The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1871-01-21

ance, ana tue JudlclouS framing OF JuulcouS
master. And so the world over, new men are
ever breaking from the ranks of the people, de-
Tying all theory all advantage of bload, win
ming the prizes over all, through the Tough and
trained tenacity OF their native gift Blood is
well, but "a manis man for a that" How many
Of the worlds best have not drop of it--and he
who has that, brags of that, falls back on that,
makes it his passport, his claim, gives lifes'
duties the cold shoulder, and man his contempt
and for God has only this napkin folded gilt,
why he is only blotch, the poorest piece Of dirt
bearing the human image don't care how
you exalt, worship, hunkey him, what Office he
holds, who or what he msrries, how superbly he
dresses, Dances talks, takes off nis hat the in
gradients of manhood don't lie in those things.
They don't make man. IA man is Il man for
a. that"
And SO it is very true what Beechcr says in
bis Thanksgiving sermon He urges the accu
mutation Of wealth for the advantages it offers,
aud the blessing it confers. "Pay," he adds.
ssAnything for it, even WEAKNESS OF hand or
bnn-labor, all but these your honor, your SIM
rlcity, your faith in man, your love to God -
TIE pride is very honest pride that comes of feel
ing, "all this is reward to my industry, economy,
temperance, integrity" only don't let the pride
stnd in the way of the duties and demands its
possessing makes. 1t is all we'll so long as well
got and we'll used, but it makes no miin. Man
good is not in it. 1t may be partly developed by
i Goes not make, as itsfack does not mar.
The proverb says money makes the mare go, bat
never can it make the man go. IA man Is
man for o. that"
Then take this saying another way, not social
ly, but individually, personally take it into
ones own experience. Nothing depiives US OF
our rights our claims, our privileges as men,
Micfortunac do mistakes do DOyHTiY
shames and sins do not. There is ever IN inher-
ing spirit which neither our own folly nor other
mems edct can deprive us Of We are men so
long as shred of humanity retains It's hold up
on u.s. not IN the broadest sense, still IN sense
that marks US superior and separat from all
other things Our fall is the fall Of men; the
wreck that of man. There is hope Of "a tree, the
old Scripture SAYS if it be cut down it wil sprout
again, and that the tender branch thereof will
not cease, that through the scent of water ii i'll
bud and bring forth boughs like pant and
there is hope always Of man, prone prostra'e,
man forsaken and God forsaken as we say
for is he not still man, ''a man for q that -
and NAV he not rouse himself from his torpOr,
shake himself from his shames and become up
right again The way one Prodigal has taken
every one may take The sin that leads to the
dreariest pollution that blots the features OF the
soul, that empties man Of all that is high and
pure that seems to make him one with beasts,
beyond our hope, outcast from our compassion,
loathing to himself, doesn't take all the man
away. "a man is Il man for q that Over
laid in the ashes of sin, the spark is there, and
where a spark is always may be flame It we
handle it well. In our contact with erring and
SHINING vicious and criminal, in person or insti-
tuition, we forget that and we scowl, and we
scod, we refuse to associate or we shut up; we
punish rather than attempt reform. We forget
the man still in the man, that which jesus never
forgot, that which recognized him, that which
he had power to set in its right mind again. and
we shall have power to when we shall let into
these close and selfish hearts OF ours the same
spirit of divine compassion that glowcd with its
infinite fires in him We say it sometimes but
sin, however low ii drops him, neve' makes Il
man demon, never quenches the mao in bin.
"a man is a man for a that" Even from that
may be redeemed so that he shall become an
angel
And my closing is the old and reyepeated
word, Take care of, believe in, stan1 0y your
manhood. 1t is the only thing that will stand
by you. Every thing else slips. This holds
Every thing else passes this abides. Every
thing else betrays; this is faithful. The world
is mad yet after its own devices and desires, but
not them all can take the place of the one thing
within, the elemental principle which marks US
off from the beast on the one hand and from
God on the other. Titles, pomps places, APP
pause possessions, add nothing 10 man, their
want subtracts nothing, while sin still leaves
him, man.
bittle did Burns think when he sent his song
to a friend and spoke of it as 1.-TWO or three
pretty good prose thoughts inverted into rhyme, !"
how many thousands of hearts would respond
to it, while its echo should be heard around the
world and all down the ages. 1t was the voicng
of what the stalwart heart always feels word
the true heart should always stand by.
Is there, for honest poverty,
That hangs his head, and a. thatY
The coward slave-we pass him by
And dare be poor for a that
For a. that, and a. that
Our TOLLS obscure and a that
The rank is but the guineas stamp,
The mans the gold for a that.
What though on homely fare we dine
Wear holden grey and a that;
Gle fools their silks, and knaves their wine.
A mans man for a that.
For a. that, and for a that
Their tinsel show and a that,
The honest man, though e'er sac poor
Is king o. men for a. that
Ye see yon birkee, ada lord,
Wha struts and stares, and a that;
Though hundreds worship at his word,
He's but coof for a that;
For a. that and a. that;
His riband, star and a. that,
The man of independent mind
He looks and laughs at a that
A king can make belted knight,
marquis, duke and a that
But an honest mans above his might
Guild faith, he mauna fa' that
For a. that and a. that
Their dignties and a. that,
The pth O. sense, and pride o. WORTH,
Are higher ranks than a. that
Then let US pray that come it may
As come it will for a. that
That sense and worth, o'er all the earth
May bear the gree and a. that;
For that and a that
Its comm yet for a that,
That man to the wide world Ocr
Shall brothers be for a. that.