STANDING UP FOR THE RIGHT.
Even schoolboys will find opportunities for showing courage as real and noble as that of the bravest soldier on the battle-field. The following illustrations of this truth are taken from the lives of two noble Englishmen:— When Bishop Patterson was a schoolboy he was an excellent cricket player and a member of the school eleven. One day during a practice game he heard some of the boys using profane language. Immediately after the game he wrote to the captain of the eleven, telling him that if such conduct were allowed on the cricket ground, he would withdraw. Boys will understand how much courage was required to take this stand, and it was no wonder that such a boy afterwards became one of the most heroic of Christian missionaries. During the school days of Gladstone he was present at a dinner when a doubtful toast was proposed which was usually drunk with great enthusiasm by the boys. Young Gladstone sat still with his glass turned down as a protest against the conduct of his companions. Boys who will stand up for the right, even if they must stand alone, are needed in every school, and such boys will always win the respect of those around them.—King's Own.