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Show Development of Character a Duty Devolving Upon Up-on Every Patriotic Citizen By RIGHT REV. P. B. HOWDEN, Missionary Bishop, Jfew Mexico. Nationally, character is our greatest asset. The finest patriotic serv- o that a man can make to his country is the developing of his character. We are not an unthinking mass. Each one ha3 an individual personality pattern that must and should be developed. Heredity and environment are very real things in every one's life, but they are not dominant nor absolute. There is nothing in the ancestry of Lincoln that foretold his greatness. All poets are not born poets. Every man is free in his actions. If heredity interferes with your character building, grapple with it. Jesus himself came among artisans to prove that it is not the place that j makes the man but the man that makes the place. Some of our finest characters have come from the slums of the city. There is a spirtual fellowship fel-lowship with Christ that transcends the influences of heredity and environment. en-vironment. It is the duty of all Christians to seek that f"!!owship if they to be called Christians. |