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COURAGE. 
Subject of Rev. L. H. Ruge, at Congregational 
Church, Manchester. 
Rev. L. H. Ruge of the Congrega- 
tional church, Manchester, spoke Sun- 
day morning from the text, ‘Be thou 
strong and very courageous.’’ He said 
in part: ‘Joshua needed strength. 
(here was but onething he could rely 
on and that was that God was fighting 
his battles with him. All his men had 
four centuries of slavery behind them so 
that they had lost all their manhood and 
courage. We all need this thought to- 
day. The Lord says to us this morn- 
ing, © Be thou strong and very courage- 
ous.’ He is with us fighting our battles 
for us. 
““ There is much false courage in the 
world and it is often mistaken for true 
courage. We all admire true courage. 
Some courage is the result of good 
health. A man feels strong when he is 
gifted with physical, mental and moral 
health. 
*" True courage is not born in conflict 
with inferior forces, but with superior 
forces. Men sometimes perform peril- 
ous tasks but with no knowledge of the 
peril in their hands. “They are not cour- 
ageous. A man sometimes goes into 
danyer not believing there is any peril. 
This is not courage. A man who is in- 
diffrent to fate and stoical to conse- 
quences is not courageous. A suicide is 
net courageous Hedoes not care for 
his life and it is easy to throw it away. 
““ One of the roots of true courage is 
in the realization of one’s peril. We 
must become aware of the perils around 
us before we are courageous. The 
greater our conception of danger, the 
greater the courage that faces the peril. 
The man who realizes the risk and takes 
itis courageous. A brave man _ often 
flees danger and goes out of the way to 
avoid a fight. The finest courage in the 
world often meets the enemy with 
blanched face. Because a man trembles 
may 'e that he is sensitive and sensible 
of the danger he 1s going to face. 
“True courage is rooted in faith, not 
doubt. A man must have faith in him- 
self and in the resources of the power 
with him, before he can be courageous. 
This courage born of faith has been the 
inspiration of all great discoveries in the 
past. Lincoln with his faith reminds us 
of the old prophets who believed. Peter 
had courage when he stepped on the 
water but he did not go far because he 
lacked faith. When Peter’s faith was 
supreme, we see a man with a courage 
far different than before 
““ The highest courage is rooted in 
faith in God, a !aith in an intelligent lov- 
ing God If we live in a universe ruled 
by blind chance, there is room for fear 
only; if we live in a universe God made 
and governsthere is room for courage 
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world as though you thought every one 
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Patrick H. Boyle is planning to attend 
the annual banquet of the Essex club at 
the American house, Boston, tomorrow 
afternoon. 
The annual banquet of the Manchester 
club willbe held this evening at the Town 
hall at seven o’clock. Bullock will be 
the caterer. After the banquet the bal- 
ance of the evening will be spent socially 
and in singing popular songs. A reader, 
E. H. Frye, of Boston has been pro- 
cured as part of the evening’s entertain- 
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