Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-06-28

Another characteristics ofour times is theil
intelligence. Much,is said of the Angus
tinian, the Eligabsthian age and others, YET
80 broad and practical an intelligence as Is
now over the world was never known in
those ages. The people are now educated
and the masses intelligent They read and
think, and intelligence Of all kinds is dis
ssminated among them. The preacher, the
lawyer and the physician address those who
have perhaps read as n my books As they
and science in all departments has been
popuiariaed and spread before the people =
Colleges, seminaries and High Schools
abound, and farmers have their sons and
daughters educated in sll useful knowledge.
Books, magazines and papers combine tc
give a marked intelligence to the times.
Another characteristic of these times is q
IsYelins tendency. Prevalent Democracy
is as much necessity Of the times as any
Of the attributes before spoken Of The dis
tanee from the people to the Legislatures Of the
world is lessened, The masses of the people
now ere the peers Of the giants Of other
times. Asthe waters Of the seas may have
increased and risen toward and above the
tops Of those mountains which we're once
lofty, until few isolated peaks now. rise
upon the level Of the waters, 50 the masses
Of the people have risen until only a few
giants now rise above the common mass.-
There are those who were born kings. Jack
son, Webster, and Clay were such. There
are others who were born slavss though they
were sons of kings; but these are exceptions.
The mountains are not sinking to the level
Of the common plain, but the intellectual
waters are rising, and the times point to
the day when there viii be government Of
the people. Ha
Another Characteristic Of the times is the
religious element. This is apparent in all
the great questions which come before the
people. The liberation Of the serfs of Rus
sia is political on the surface, but religious
at heart. So, too, the questions of slavery,
and too, is the question Of the now raging
Italian war, one Of conscience and reli gious
liberty.
The times demand living men. The times
are alive themselves, and it is solemn truth
that none but living men can cope with the
living times. The question is "Are you a
living man. . If the answer be eyes,"
then the times says to him, "then you are
the man forus. Come, and we will give you
work: perhaps suffering too, but, in the end,
a crown of glory" There are works to be
done, suferings to bear, and honOrs to win,
that only living men can do, and bear, and
win. Before the Reformation, the wOrldhad
bssn dead, but there were living men. The
Luthers, Melancthons, the Calvins, &C., were
living men men who held their lives cheap
as water. So in the Revolutionary times in
America, and the Revolutionary times in
England, and thank God those living men
were Iounus goa provinces men 70 sPraE
live words, to do live deeds, to think live
thoughts, and we now see the results of such
men. Such men we need now, and the times
demand them. Men not insensible to the
cares, the joys, the hopes, and the wants Of
the age, but sympathizing with them men
with warm, vital blood in their veins and
their hearts. .-...l.f- a.lf +.
The times demand also active men, and to
them offer much work to do, work that must
be done to-day, by the active workers. It's
not enough that nature give to man geniusj
he must be active in the exercise of these
gifts. The men worthy the times and whom
the times delight to honor Rpust strike while
theiron is hot and also make the iron hot
by striking. l
The times also demand men of intelli-
geuee. There has been vast deal Of unin-
telligent life and activity within the past
few years. Let men know what they have
to do, and keep that knowledge sbout them.
Let them know what blows to strike and then
strike only those blows. We want a keen
broad intelligence that knows just what tc
do, and does that and nothing else. We
want an intelligence out of which have
been cast all the seven deadly sins; an IN
telligence that gives homage to the good and
true.
The times demand m en- ofsympGthy, with
IeyeIing tendencies The man whether &
Christian or not, who does not think of the
beathen, the outeast and the down ltrOddenl
and desire to have them lifted up, is not the
man for the times. We want not a mere
sentimental sympathy, but sympathy like
that Of the. Son Of God, who opened his
heart to bless the world and all within IT,
The sympathy that claima to be Of this class
must prove itself by ioorks.
The times demand braps men; who dare
own their own souls, who dare speak their
own words. This is a want Of the times, but
we meet in the world but few true, brave
men, whose only hope, whose only fear il
God. There are plenty Of men who could
have street brawl, or charge an enemy,
but who could not brave popular opinion
he who dares TO do right without clustering
or censoriousnsss is The man for the times
We want men who win look the world full
in thefaee, and then think his own thoughts
speak his own words and do his own deeds
There are some such brave mem ther'
should be a thousand where there is nov
one.
The times demand good men. There i
now more good in theworld, more bad in th'
world, and more triAing with good and eVi
than at any previous age. The times de
mand men who will stand by the Bible an'
dare to take their life in their hands and g
between the living and the dead.
The times demand men Of faith-mei
who look vita hope and trust TO the future
and not weak, wagering, hesitating men
Without faith, the best of men must fail
'gitk faith, they viii not fail-to ind the gio
riouB future. i..a ~
Yoang ladies, these truths were intends
not for you, but they viii be Of service
you, and in simple faith in them may 20
live.
The address was an admirable one ano
"a will ba v.ro1V ,r,,I.ystnSd all the more IN