Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-16
,ne characteristic OF true manhood that i'm
,lies all others. l give you few illustra-

one characteristic OF true manhood that inn
plies all others. give you few illustra-
tions.
Kossuth's reply to the sultan ofTurkey when
pressed by the Austrian and Russian govern
~ %sats to true give m nim Up Ss 'n %ss'
"My answer does not admit of hesitation.
Between death and shame the choice can
neither be dubious nor difficult. Governor
of Hungary and elected to the high place by
fifteen millions of my countrymen, I know
| well what owe to my country, even in ex-
| lie. Though once the governor of generous
people, leave no inheritance to my children,
but they shall at least bear an unsullied name.
| Gods will be done. I am prepared to die.
but curses on the tongue that dares to make
| to me SO infamous proposal.
Regulus returning to Carthage and being
put to death, when he could have persuaded
the Roman senate into dishOnorable peace,
and then have secured his liberty, was strik.
ing illustration of manhood.
The surrender of their beings by four hun.
dred Of the Scotch clergy, under the leadership
of the valiant Welsh and Chalmers, and their
in order to establish the Free Church of Scot
land, which occurred on the 18th of May,
1843, was one of the sublimest scenes in hui
man history, and proved the actors to be true
men. A scaffold fell from be.
meath two painters, on a building,
in Paris, one day, leaving the two men cling
ing to a projecting rock hundred feet from
the ground. When it became evident that
both could not hold to the stone longer, and
other, the elder said, "Let go, Peirre, have a
family" The other, who had no family,
said, s'Right and just;' and, falling to the
ground, was instantly killed. Here was true
manhood.
The boy holding his hand upon the hole in
the dikes of Holland all night, the Roman
sentinel who stood at his post at Pompeii till
he was covered with the hot ashes, Daniel in
the lions den, and the Hebrew children in the
of integrity and loyalty to duty.
These are Illustrations of what man can be
and do. Who does not admire such manhood?
Who can estimate the value of such men?
Put in the scales, all men of mere muscle, or
intellect, OF royal blood, or social rank, or
wealth-such as your Neros, Byrons, Astors,
Vanderbilts, Paines, Voltaires, Ingersols,
Chesterfelds- one true man outweighs
them all. Silence! See how all men, be they
ever so good and great, kick the beam when
you throw into the scales Jesus of Nazareth,
the Model Man.
Young men, urge you to aspire after the
highest type of manhood. The world was
made for such manhood. For it the sun
moves and sun shines; for it the seasons come
and go; for it Christ came and taught, and
died. Oh, it is great thing to be a man-not
fop, not base Imitation, not corrupter,
but man renewed in the image of God, des-
tined to an immortal inheritance, fadeless
crown.
Manhood will endure forever. Fame may
vanish, thrones may totter and fall, wealth
may flee away, the earth may be burned, the
heavens may be rolled up as scroll, but man
hood will rise from the midst of the wreck
and ruin of all earthly things to shine forever
in the kingdom of God.
Finally, all system of education; philoso-
ply, government, politics and religion should
be estimated and perpetuated just as they con-
tribute to the production of this kind of man
hood. The business of the church is to. build
men. Let 1t stand or fall by this standard.
It may have very poor material to work some
times, but if it is true church it will improve
whatever it touches, and approximate the
model given by the Master. AS
Angelo brought an angel out of the
block Of marble by the skillful touch Of chisel
and hammer, SO may we bring out of the
wreck OF humanity that lies all about us, a
true manhood. Let us address ourselves anew
to the noble and inspiring workings of build
in man