The right prayer to pray was that, if he was called to go over the parapet God would give him strength to do his duty.

He seemed quite surprised at the new light which was thus thrown upon the performance of what he considered his religious duties.

Then I told him that he had the chance of his life to make himself a man.

If in the past he had been more or less a weakling, he could now, by the help of God, rise up in the strength of his manhood and become a hero.

His mother and sisters no doubt had loved him and taken care of him in the past, but they would love him far more if he did his duty now, "For", I said, "All women love a brave man." I told him to take as his text, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me," and I made him (p.