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II. References: Judges 5:23.—W.
The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. May they not be heard within the soul when a man has consciously declined that which conscience has recognised as a plain duty? Remember: (1) that man judges by the size of things, God judges by their fitness; (2) that small as you think you are, you are the average size of moral and intellectual humanity; (3) that such a humility as yours comes, if you get at its root, from an over-thought about yourself, an over-sense of your own personality, and so is closely akin to pride.