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heaven, is for the life of the body, Christianity is for the life of the soul. Christ is the sun of truth and justice for the whole human race. This sun must influence the whole life of man. Therefore, Christians, to the war! Fight for God and the right I Fight for the interests of Christ and his Church! It is a question of the weal or woe of mankind. Vow fidelity to Christ in the following words :

My God, though all unfaithful be,
I never will depart from Thee.
All, all for Christ shall be my cry.
While life on earth goes swiftly by.

XXVIII. Human Respect

I. HUMAN respect is a cancer which eats into modern society and does incalculable harm, especially to young men. Take, for instance, a young man, who at his nightly carousals fears to offend or to make himself disliked by his companions, and who therefore goes on drinking until the small hours of the morning. He does not reflect whether he is ruining his health and wasting his money, whether he is bringing vexation and disgrace upon those who belong to him; to all this he pays no heed; he merely says to himself: "What would the others say, if I were not to do as they do?" Oh, this foolish bugbear of human respect! Such a young man we may behold going forth into a hostile world carrying his head very high, and full of self-reliance, but when he comes into the