It was the first engine on the new railroad running through the
wilderness. At night, the puffing, snorting monster, belching
forth fire and smoke, came dashing out of a dark forest with its
one shining eye in front. As it fairly leapt along the track
like a thing of life, green reptiles wriggled out of sight,
vultures fled to the tree-tops, and wild beasts ran snarling
into the jungle. The fire inside of the engine was what did it.
When the fire of inspiration gets inside of a man, how much he
is like a steam-engine. He moves straight ahead, keeps on the
right track, has his eye single to the forward line and his
whole soul is full of light and heat. The creatures of darkness
flee before him as he emerges into the light that shall never
fade. (Text.)
(1104)
=Fire Peril=--See SELF-RESTRAINT.
=First Aid=--See KNOWLEDGE APPLIED.