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"Humph!" said Dad; but, presently, I saw mother put out her hand and tenderly touch him on the shoulder, as if to tell him that her temporary tiff had been dispelled, like the smoke from the discharge of the Victory's last gun, whereat I could hear him whisper under his breath as he kissed her cheek softly, "All's well that ends well, my dear!"
The Commander-in-Chief, with his staff and the captain of the ship, fretting and fuming on the Victory's quarter-deck; the signals flying which have been mentioned; Harland's division getting into line ahead; and four points on the weather quarter, only two miles distant, so that "every gun and port could be counted," a group of seven or eight sail, among them the flag of the third in command, apparently indifferent spectators.
Jesus Christ's victory is ours, and we are victors in it, because He is more than the pattern of brave warfare, He is even the Son of God, who gave Himself for us, and gives Himself to us, and dwells in us our Strength and our Righteousness. Lastly, remember that the condition of that victory's being ours is the simple act of reliance upon Him and upon it.
So they move along the imperial highroad followed by a people who have not yet learned to chant the songs of victory but who are destined, at no very distant date, to learn victory's lessons and to pay victory's price. Along the path, far away in the distance they see the earth like a ball, rolling at their feet. It is theirs if they will but reach out their hands to grasp it! An Imperial People
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