| The Life of Dr. J.R. Miller |
Chapter 10 |
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A young soldier enlisted for the Spanish War was in the midst of peculiar temptations. He was held back from vicious courses as he read these words:
“I am sure you want to be a true man as well as a true Christian. I hope that nothing will lead you away from loyalty to Christ. I am sure you mean to be true, but I know well the temptations of a soldier’s life, for I spent three years in the army during our Civil War. I know many men who were not able to withstand the temptations. But I know thousands of others who were made better men by the temptations because they met them bravely and were faithful. I hope that you will belong to the latter class. You have your life to live, and you must be a man not to only be successful in a worldly sense, but also respected by your fellow men and beloved by all good people. You are now at school – these many days will test your character and bring out whatever is best in you, if only you are loyal and true. Stand like a rock therefore. You have given yourself to Christ, standing up before the whole congregation saying ‘I am a Christian and I will be faithful to my Master while I live.’ You want to be a brave soldier when you stand in the face of danger; it is far more important that you should be a brave man, standing true to God in the face of all the temptations that you meet.”
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