THE HARDEST HEROISM by S. S. Times

Pacific Press Publishing Company · MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA · Sep 27, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 39.

THE HARDEST HEROISM.

By S. S. Times

It is harder to do our best in little things than in big things. Probably that is why most of us have little things to do most of the time,—so that we shall not lack in the best of training. Steady-going goodness in the commonplaces of life puts greater demand upon the fiber of character than the situation that calls for what is known as heroism. The soldier who serves his country faithfully in camp or garrison without ever being called into action against the enemy is put to a severer test than the soldier whose name is deservedly in the newspaper headlines for bravery and skill in the emergency of battle. Heroic action in an emergency is prepared for, to be sure, by this same steady-going faithfulness in little things, and the greatest heroes are those who never have a chance to seem heroic.—S. S. Times.