UMLAZI CAMPUS   : JUNE 12, 1999

A friend of mine whom I have known in Christian fellowship circles in Washington for more than 20 years, Mr Doug Coe, sent me a message less than a month ago, which included a piece by Josiah Holland, under the tile "The World Needs Men". And I would like to quote it to you:

 The world needs men who cannot be bought, whose word is their bond, who put character above wealth, who possess opinions and the will, who are larger than their vocations, who do not hesitate to take chances.

The world needs men who will not lose their individuality in a crowd, who will be as honest in small things as in great things, who will make no compromise with wrong, whose ambitions are not confined to their own selfish desires.

The world needs men who will not say they do it because everybody else does it, who are true to their friends through good report and evil report, in adversity as well as in prosperity, who do not believe that shrewdness, cunning and hard-headedness are the best qualities for winning, who are not ashamed or afraid to stand for the truth when it is unpopular.

The world needs men who say No with emphasis, though all the rest of the world says Yes.