The Success of Defeat
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Then all is gone.
18 THE SUCCESS OF DEFEAT These are the days to believe this; these are the times to show that we be- lieve it is better to fail on right princi- ples than to succeed on wrong ones. If we find ourselves in a tangle, caught in the meshes of selfish, materialistic modes of thinking and living, in busi- ness or social life, where we know a bad principle, a concession to evil, a wrong method generally blinked at, will suc- ceed in getting us out quicker than anything else, then it ...is our business, come what may, to say, " I will suffer, but I will not sin ; I may be wronged, but I will not do wrong ; my hopes and plans may fail, but I will not be a fail- ure to save them. " God is alive. He is not mocked. Character is making, and character is everything, and compro- mise kills it. What splendid reinforce- ment comes to us across the ages when 19 THE SUCCESS OF DEFEAT we look at the three young Hebrews on the plains of Dura, already well on in royal promotion, now challenged for not bowing down before the golden image, and hear them say, as they face the fiery furnace waiting to consume them and all their hopes, "Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning, fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of thine hand, O King !
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Then all is gone.
18 THE SUCCESS OF DEFEAT These are the days to believe this; these are the times to show that we be- lieve it is better to fail on right princi- ples than to succeed on wrong ones. If we find ourselves in a tangle, caught in the meshes of selfish, materialistic modes of thinking and living, in busi- ness or social life, where we know a bad principle, a concession to evil, a wrong method generally blinked at, will suc- ceed in getting us out quicker than anything else, then it ...is our business, come what may, to say, " I will suffer, but I will not sin ; I may be wronged, but I will not do wrong ; my hopes and plans may fail, but I will not be a fail- ure to save them. " God is alive. He is not mocked. Character is making, and character is everything, and compro- mise kills it. What splendid reinforce- ment comes to us across the ages when 19 THE SUCCESS OF DEFEAT we look at the three young Hebrews on the plains of Dura, already well on in royal promotion, now challenged for not bowing down before the golden image, and hear them say, as they face the fiery furnace waiting to consume them and all their hopes, "Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning, fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of thine hand, O King !
What to read after The Success of Defeat?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Maltbie D Maltbie Davenport Babcock to read onlineMoreLess
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