their discipline. Having to do certain things at a given moment, and in a particular way, was an immense help for life. It gave the habit of discipline. "I cannot imagine you fellows," said the Bishop, "becoming, in the days that lie before you, men who slouch and prop up public-house walls, or who smoke and spit about the streets. We have too many of that kind in England, and I am only too thankful to feel that you are being so trained that. God grant it, that will never happen to you." Another thing which attracted him was their helpfulness. A refined and disciplined nature must be helpful. Politeness, after all, was only the helping of a fellow creature; it must come from desire to show respect, to be of use. A respectful bearing and the proper treatment of age were things which, he was perfectly certain, they were qualifying for. Then there was their spirit of comradeship. In doing their own jobs, and developing their own gifts, they came to see that there was something in the other fellow, and so comradeship grew. Again, there was their law of self-sacrifice. It was the law of Christ; let them study Him, and they would understand what true self-sacrifice meant. Through Him they could help the world. Let them look up, not down; forward, not backwards; out, not in. Let them "lend a hand." He felt they were under God in all they did. Might the great rally help them to make progress, and might each one of them be the stronger for the time they spent in Birmingham.
The lesson was read by the Rev. S. M. Berry, of Carr's Lane Chapel.
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