Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-06-07
AN ADDRESS
DELIVERED BEFORE
Hope Lodge, No. $40, /. o. G. T.,
OF PLYMOUTH, INDIANA,
Tuesday Evening, May Is. 1866.
DI
REV. j. T.. CHAPLIN.

Worthy Chief 7r,npIar, Ladis nd Genfienen:
A writer in oneef our late Reviews aseribes
success to the New York Herald because il has
achieved grea, notoriety and pecuniary results.
Another maintains in reply, that il has no,
succeeded Reckless Of fact, principle and moral.
ity even, il has never hesitated to follow the mul.
titude to evil or bow the knee to Msmmon. IL has
followed'rather than cd.-gone 20 the highest bid
der rather than TO the right Hence it has achiey-
ed neither weight, authority reliability. it
leaves no lasting impression on the public mind
it carries no granite block OF imperishable princi-
pie into the rising structure OF the nation and the
sge-it leaves nothing 10 perpetsate its life and
usefulness in the future.
/ Some of its contemporaries. more careless of the
present, will be more fortunate in the future
/ They have sought TO direct meuld. educate--to
lay broad foundations political Justice and social
morality. Hence they will live aud move through
out the future. Though dead yet they will speak
The opinions they have inculcs,ed and tho sys-
TENS they have established will abide and reign
| forever.
He concludes his reply thus: "There is no end
to the suciency of character; it afford to wait
IL cannot but succecd."
This suggests the subject OF my remarks this eve
, ming; viz:
THE IMPORTANCE OF ACQUIRING CHARACTER.
w fir ask, what is characterl
Character, shall the term. consists of
good qualities. These qualities pertain to head,
heart and habit. That for the head is sound
knowledge; that for the heart. right affections:
that for the habits, pure morality. These COM
pose the character mean.
IL man have sound knowledge in his head-if
he has sough; and acquired only the truth, he will
be sound in thesry. His opinions will nll be right.
He will always know what is the righ, thing TO do.
And il he have right affectons--if he loves the
good and true, he will always be right. lie will
live according to his knowledge. Ii will be his
flag in the fight Of life, leading him to duty even
though it be in the face of sanger and death. In
other words. be will submit himself wholly 70 the
control Of the tru h. II his habits be established
according 10 the ru es of pure moiaty, he will
hAbitualy and freely show out the inward good
and let his light shine abroad. Habits are the
outward characters by which we read the Inward
man. They have much b do, the relore, with our
standing and influence among mn. II is not
enough that we haze right knowledge and right
affections We need right habits. else we shall
fail to give the right expression and make our
selves felt for good. Many good and true man
cepton aud pref judce, from the want OF good hab-
its.
There was no, a more learned and good man Of
the last century than DR.. Samuel Johnston of Eng
land, but his bad habts--beastly manners--ren.
dercd him disgusting 70 some and barely tolerable
to Others who wOnld readily have Welded HON
age to his wisdom and noble heart You see how
hi, influence and weight in society limited
and in some instances DESTROYED by bad habits.
This illustrates the necessity OF attending 10 the
formation of the habits well the opinions and
affections.