tide, but at last the horseman and his precious load were saved.
The Christian must waste no time if
he would save imperilled men. (Text.)
(2711)
A policeman shouted to a boy in the Lancaster Canal at Preston, England, "Hullo! Why are you bathing there?" "Please, sir, I'm not; I'm drowning," was the boy's answer, and he promptly sank. The policeman dived and rescued him.
Many persons who are supposed to
be having a good time in the world are
really losing their lives.
(2712)
See Kongo Missionary; Listening for Signals.
RESENTMENT, FREE FROM
A writer in the Saturday Evening Post speaks thus concerning Lincoln and Lee:
On several occasions I heard him speak
most feelingly of the defamation heaped
upon him by the South, but never did he exhibit
the semblance of resentment. More
than once I have heard him say: "If these
people only knew us better it would be well
for both of us." He always spoke of them
as "these people," as did General Robert E.
Lee, who in personal intercourse usually referred
to the Union army when in front of
him as "these people." His last order to
Longstreet before Pickett's charge at Gettysburg
was: "These people are there and
they must be driven away." Both of these
great characters of our Civil War are now
remembered, and will be remembered for
all time, as having never uttered a sentence
of resentment relating to their opponents in
the war.
(2713)
RESERVATION
An old Indian in northwestern Canada,
who for many years had hated Christians,
was at last brought to the Savior and wished
to be baptized. The examining missionary,
the Rev. E. D. Thomas, was convinced that
the old man was keeping back something
from him, and was clinging to some form of
his old belief. It proved to be a charm
which he had purchased years before from
a very great medicine-man. After a long
talk he was persuaded to give it up. It was
a small, round tin box wrapt in pieces of
dirty calico and sealed with grease and clay.
Inside were half a dozen little pieces of
stone, each wrapt in brown paper and embedded
in down. (Text.)
(2714)
RESERVE POWER
No life can be vigorous if it is not kept
fresh, responsive, by great physical and
mental reserves. As hibernating animals,
like the bear, in cold climates sustain life
through the winter wholly upon the reserve
fat and nutriment stored up in the tissues,
so patients who have splendid physical reserves
and resisting power are carried
through severe sicknesses and sustained
through severe illnesses by this reserve surplus,
stored-up vital power, while those who
lack it, those who have dissipated it in abnormal
living and excesses, often lose their
lives, even in much less severe illnesses.
Great business men accomplish marvels with their reserves. Many of them work but a few hours a day, but they have such tremendous physical reserves and so much stored-up mental energy that they are able to accomplish wonders in a short time, because of their ability to work with great intensity and powerful concentration.
People who keep their physical and mental surplus drawn down very low by working a great many hours and almost never taking vacations, who do not fill their reserve reservoir by frequent vacations and by a lot of recreation and play, do not work with anything like the freshness and mental vigor of those who work less hours and constantly accumulate great reserve power.
There comes into every life worth while a time when success will turn upon the reserve power. It is then a question of how long your stored-up energy will enable you to hold out. There will often arise emergencies when your success will depend upon how much fight there is in you.—Denver Republican.
(2715)
Reserved Merit—See Books and Worth.
RESIGNATION
This note of resignation is written by F. C. Browning:
I can not feel
That all is well when darkening clouds conceal
The shining sun;
But then, I know
God lives and loves; and say, since it is so,
Thy will be done.
