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Show Hesitancy Great Foe . .. i of Forward Movement On being questioned as to whether the congregation with which he- waa i Identified had started to build, a new church, a typically careful Scotchman guardedly replied, "Well, no, not' ex-' actly that; but we are beginning to think about starting to commerce." Are not such words descriptive of tbe attitude some of us assume In regard to Jie building, of our characters and our lives? Often we hesitate to commit com-mit ourselves In a definite way to a specific forward movement, desirable though li may be. It may be the dread of criticism on the part of friends and associates'; It" may be a distrust In our own-power and ability, or possibly it may be the fear of sacrifice sacri-fice that deters ns. As a consequence, we are still down on the lower levels of lire, talking, perhaps, about what we expect to do, but never really doing do-ing It Tbe best we can say of ourselves our-selves Is that "we are beginning to think about starting to commerce." Why not get to work? Oreat Thoughts. - - |