The Courage to Stand Alone

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 2, 1858

The Courage to Stand Alone

There is a cowardice in the age which is not christian. We shrink from the consequences of truth. We look round and cling dependently. We ask what men will think,—what others will say,—whether they will not stare in astonishment. Perhaps they will; but he who is calculating that will accomplish nothing in life. The Father—the Father which is with us, and in us—what does he think? God's work cannot be done without a spirit of independence. A man has got some way in the christian life when he has learned to say, "I dare to be alone."