| Finding the Way |
Chapter 8 |
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This scene on the beach had also its comfort for the disciples. For three years they had been with their Master in closest companionship. He had received them into most intimate fellowship. They had heard His teachings and experienced His friendship in its most sacred revealing. Some of us know what even a rich hearted, noble, strong, gentle, true human friend may be to us in the way of comfort and strength. One wrote to another:
“I wish that I might tell you what you are
To me–you seem so fine and strong and true,
So bold, and yet so gentle, so apart
From petty strivings that confuse men’s minds.
I wish that I might make you understand
How your clean, brave young life has made me brave,
How I am cheered and strengthened and upheld,
When I consider that the world holds you a hero: in a world of false ideals
Your truth, your worth, has blazed its own brave way.”
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