of his success. I t is the h e a rt th a t God looks at. (2 Cor. 9:7, 8 :12 ; Luke 1 6 :1 5 .)— 'Torrey. When Daniel took th e pledge, he w rote it in his h eart.— Horton. Every life is made up of crises; made up of decisions as to rig h t and wrong, the proper and improper course to take. The road of life forks every few steps.— S tuart. Daniel had never h eard th e modern pro verb. “When in Rome do as the Rom ans do,” and if he had, he would have despised it.—-Pettingill. W ould n o t defile him self. A lthough in line for worldly promotion, th e first th ing he does is to cu t th e line th a t links him to th e throne.— S. & W. We, as God’s people, are in th e m idst of a world which is antagonistic to God and H is tru th . This g reat Babylon presses upon us, and would, if it were possible, blot out every phase of divine tru th and rob us of all our joy and peace. Our con stan t danger is th a t we will give up our separation.— Gaebelein. I t is human to stand w ith th e crowd; it is divine to stand alone.— Sel. I t is far less impor-
decidedly opposed to th e use of intoxi cating liquors.” The Constitution of th e Telegraphers reads: ‘‘The use of alcoholic liquors as a beverage shall he a sufficient cause for rejecting any petition for member ship.” Many more could be cited. Tom L. Lewis, P residen t of th e United Mine W o rkers’ Union, says, “Because the liquor traffic tends to enslave th e people, to make them satisfied w ith improper conditions, and keeps them ignorant, th e leaders of th e trades-union move m ent are called on to fight th e saloon.” W h at Temperance Cost One Man. A young man in a London omnibus noticed th e blue ribbon to tal abstinence badge of a fellow passenger and banter- ingly asked him how much he got for w earing it. “T h at I cannot exactly say,” replied th e other, “ b u t it costs me about one hund red thousand dollars a year.” The w earer was F red erich Charrington, son of th e rich brewer, and th e rig h tfu l successor to his father! B u t he had been convinced of th e evil of ale and heer trad e and refused to con tinu e in it a t a loss of th a t sum per year. He lived a life of C hristian phi lanthropy and was known as a most successful temperance evangelist. Temperance Backbone. A drummer-boy, who had become a g rea t favorite w ith his officers, was asked by th e captain to d rink a glass of rum . The boy refused. “ B u t you m u st,” said th e captain. B u t tn e boy stood firm. The captain tu rn ed to the m ajo r and said, “ Our little drumm er boy is afraid to drink, he will never make a soldier.” “ How is th is? ” said th e m ajo r; “ do you refuse to obey o rd ers?” “ Sir,” said th e boy, “ I have never refused to obey orders and have trie d to do my du ty ; b u t I m u st refuse to d rink rum , for I know it will h arm me.” “Then,” said th e m ajor, in a ste rn tone of voice, in order to te st his sincerity, “ I command you to ta k e a
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