The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1880-06-07


perform that operation which We call an
act Of Feasoa
The perfect manhood cannot consist.
il our Ikness 10! the animals. So far 81
we live the life of animals, ne arc animals.
We begin to be men As We grow away
from the animal kingdom. Ourmanhood
consists ii our differences from. not IN.
our resemblanccs to, the animals The
PeBset Asnhoed Is il the direction of
~ dsyslopasnt ana suptemaey q those
powess snd qualities which give Us super
iority over the ANNA. What are the
points Of dissimilarity and superiority
Man is greatly elevated above the ami
nal BY the fneness. the Iargeness, the
grandeur and the. power Of his intellect.
No aninalreasons about man as man does
about the animal, Mans Jfacy reason.
His ability to detect subtle and occult
facts, relations, influences. His wonder
full power iof generalization His power
to create, to embellish, to decorate. His
power to perceive that spiritual and di-
vine quality which we call beauty Con
slider the production Of mars splendid
intellect Consider the civilizations he
has developed. the forces Of nature he
has subdled the cities he has founded the
temples he has built, the truths lie has
discovered, the poetry he has written,
the eloquence Of which lie has been the
master and the subject, the pictures he
has painted, the music he has composed,
the oratfolis he has pronounced, the
knowledge he has amasscd under the
name Of science, the laws heshas enacted
Etof protect life and property, and to save
parties, mark all his useful and labor
saving inventions, and behold the vast
superiority and amazing power Of his IN
tellect.
Mon i widely, a1sy Soy, immeasufa-
bly, Separated from ths animal ~ his
sthicd nature He has the poWer e
FseOynize the Law 81 duty He pcrceiyes
that certain actions are right. and others
wrong, and that he ought to do the
right, and ought not to do the wrong.
Nor can he shut his eyes to this distinc-
tiohs He is as certain Of it as Of any
physical fact He is so constituted as
that obedience to the Right is followed
by very peculiar feelings Of pleasure, and
aira 9e,sa. He has the capacity not onlyto
discern the law Of duty, but more Or less
disposition and power to.7obey it. The
oftener he ooeys il, the clearer does his
power to discern it become. He has a
profound conviction that this is the SUI
preme law5of his being, and that every.
thing. else ought to yield TO il.
Man is nobly, eminently distin-
guished by the possession Of religious
nature. His sense Of God. His inclina-
stion to worship. His hunger for the In
finite His dread of extinction. and his
hope Of immortality. Standing over the
dead body ofshis brother, and referring to
his expression just before death Il am.
better now" even Col. Ingersoll is com
PEELED to say. LET US hope that these
dear words are true Of all the countless
dead. .ts
And now when We again ask the ques-
ton, what is the perfect manhood I the
answer IS close. at hand. II consists in
the strength the richness the upremacy
IS she qualities that make IS p,en He
4. .tl, u 6rns.S. 81 dss6sV1 his
higher intelleetaa powers Ne who Is IN
different to OF. violates the. law Of duty J;
he who stiles his religious sentiments. who
denies and dehes his religious nature, is
fastmovign toward animalhood. sTcq 5etya
IS moving onward to perfect manhood.
Christianity makes no war on our bodies ;
It does not place itself in antagonism to.
physical health. strength and grace; it
does not frown upon social enjoyment.
but it does teach in way not to be mis-
understood that the perfect manhood in
cludes more than these things; that he
whose manhood IS akin TO Christs must
live III the realm Of the higher reason,
must acknowledge and obey the law of
duty, and must know that GoDis, and
that He IS the reWarder Of them that
diligently seek him.
III the long roll Of the ages. there has
appeared but one perfect man. the man
Christ Iesus. All confess it. And ii,