he poorest sort;
but he said that there would be no commencement without her. He was
the valedictorian of his class. Proudly he led her into the hall, and
with beaming face she listened while the great throng applauded his
brilliant speech. When he received his gold medal he walked down from
the platform and pinned it upon her breast, saying, "This is yours,"
and she was as proud as any queen could have been. It was a very
common thing to wash and iron for one's daily living, but to be honored
thus was something any mother might long to experience. She simply did
her best in a humble way and pleased God.

IV

_Round about the Camp_.

First: Let it be remembered that we have a responsibility to others.
Some years ago on the Irish Sea a terrific storm was raging. It was
known that just off the coast a vessel was going to pieces. Suddenly
two men, an old sea captain and his son, put out through the storm.
Everybody tried to persuade them not to do so, for it seemed to be
absolutely useless. Over the waves, which appeared almost mountain
high, they pushed along until at last amid the cheers of the waiting
throng they returned with their little boat filled with those who had
been all but lost upon the ship. When the minister said to the old sea
captain, "Why do you do this? Why take such a risk?" he answered, "I
have been there myself, and I knew the danger." It is because we have
been once in sin and now are redeemed by the precious blood of Christ
that we say something to those who are about us.

Second: We are responsible for others. When Horace Bushnell was a
tutor in Yale he was a stumbling block to all the students because he
was not a Christian. He realized this himself, and yet he said, "How
can I accept Christ or the Bible, for I do not believe in either one."
And then the question came to him as from God, "What do you believe?"
and he said, "I only know there is a difference between right and
wrong." God seemed to say to him, "Have you ever taken that stand
where you would say, 'I am committed to the right even if it ends in
death'?" and he said, "I never have." Falling upon his knees he said,
"O God, if Jesus Christ be true, reveal him to me and I will follow
him." And he began to walk in the light, which constantly increased,
and almost every student in Yale came to Christ. "No man liveth unto
himself alone." We are responsible for the souls of other men. We are
also responsible for thei