from the rest only in this, that it is the culmination! There can be no Parnassus without the steps that lead to it.—George Clark Coe.
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Stewardship—See Claim, God's.
STICKING TO IT
A friend, a former colleague of mine, told
me that he was, many years ago, traveling up
to London with an owner of race horses
who was accompanied by his trainer. When
they arrived at the station near the metropolis
where the tickets are collected, the
ticket-collector came, and my friend said,
"My servant has my ticket in the next carriage."
The ticket-collector retired and
presently came back rather angry and said,
"I can not find him." My friend said, "He
is in the next carriage—or the next carriage
but one; he is there." As soon as the ticket-collector
retired for the second time the
trainer leaned forward and said, "Stick to
it, my lord, you will tire him out."—Lord
Herschell.
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STIGMATA
Francis, Duke of Guise, bore the common
name of Le Balafré, or "The Scarred." In
a skirmish with the English invaders he received
a wound the most severe from which
any one ever recovered. A lance entered
above the right eye, declining toward the
nose, and piercing through on the other
side, between the nape and the ear. The
weapon was broken off, a part remaining in
the dreadful wound. The surgeon took the
pincers of a blacksmith and tore out the
barbed iron, leaving a frightful scar which
was shown as a signal badge of honor.
When Thomas tested the wounds of
the risen Savior he cried, "My Lord
and my God."
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Stimulus—See Opposition; Social Christianity.
STIMULUS FROM RIVALRY
Social rivalry brings its rich compensations.
It is so with the international rivalry. America
and Australia at this moment are sending
into this country (England) corn, meats,
fruits, and our farmers declare that they
are being ruined. But the fact is men have
to be ruined that they may be made over
again, and fashioned on a grander pattern.
Our husbandmen will be compelled to put
away all droning; they must go to school
again, they must invent new methods, they
must adopt new machines, sow choicer seeds,
breed superior cattle; they must grub up the
old canker-eaten, lichen-laden orchards, and
plant fresh fruit-trees of the best varieties.
The pressure of the times will lift the national
husbandry to a higher plane. And
this international rivalry will have the same
stimulating effect on city life.—W. L. Watkinson,
"The Transfigured Sackcloth."
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Stomach Contraction—See Adaptation.
Stones, Comparing—See Common Things.
Stored Energy—See Reserve Power.
STORY, THE POWER OF THE OLD
Do you remember the story of Paul Du
Chaillu, the great African traveler, in the
heart of the Dark Continent? On one occasion
he told the "old, old story" to a poor
slave woman; then he went on his way and
forgot all about the incident. He came back
a few months later to that town and the
slave-traders had just made a raid on it.
In the fight this woman was injured. She
sent for him and he went to see her. As
he knelt down beside her, she said, "Tell it
again." "Tell what again?" he said. "Oh,
tell me that story again." Then once more
he told her the old, old story of Jesus and
His love. As he finished it, she said to him,
"Is it true?" "Yes," he replied, "it is true."
"Do your people believe that?" "Yes, they
believe that." "Oh," she said, "tell them to
send us that story a little faster."—A. S.
Wilson, "Student Volunteer Movement,"
1906.
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STRAIGHT CHARACTER
"Is he straight?"
"Straight as a gun-barrel. You can depend upon him in every spot and place."
This was said of a boy who had asked for a place and had given as a reference the gentleman who made this firm reply.
How straight is a gun-barrel? In the factory where guns are made the metal is rolled and prest and ground and polished until the most practised eye can not detect the slightest curve in it anywhere. Not until it is so can it be permitted to go out of the factory. Over and over again it must be tested and tried until it is as perfect as men and machines can make it. If the gun-barrel were not straight, no one ever could hit
