Flourishes eternally.

TRUTHFULNESS IS THE WINNING SIDE.

Good old Matthew Henry used to say, “Truth is mighty and will prevail.” “Falsehood,” as one of the kings of Prussia said, “sometimes does good for twenty-four hours, but like a battle well fought, right comes off more than conqueror.” Falsehood is always defeated. It shrinks at detection and in due time is compelled to confess. Truth is sure and has a firm foundation because it is an attribute of God. And “God and truth,” said Theodore Parker, “are always on the same side.” Therefore

Seize upon truth, where’er ’tis found,

Amongst your friends, amongst your foes,

On Christian or on heathen ground;

The flower’s divine where’er it grows.

CHAPTER IV
Be Choice of Language

INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER IV

By General O. O. Howard