STEPPING STONES TO MANHOOD

A BOOK of INSPIRATION

for BOYS and YOUNG MEN

By WILLIAM P. PEARCE

AUTHOR OF “THE MASTER’S GREATEST MONOSYLLABLES,” “THE TABERNACLE,” “THE MASTER’S LOVE,” ETC., ETC.

PHILADELPHIA:

HARPER & BROTHER COMPANY

1903

COPYRIGHT, 1903,

BY

HARPER & BROTHER COMPANY.

Linotyped and Printed by

Harper & Brother Company

TO

WESLEY P. PEARCE

MY SON

WHO AFFORDS ME MUCH COMFORT IN THESE HIS BOYHOOD DAYS

AND TO THE

BOYS OF THIS GREAT NATION

THIS WORK IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED.