Dear friends,
how are we to attain to this blessed position in which the Kingdom of God
shall fill our hearts with such enthusiasm that it will spontaneously be
first every day? The answer is, first of all give up everything for it. You
have heard of the Roman soldier who gave up his soul, his affection, his
life, who gave up everything, to be a soldier; and you have often seen, in
history ancient and modern, how men who were not soldiers gave up their
lives in sacrifice for a king or a country. You have heard how in the South
African Republic not many years ago the war of liberty was fought. After
three years of oppression by the English the people said they would endure
it no longer, and so they gathered together to fight for their liberty.
They knew how weak they were, as compared with the English power, but they
said, "We must have our liberty." They bound themselves together to fight
for it, and when that vow had been made, they went to their homes to
prepare for the struggle. Such a thrill of enthusiasm passed through that
country that in many cases women, when their husbands might have been
allowed to stay at home, said to them: "No, go, even though you have not
been commanded.
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