22 True Nobles and Heroes.

and fight on; and shall not we look at The
Cross as a mighty faith reviving power? for
“that Cross all hell defies,” and conquest by
it is guaranteed to us.

‘You will remember the story of the chief
of the clan Macgregor at the battle of
Prestonpans. He fell wounded by two balls;
but seeing his men give way, he raised him-
self on his elbow while the blood streamed
- from his side, and exclaimed, “I am not
dead, my children; my eye is upon you to
see that you do your duty.” We have One
who is alive for evermore, who never
slumbers even, nor sleeps; and although he
may appear not to be with us for a while,
in order to teach us that our own strength
is only weakness, He steps in just as we are
about to give up the conflict, reassuring us
with these words, ‘Lo, I am with you
alway.”

That is true, solid heroism which can,
with the object of saving life, face death.
George Stephenson is an illustration of this.
After racking his mind for months he at
last devised the miner’s safety-lamp, which
would at all events lessen the dangers incident