Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-07-14
UIjF T0 RE A MAN

I'VE take from "The Happy Home" pub
lshed in Boston, and edited by Mary Grace
Halpin, this excellent article from the pen o.
| Rev. w. Warren:1
"BE MAN." BY filling the place you are IN
II you are man, be man, every whit a man
If you are not a man, glory in this, be woman
in the true sense of the word. If you are a
youth or child, do not disdain those productive
disciplinary years. Are you poor or rich, hum
BILE or honored, citizen or magistrate, be your
position what it may, if you cannot improve it,
show yourself man in it.
10 the young l say, do not make haste to be-
come men prematurely; but seek to become
the best possible specimens of youth. Mems
garments do not become boys; youth is the
stepping stone to manhood, the apprenticeship
Of life. Let that stepping stone be high, and
that apprenticeship long. Life is preliminary,
probationary to future world.
Some seek to show themselves men, whom
God has destined to more refined and infuen-
tial sphere. There is a limit where the sea
ends and the dry land begins. There is an ee-
ment where the birds sing, another where the
a6 h6d ior sa 4GH lin sie
their sphere, man his, woman lcrs. God las
made the differences, established relations,
drawn lines of distinction which neither imam
nor woman may confound.
lie has adapted responsibilities to relations,
and these to natures and spheres. Seek to SLOW
yourselves true to the nature and sphere you
are in; it is thus you will prove yourselves to
be men, in tue best sense. Out of our place and
sex we sink ourselves Let Us be true to our
nature and our tastes. Let US magnify the po-
sition we are appropriately in and show our
selves to be the noblest specimen of what God
made Us to be.
"BE A MAN" By cuhiraling yourssg The
mental and moral are the noblest elements OF
nature. There is need of sound body, invig-
grated by habits Of virtue and healthful enter
prise; but there is more need of noble mind,
disciplined by calturc, and subject to principle.
This is essential to the highest state Of manhood.
Uncutivatcd mind like unsubdued SOIL or
brute strength, fails of its highest productive
ness The whole mind and heart nee:ls thus to
be developed and disciplined We cannot show
ourselves men in any true sense until we raise
our standard of thinking, of acting and purpose,
to the highest practicable point; and to gain
this high ground we must make covenant with
labor, we must resist temptation, and put the
heel upon the neck of appetite and indulgence.
We must store the mind and taste with what is
! useful and wholesome we must be able to SO
from cause tO effect, and from effect back to
cause, upon the strong chain of reasoning; AMI
we ought to know how to form those chains by
close links of logic. We measure men not by
stature, nor station, nor by age, nor sex, nor
circumstances; but BY cultivated powers. and
tue SUCCESS with which they arc able to bring
those powers to bear upon the Doblest interests
OF Garth.
| "BE A MANI IN yOur pleasures. When pleas
ure is sought as an end. it is perniclouS, but
when recreation is sought as means to an end
it is useful But why depend on special OK
citemcnts and occasions for happiness, and moi
rather seek enjoyment from the ordinary scene;
of life? Do the birds have jubilees? do tho
angels? why then should human lie be as th'
waves of'the sea? The reaction of excessive
excitement upon the mind and nerves, creates
depression OF spirits, and a sort Of lasstude ant
woe, that calls for the oft-repeatlng OF the same
thing. How much better to ply the ordinary
means of enjoyment These are always health
iul, open and perennial. 1t is the part OF tru'
manhood to have the full command of the com
mon and every day sources Of enjoyment. Ant
let recreation, when indulged, be rational ant
innocent let parents indulge in the pastime
of their children it is easier thus to restrain
them. 10 be young is no crime, nor to be OLD
except in wrong feelings and habits, but mer
pleasure seeking is debilitation; true JOY come
uhsought.
But men often show themselves to be mer
brutes or savages in their sports. De$plse tlos
that cost needless PAIN Shun the joy that
7 had at the expense of virtue. Show yourselVe
men in your pleasures. Let them be ratlona
and contribute to moral dignity.
"BEMEx" in honor and hberality. Always d
your part, and more than your part if need b
BE noble and generous and large-hearted; d
not say YOU will be richer here nor hereafter
that will depend upon the spirit and motive
the case. But it is wise to be just, and mag
nanimous, and benevolent, always. BE nc
mean, but always men! Never let Others pa
your bills, either in the house of God or els!
, where. Always pay the value of service. i
liberal in your contributions on the Sabbat
and at other times. Don't nod the deaco
along when the contribution box comes, nor ca!
tbit6er three cent piece and copper, one IL
conscience and the other for sound. This
small for the Christian for the man, for the chill
, even.
, aBEAMAN" in your dealings. Be honorabl
be honest with all. Some are so upright thu
when they injure others they are careful to
# lawfully. They have no hig her standard
| conduct than human statues. They Tear fn