for Bristol). The case was tried over again, and the jury were unanimously of Mr. Berkeley's opinion, which was, in fact, right—a piece of conscientious obstinacy which prevented the legal commission of a wrong. (Text.)—Greville's "Memoirs."
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Convictions, Lack of—See Incertitude.
CONVICTIONS, STRONG
Many years ago in the city of New York
there was an organized set of dishonest men
known as the Tweed Ring. They stole
$51,000,000 from the State and city, and
everybody knew it. When they told Tweed
that he was under arrest, he dared to say,
"Well, what are you going to do about it?"
There was a merchant in New York named
William Sloane. They put him on the Grand
Jury. Because of his large business interests
and the tremendous demands upon his time,
he said, "I can not serve." But earnest men
said, "Here is the bulwark of sin and here
is the need of righteousness." Immediately
he said, "I will serve." Now, certain men
on the jury had been bought up by Tweed.
One man in particular stood out. For
twenty-three hours that jury sat in council.
They could not come to an agreement; this
one man would not yield. Finally, Mr.
Sloane put his hand on this man's shoulder
and said: "Do you know, sir, that the people
whom we represent know the character
of this man on trial? They know that we
have explicit, convincing evidence against
him. And do you know that I will stay here
until I die before I will go out and say that
this jury does not agree?" The man yielded,
Tweed was convicted, sentenced and committed
to jail.
There has never been a time in the
history of our own land or in the history
of Christendom when men standing
for righteousness and truth have not
accomplished something. It may sometimes
mean their death. (Text.)
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Convictions versus Cash—See Responsibility Affects Judgment.
Cooking, The Art of—See Waste, The
Problem of.
COOLNESS
During the battle of Waterloo the Duke of Wellington appeared frequently among his men. Sergeant Cotton, in his book "A Voice from Waterloo," says:
Whenever the Duke came, which at this
momentous period was often, there was a
low whisper in the ranks "Here's the Duke!"
and all was steady as on parade. No matter
what the havoc and destruction might be, the
Duke was always the coolest man there;
in the words of an eye-witness of this bloody
scene, the Duke was coolness personified.
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COOLNESS IN DANGER
Michael Henry Ryan, able seaman on the
liner Philadelphia, would rather drown than
be rescued by means of a rope which had a
poorly tied sailor's knot in it. Ryan proved
this by risking his life in mid-Atlantic waves
until he could retie the knot.
The rescue in itself was one of the most remarkable in the history of the American line. The captain from the bridge saw Ryan go over the side. It was too rough to launch a boat and the liner was stopt almost in its own length and sent astern so that it drifted down upon the struggling seaman. A line was lowered.
When Ryan caught the rope he examined the knot. The sea was smashing him against the side of the ship.
"Who tied this knot?" he called out to the men on deck. And then he calmly untied the knot and retied it in his own way. All the while he gave his opinion of the lubbers on deck and their inability to tie a knot. Then he put the loop under his arms and called out to those above to haul him up.—Chicago Tribune.
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Cooperation—See Help One Another; Working Together; World Improving.
Cooperation, Divine—See Faith in God;
Growth, Cause of.
COOPERATION, LACK OF
An old Norse legend tells of a departed
spirit meeting his guardian angel in the
other world, and commiserating him upon
his forlorn and haggard looks, only to receive
the reproving reply: "No wonder I
am worn out. All your life I have been
fighting in your behalf, and I never got a
bit of assistance from you." (Text.)
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COOPERATION WITH GOD
The farmer drops a seed into the ground
and goes away and leaves it. It sprouts and
grows, and by and by he reaps the harvest
