The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1860-01-05
The Moral Mcasuremem, of Man.


makes hun MAN. in distinction rom every thing
else; ANA that is no! foot, nor hand, nor bod,
nor spprtltes nor passions nor economic or com.
merclol power. These me not the thugs that
nsks h,m man. 1t is that Witch has been
stamped un hIm -Gois imlgr--that makes him
msu. That part Of his nature winch njrDdu crS
/ the moral element right aud wrong; the spirit.
! udl element, Invisible realities; aud the beuevu
lcnt element--the very divinity OF love. IL re-
man must be measured, ior, here, and only here
he becomes man, among the creatures at the
world. And our substantial judgement of what
we are, what our character Is, ana what we ure
worth as mSn, is to be formed upon the higt
moral development. You are worth Just h0lr
good you are!
1t Is Que of the rarcs, thingp in the world tc
! 6nd man who, when he look, upCu fellow man
sees hlm as God sees hlm--ns spiritual being
| Men foremost in the church. fluent in prayer,
aud great ut eIhorlstion, when they 30 forth, d,
not Bee God IN man. Such mtn have devotion
~ scnurcnt, as an estate emotion; they haN,
Temporary Christian icullngs; but they sr,
wanling in d,ep.seaIed plety. 10 make moral
character the standard by wach 10 ia ge ot a
man, ana 10 look al him ia his immortality, is d
! thing which is not done by one out OF ten lhous-
and. | thluk no more revolutionary thing
| could occur than for uu angel to descend from
heuvon, aud operate upon the mind ol every man
80 that he would OF necessity look on eveIy 9th
er man Us God sees him; So that when you look
upon your chld, it wo1ld stand 10 you rs IT,,
babe uf Jesus stands TO our nlmlru iion-ss
child of God, 50 that, Whenever you looked upul
yuur ncIghborS, you would not See whit lnelI
bodies represent them To be, bat as angel eve,
see them, wien their moral nature II lmcs up IN
VisIbly before eyes that can see the NV Isl be =
! Oh, II every day whoa you went to your 5uSl-
ness, AMI executed your law OF srliSuncss, you
saw meu just exactly AZ they are, how diltrouI
would bs your feelings on brhOdlng lhem! II
when men raise the Lash above the head u
the haipless, or lay the grinding hand
upon the weak, they were Instantly, by some
IN, sterl0us ch ingrmldc To See thatIL was Gul'S
unsrI they were holiing in the dust, how lhty
would start back amazed, and say, ii though
it was a mdu, and hrhold was Wrestling wiIh
an angel !" II men were to sec their fellow -mcl
aS Gods angels IN embryo, aud we've to Judge o
them, not by Their spheres III lie. not 10y thc
relations to the cieruai state; nnd were to Zee
that every man was child OF GIi, and an HEN
oi immortality. what revolution there woul,
bs IN lhe structure o. society!
/ Tnrre is 10 plantation lhlt is strong enough
to bear the weight that wOnid press Gown upoI
it il every slave master saw the coming manhu Jt
ot his slaves ii i, because mrn are IN ord,nlr,
estimation lighter than iedthCrs-smpiy Oloo,
und bones, Orrven mere beasts with the innl met,
OF beasts IN our thought, that We are three thuu>
aud years behind our day. and think OF {. em, no
as spiritual beings, God-Ioved, GJd-sOughl, an,
/ God drawn, but as pieces OF mechanism, opera
ted by voluntary Hand designed solely Tor lit,
purposes. When once III N sees, feels. and em
deavors to practice this divine Law of Judgment
the change wrought in him will bi almost lii,
| u translation into ii new sphere.
Aud this leads me TO say, iOurthly, that this
! nn 4nI If nIDptp, NynulI
llonize the world. Aud tirst, every mans opiu
! ion OF himself would he changed. How man,
times in the course OF ycur do yuu Suppose
you iudsr OF yourself strictly aud inpnrlls,iy ac
cOTdiug to whut yUn are Tell5IOuSly worth; no
according to the way you irci, or the inspiration
uI self esteem; not according To the II Ish OF hope
! or the buyanCy Vi good health; not according t(
! your conscious power OF achievement with YOU
| dcxlruuS hand or loot; but according to wha
you possess OF meoknesS, hum6l ness, grulcIrss
l0ng-suT'rlng, patience forgiveness, faith, hope
ana iovt2 Who judges himself thus Il an
! what | am In consequence OF my althlnmenis
\ In mesknesS, hum0lrleSS, gcutlvncss, long
I lrrng, pttIenCS, forgiveness. idlth, hops, dn0
lover Do you ever DO i2 You have token ac
count OF stock IN many ways; but d,d you eveI
take account Ot stock IN these thsgs? Did yor
ever diveSt yourself Vt tho feeling OF sup"tilriy
which you derive Slmlly from s'li esteem, ol
rom sympathy Win WNll IN WOrlu THINKS O
your Aud II you were to indulge in a IeelIu-
ot pr!de to-day, would it not bs bscluse you al,
well in your business lost year; because you
came here poor boy, with nothing bat win
i your upheld hanIs could carry ana ara now Ia,
owner ul vast e. ates; because that last engiu
eyring feat reflected so mach credit upon you
because of The late orllorIcal display 1 iiterar,
achievement was success; because you hot,
this Ol that place OF powcri Would any ON
lcGl rich AMI strong simply b cause he has :,
much that Is sweet anj dltine in his uatuIe?-
Dad you ever attempt TO obey the commands o
the text, not 10 think of yoursclf more mghl
than you ought to think; hut To think sobcrly
according as God has dealt 10 y1H the measur,
Of faith
Bat this measurement il adopted, would b
revolutionary, also, in our Judgments OF ou
fellow mani Tor when man judges hims II h
u right standard, be must necessarily ildSe ,hos
about him by the same. They would uu lunse
seem TO rs simply wha' they are on account G
boiy qualities. We should no Longer yalu