Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-23

man to stand upright while another goes
with bowed head or crawls on the earth?
The most essential quality is integrity
or truth. Truth is the back bone Of char
actor and as necessary to moral upright
ness as the vertebral column is to the hu-
man form. Without integrity no one can
stand. liar is essentially coward. 1t
ID fear of some sort that makes him false.
lie is an acknowledgment of weakness
and cOwardice. There is no other standard
but this of strict integrity by which men
and women can be measured. Their words
and acts must agree, for when the actions
are false, truthful words come blasted
from the lips. A man may be kind,genia',
hale fellow well met, with every one, but
a man OF whom his acquaintance say, at
don't do to trust him too far" A woman
may have illimitable tact and q smiling
face and yet be as false as
a woman can be, SO that we must go back
of appearances in Judging of the moral
uprightness of individuals. Wealth, learn
ing, and position only serve TO make more
conspicuous theSpoverty and baseness of
their possessions when with all their gifts
they are liars as well.
There is no sin more abominable in the
sight of God than lying. Perfect truth is
the uItimatum for those who would reach
the highest manliness. Let every one
measure himself by the standard of strict
integrity and he will be surprised to find
how small and mean a pattern of man he
is. Courage is another quality of manli-
ness, moral courage which enables man
to appear what he really is. The courage
to think for himself, and maintain his own
opinions; the courage to do any honest
work rather than to be in debt; the cour-
Gge TO rule his own spirit, and master his
own passions. Many a man can climb to
the top of a burning building, or risk his life
to save another's who has not the courage
to say no to temptation, Or to bride his
own tongue.
Manliness not only requires truth and
courage but - humility as we'll.
Poverty of spirit is not
humility. The one makes man arrogant
in prosperity and servile in adversely,
while the other gives man a true estimate
of himself and his attainments, by show
ing him the loftier heights beyond and the
"highest, hottest statue Of manhood"
The malady, called the swell-head, is
only prevalent among small men, and is an
unfailing sign Of lack of manliness.
Gentleness is another trait of manliness.
Manliness presupposes strength under the
control OF humanity. Among persons of
little thought or cultivation roughness and
brutality are considered manly, but they
only show how near man can come to q
brute. Men and animals alike have
strength; only true man knows how to
useit. The gentleness born of manliness
is deferential to the opinions of others,
forbearing towards their errors and weak
nesses, gracious in bestowing charity, and
forgiYing to enemies. All men acknowl-
edge these traits to be requisite to manli-
ness.
The Bible endorses them as essential to
perfect manhood. We may deceive our
selves, but we may be sure of
one thing, that however much
we may boast of our wealth or our
strength, or our gifts, however we may
strut and put on airs our acquaintance
can see beyond all the trappings of worldly
circumstances and know how small and
mean is the man beneath.
Christianity is manliness, and the better
Christian man the more manly will he
become. Christ is the perfect man.
''Thou scientist both human and divine;
The highest, hottest manhood thou.'