Alter Ego
A TALE
by Rev. W. W. Walker
Author of "By Northern Lakes," "Sabre Thrusts at Freethought,"
"Plain Talks on Health and Morals, Part II,"
and "Occident and Orient."
AUTHOR'S EDITION
TORONTO
WILLIAM BRIGGS
1907
Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the
year one thousand nine hundred and seven, by WILLIAM
WESLEY WALKER, at the Department of Agriculture
To
Lydia Kirby Walker
the granddaughter of a cultured Frenchman
and the faithful partner of my joys
and sorrows, this volume
is affectionately
dedicated.
The author is indebted to the great national newspapers of Canada andthe United States, the Toronto Globe and Collier's Weekly, for somefacts from the former and some figures from the latter in rounding upthe historical part of the story as relating to the conflict in the FarEast.
PREFACE
To men who teach and write the oft-recurring question comes, How can weso influence others in heart and intellect as to help them reach aloftier plane of thought and action? As every life has its Gethsemaneof sorrow and tragedy, so every life has its morning star of hope andits mainspring of faith.
Our salvation, then, and the lifting up and saving of others is theexercise of that vital principle which has its incarnation in hope.The use of this still further causes the mountains of difficulty thatloom portentous in our pathway and tower to the heavens to crumble intomole-hills.
The soul is made optimistic and the life beautified by its possession,while the ear is brought, spiritually speaking, within range of thevictorious shout, "More than conquerors!" and the new song, the song ofMoses and the Lamb.
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