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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Feb 18, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 7.

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Strength of Will.

By Methodist Recorder

A STRONG will makes a strong character. A man who hesitates and turns aside from his purpose will never succeed. He lacks that tenacity and persistence essential to success. Men should not arrive at conclusions too hastily, but when they have been carefully and deliberately reached, they should be maintained with becoming firmness. A firm man who maintains his position from honest convictions, based on what he regards as sufficient reasons, is very different from a stubborn man who is determined to accomplish his purpose without regard to reason. Both have tenacity of purpose; but the one is strong because he is governed by intelligent motives; the other is weak because he is governed by prejudice and passion. Seek diligently to discover the right, and then maintain it because it is right.—Methodist Recorder.