The Book of Courage
A TEACHER has told of the greatest moment of discouragement that ever came to her. At cost of great labor she had fitted up a room for the use of children, placing pictures on the walls, plants in the windows, goldfish on the table, and a canary in a cage. But the night before the day when she planned to welcome the children to the room there was a cold snap, and the janitor let the fire go out. In the morning she looked on broken radiators, frozen goldfish, drooping plants, and what she feared was a dead bird. In her despair she was about to decide that she would never make another effort to have things pleasant for the children, when the bit of fluff in the bird-cage, roused from stupor by the noise made by the discouraged woman, lifted its voice in song. That song told her that she had reached once again the point that comes to everyone, times without number, the point that separates the life of conquest from the life of defeat, the life of cowardice from the life of courage. She was at the crossroads, and she took the turning to the right. The bird's song marked for her the end of discouragement. "I can sing, as well as the bird," she said to herself. And at once she began to make plans for her charges. Everywhere there are people who feel that the odds are against them, that difficulties in the way are unsurmountable, that it is useless to make further effort to conquer. The author of "The Book of Courage" knows by experience how they feel, and he longs to send to them a message of cheer and death-to-the-blues, a call to go on to the better things that wait for those who face life in the spirit of the gallant General Petain, whose watchword, "They shall not pass!" put courage into his men and hope into the hearts of millions all over the world. "Courage!" is the call to these. "Courage" is likewise the word to those who are already struggling in the conquering spirit of Sir Walter Scott who, when both domestic calamity and financial misfortune came, sa
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The Book of Courage
A TEACHER has told of the greatest moment of discouragement that ever came to her. At cost of great labor she had fitted up a room for the use of children, placing pictures on the walls, plants in the windows, goldfish on the table, and a canary in a cage. But the night before the day when she planned to welcome the children to the room there was a cold snap, and the janitor let the fire go out. In the morning she looked on broken radiators, frozen goldfish, drooping plants, and what she feared was a dead bird. In her despair she was about to decide that she would never make another effort to have things pleasant for the children, when the bit of fluff in the bird-cage, roused from stupor by the noise made by the discouraged woman, lifted its voice in song. That song told her that she had reached once again the point that comes to everyone, times without number, the point that separates the life of conquest from the life of defeat, the life of cowardice from the life of courage. She was at the crossroads, and she took the turning to the right. The bird's song marked for her the end of discouragement. "I can sing, as well as the bird," she said to herself. And at once she began to make plans for her charges. Everywhere there are people who feel that the odds are against them, that difficulties in the way are unsurmountable, that it is useless to make further effort to conquer. The author of "The Book of Courage" knows by experience how they feel, and he longs to send to them a message of cheer and death-to-the-blues, a call to go on to the better things that wait for those who face life in the spirit of the gallant General Petain, whose watchword, "They shall not pass!" put courage into his men and hope into the hearts of millions all over the world. "Courage!" is the call to these. "Courage" is likewise the word to those who are already struggling in the conquering spirit of Sir Walter Scott who, when both domestic calamity and financial misfortune came, sa
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The Book of Courage

The Book of Courage

by John Thomson Faris
The Book of Courage

The Book of Courage

by John Thomson Faris

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A TEACHER has told of the greatest moment of discouragement that ever came to her. At cost of great labor she had fitted up a room for the use of children, placing pictures on the walls, plants in the windows, goldfish on the table, and a canary in a cage. But the night before the day when she planned to welcome the children to the room there was a cold snap, and the janitor let the fire go out. In the morning she looked on broken radiators, frozen goldfish, drooping plants, and what she feared was a dead bird. In her despair she was about to decide that she would never make another effort to have things pleasant for the children, when the bit of fluff in the bird-cage, roused from stupor by the noise made by the discouraged woman, lifted its voice in song. That song told her that she had reached once again the point that comes to everyone, times without number, the point that separates the life of conquest from the life of defeat, the life of cowardice from the life of courage. She was at the crossroads, and she took the turning to the right. The bird's song marked for her the end of discouragement. "I can sing, as well as the bird," she said to herself. And at once she began to make plans for her charges. Everywhere there are people who feel that the odds are against them, that difficulties in the way are unsurmountable, that it is useless to make further effort to conquer. The author of "The Book of Courage" knows by experience how they feel, and he longs to send to them a message of cheer and death-to-the-blues, a call to go on to the better things that wait for those who face life in the spirit of the gallant General Petain, whose watchword, "They shall not pass!" put courage into his men and hope into the hearts of millions all over the world. "Courage!" is the call to these. "Courage" is likewise the word to those who are already struggling in the conquering spirit of Sir Walter Scott who, when both domestic calamity and financial misfortune came, sa

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781714167623
Publisher: Blurb
Publication date: 05/01/2020
Pages: 166
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.35(d)

Table of Contents

1. THE COURAGE OF SELF-CONQUEST I. RESTRAINING SELF II. EFFACING SELF III. FORGIVING INJURIES IV. FORGETTING WRONGS V. GETTING RID OF EVIL VI. LOOKING BEYOND MONEY

2. THE COURAGE THAT FACES OBSTACLES I. LEARNING II. DEPENDING ON SELF III. UNCOMPLAINING IV. PERSISTING V. TOILING VI. CONQUERING INFIRMITY

3. THE COURAGE OF INDUSTRY I. BEGINNING II. PURPOSE FORMING III. USING TIME WISELY IV. WORKING HARDER V. ABUSING THE WILL TO WORK

4. THE COURAGE OF FACING CONSEQUENCES I. VENTURING II. FORMING CHARACTER III. TRUTH TELLING IV. DUTY DOING V. FINDING HIS LIFE

5. COURAGE FOR THE SAKE OF OTHERS I. IMPARTING COURAGE II. CONQUERING HAPPINESS III. MAKING LITTLE THINGS COUNT IV. DID HE GO TOO FAR?

6. GOLDEN RULE COURAGE I. LOOKING OUT FOR OTHERS II. SUCCEEDING BY COURAGEOUS SERVICE 143 III. SERVICE BY SYMPATHY IV. DOING BUSINESS FOR OTHERS V. PRAYING AND HELPING VI. GIVING THAT COUNTS VII. EXPENSIVE ECONOMY

7. COURAGE THROUGH COMPANIONSHIP I. COMPANIONSHIP WITH FRIENDS II. SUCCESSFUL COMRADES III. COMPANIONSHIP WITH THE PAST IV. COMPANIONSHIP WITH NATURE V. COMPANIONSHIP WITH GOD VI. A CHAPTER OF--ACCIDENTS?

8. GOD THE SOURCE OF COURAGE I. THAT'S FOR ME! II. BANING ON GOD'S PROMISES III. PRACTICAL PRECEPTS FROM PROVERBS IV. GETTING CLOSE TO THE BIBLE V. THE BIBLE AND ONE MAN VI. OUT OF THE DEPTHS

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