THE HAMILTON ASSOCIATION. 21 
of that heathen land. Compare this with the present condition 
of India. ° A strong and stable government to guarantee to 
every man, woman and child in India, safety and_ pro- 
tection for both life and property. No more robbery and 
extortion. No more internal wars to waste the lives and im- 
poverish the people. But. instead a country opened up to pro- 
gress, to commerce, to civilization, to enlightenment, and _ to 
Christianity. Time would fail me to tell how the German Em- 
pire, standing at the present time as one of the guardians of 
the peace of the world, was born amidst the strife and blood- 
shed of the Franco-Prussian war; or to refer to numberless other 
examples of how the nations have been evolved through the 
stress and tug of war. 
What, we might ask, are the qualities chiefly called forth 
by warfare amongst civilized people? Courage, strength, pa- 
triotism, and self-sacrifice. Truly a worthy quartette. What is 
grander than courage to face any foe, and any danger? What 
has the charge of the Light Brigade done for humanity’? It has 
thrilled the hearts of men and inspired them to do and dare 
greater things in every sphere of life. What shall we say of 
the self-sacrifice of a thousand battlefields?’ Men freely giving 
their lives in defence of home and loved ones far away. Oh! 
What a wealth of sacrifice is here! What blood and treasure! 
Is it worth while? What good is accomplished? What good, 
think you, is accomplished by the mother wearing out her life 
inch by inch for her family? She is dying that they might live. 
What good, say you, is accomplished by the father who toils 
year after year, early and late, until he finally drops into the 
grave, that his sons and daughters may be fed and clothed and 
educated? It is the law of self-sacrifice that is at work. This 
law runs throughout life. The seed falls into the ground and 
dies that it may bring forth the hundredfold. The animal world 
instinctively suffers for and protects its young, and let it be 
reverently said, the law ascends to the throne otf God itself. In 
this world suffering and progress seem to be inseparably link- 
ed. The poets learn in suffering what they teach in song. For 
everything that is worth having the price must be paid in work, 
