, 1861-01-17
Df. Hollands Lecture last Evening


Dr. Hollands Lecture last Evening.
D1. J. G. Holland leetured at Metropolitan Hall
LIST evening, In the regular lecture oourse Of the
Young Mems Association: The pleasing and
genial author Of Timothy T!.comb'' ard Miss
GiIbert's Career IL always faynrite with our aus
dlences and that of last evening. Notwithstanding
Indictment weather VIA one Of the best Of tho sea-
son thus far, The following Is sketch ofthe lee
tnEe:
selthe3p is the power which distinguishes man
from animals 1t distinguishes man froa. all the
FERNS OF Life We know. For the !.=t twenty ye7rs
eS!e h's *sn an as Of M s qoaa
particularly those who have had hut little to do
with schools have been various addrets scd through
inge1ionsly wsittea + hlogrslhis. Of humble men
appea1s In prose and verse. md every Imaginable
thing adapted to reach and rouse unlcttefcd an-
fatal mssEes t6at Ihe e has When
the public thought should be critically directed to
Let Us look for moment at some of the ua1i.us
which these Biographies are Intended to Illustrate.
"Whcre there'sn q viii there's 4 ~.@''-one Of the
largest lies ever palmed off on 1nc1eduioas human-
lty Everybody hasa desire to be rich--but there's
and men have a will to become President OF the
United States--but there Is no way for one In fyo
Of shs e TINT smetio1
<'Ss't*V
Of the laboscr must be equal to the power required
by his task or his labor will conquer nothing Set
an as 10 carry IN elephants burden and his back
There il no instituted process By which true
manhood can be manufactured The popular no
tion - thst heis selt-made man Who, without the
aid Of schools Or the regular processcs OF educs.
ton, arrives at excellence IN knowledge. or who.
without The advantages OF wealth and culture
achieve. high position. The eelfmsdc man is thus
IN the popular opinion 4 remarkable Han. A day
!aboter for INSTANCE acquires in the intervals Of
hts toll scosc Of languages, and he ts at once
dubbed seifmade man. 4 man by crsft and enn-
min. and miserly mcanness, may acquire wealth,
and through It influence and people Will at Of ce
style him self:madc man. a vulgar wretch b.
hs ITS Of fhS ana aa
and he will also ind tools and toadics enough to
glorify him rs selfmade man.
=, or selfmade men lske shese tue high places In
tor1ty OF them arc not se}fmade men at all. Self
made men are BY no means 60 plenty:
The prominent characteristic Of sc1fmade men Ia
individuality. They make themselves aud are not
made By oshers-that is, they voluntarily bring
their powers up to the work which they sec them.
selves adaptedto, and all the demonstrations Of
their lives 60 out the lines Of tho relations Of
their Individuality to the world and it's affairs.
They do not learn to = wood by swinging dumb
practicing on a tight rope.
Collesen1ade men aEe very hne ornamental men
very good things TO have for celebrations, Fourth
july oratons contributors to family Newspapers
be supported by the most respectable gentlemen
ios the most respectable Pnblic Offices to which
n1esb there Is no here Sf escng them Ihs
t!o9ah;e people; AID revcIentiy put of
their shoes among those who hare the reputation
offender sorns. With respect for tue Christian
tan training AID thousand personal friendships
can make Ii, am compelled to believe that fill
,eses aud tie mo th.picces Of their schools; that
they entered their profession, not because thcy
were adapted to It, nut were moved to it by mis-
taken sense Of duty falsc idet of professional
lie. 1t seems to me that one Of the most pitfful
objects in the world fs uadc-up Christian Infuis
tcr-a manufactured preacher-a man WHO Is usc-
less where he ie and Eclplcs4 elsewhere.
Of the oyer-erowded professions Of law and
medicine, l speak with less hesitation, because L
have to deal with less delicate motives Of life.
atcn 90 to these professions to get living and IL
position. Talk to poor boy abont becon,ins what
people call eclf-ma1e man, and he immediately
thinks Of becoming lawyer or physician. ln the
trqctive Of the three which wc called learned; but
think how rarc and peculiar the individuality must
be that Is adapted to It, Think Of the pure heart
tae W, sh.n ~ honorhe Christian integrity
fections Of five hundred families cluster: who en-
tsrs into their life, shares their secrets and has
their dearcst earthly interest in keeping. Think
Of ill this ard then look at the muiitudes OF lnen
poured out every year b. our medical institutions,
come Of whom have studied medicine simply be-
causs they wero not fitted for law or thocoly-rc
good for rabbits because he was good for nothIn.
clse-shink OF nil this say, and tn marvel nut
at the diaxeciing aud the Breakfast Table has said
TINT II all the drugs IN the world were enpied into
the sea 1t would BIZ Infinitely better for mankind
and infinitely worse for the fishes.
Those who know more about the law than do
will tell yon that It requires Organization
comprehend its phi1o:ophy-to master its princi-
pies and the detail Of Its iacls and forms, and TO
treat each lew question as arises by successful
pFaclicr II you will classify the lawyers Of your
acquaintance under four helds-lawyers Of e1ni.
diocrlry and lawyers 81 interiority, yun win be
aole to Judge how mauy Of them have mistaken
their profession.
crs7y man can be who fs q man at allhas no right
to be Hffhfate something; for Afth.ratc some
thing Is no better than a tirst-rate nothing.
- IN az n fh
nuwise counsels given to the youug-which hase
tSen noticed 10 this discussion. Among all tho
none go great IS that which arises from the greed
Of small men for office and the eaec with which
they obtain Il When the good and worthy men Of
whom tho office sadly needa~bccome dtsgusted
With politics because oE the Inferior society and
undigniaed contests into which It iutro-
Sic viii appledcnsioa. wshtn @ the the stahIc atili
gives Law to the library; and the boy WIN
does choses for his boasd puts his feet upon tho
care Of the baby. while Betty makes her calls and
goes shopping, 1t IL about time to break up house.
keeping. Let mnn yEhoIs united by individual,
tty TO hold N office, occupy It for some time aud be
will be spoiled for the place In which he belongs.
The country y full Of such wrecks OF men as these
1t matters little by what mode man develops bis
power, or BY what path he finds his place In tho
world, provided he successfully does both. In the
conflicts OF life 1t is question of brain and
power. It Is not question how much man
knows. but what use be makes OF what hs
does know-of what he is and can do.
Ny friend. care not whether your hand be ha: OF
stlt care not whether you be from the office OF
| the shop; care not whether you preach the ever
lasting Gospel from tho pulpit, or swing the ham.
MGR orcr the black*mith's anvil care not whether
you huve seen the inside Of college or the out
side whether your work be that Of the head or o
the hand; whether the world accounts you noble o.
| tgnoblc; If you have found your place ron are
happy man. Let no ambition ever tempt you away
from It, BY SO much ID a questioning thought.
say Il yon hare found your place, no mat1er wha'
Or where It Is, Ton arc happy man: / give yor
10y Of youf good fortune for il you do the work
that place, Nnd draw If IN it nt that it can give yor
Of nutT3ueat and development, yoa a-c 4 ni1
| filed up-nade after Gods pattcrn--thc mobiles
produ% OF this World-a sclfnade man.
4 Fire Alarm Telegraph.
At q meeting Of the Board Of Directors ofths
Fircmen's Benevolent Association, held q
their Hall on Tuesday, the 8th inst, the follow