A Heroic Young Man

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Nicholas Doyle, working in a printing office in New Brunswick, New Jersey, was known in the office as the printer’s “devil,” but proved himself a noble young hero when the building in which he worked was on fire. The fire originated in the pressroom, and Doyle discovered it. Despite the danger, he rushed upstairs, through the thick smoke, and went to every department giving the alarm, and did not think of trying to save himself until all the rest were safe. By that time escape was cut off by the stairway, and he was compelled to jump from the second-story window, but fortunately was not badly hurt. He saved twenty lives by his unselfish heroism. Christian heroism is like that, in that its chief glory is in its unselfishness. To think first of others and put ourselves last is to follow in the footsteps of Jesus.

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