The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-06-24
TRUE MANLINESs.


a. -be Agricultural and Mechanical COLLEGE 81 Sis
-.e.r... June Is, 1889
Tssrs. ! Einrs q 2--s' r. tboa strong therefor.
rHH sH5r'bF=ei. q man. The 81 dyina words ef o.,
7s~sl H.ast.a aHd g,graE.aua David. @. bis s,l
J.aa la.-. "Ani Piiate sslih aato th.u,. Behold
... HsH The words 20. the Roman Governor T.
.a. Jewish rs.es concerning jr.us tbe Son pi Cod
... SOL of man.
ON this Commencement Sunday, ]
have ia mind chiefly the young men Of
Hc Al d NJ. College, OF Mississippi ]
wish to impress upon you some OF the
elements OF true mauIiness, and point
rau 10 the perfect model and realized
ideal of manhood. As q Christian. !
peak OF the power of Christianity IN
the best civilization the world has ever
SEEM Christianity, my hearers, is no
dreamy mysticism, ~ some suppose. nor
i- it weak scutimentality. Suited. in
deed. it is 20 weak women, and tender
children. but also 10 wise, strong. and
brave men, as well. 1t requires aud
cultivate "a courage equal 10 all the
claims Of mankind. Perhaps we have
not given sufficient prominence and i'm
Dre --I9u iu our teachings TO the heroic
element In our religion. (He here con
tra4tcd ST. Paul with Napoleon as 10 the
active and passive virtues. Napoleon,
after bis power and glory had departed
was unable 10 brook his misfortune,
aud iu his imprisonment on the lonely
Sic, pinned over his troubles, dropped
and prematurcly died Whilst Paul, on
the other hand, gloried with exultant
pride in his mi-fortunes and deemed 1t
au honor and high privilege TO suffer
and die for the cause IN which he was
cugaged) Continuing, he said Was
Dot the Apostle Paul "a great moral and
pirituai hero9 And have not modern
missiouarIe. and ministers manifested a
touch Of the same spirit! lhe con
science Of every man recognizes couTage
bravery, boiduc7s, as the foundation OF
malliue--, and mauliness as the perfec-
ton OF human character. Christianity
does not run counter TO conscience in
Ihis respect. Ia every town and state
there ls nothing more needed than true
manhood; especially Christian manhood,
Tina, community is richest, no matter
about other things which has the largest
number OF sueI men. on oiHGiHoer
lHe account oil lhe Cyh4t PHHVao' '"e' az
Alheh7 IH ancient times IN reference 10
lhe 5s"IelLy on man Hl"Vu' IL may "e
.aouloua1 pNJ IL runs mus
Diogencs went through the streets,
lantern IN hand, In the day time, as if
searching for something. a citizen
asked him for what he was seeking, and
be replied, A MANI lie said he had
found children i'm Sparta, and women IN
Athens; but a man me had never seen.
Granted that a perfect man, such as the
philosopher sought, has never, except in
the person Of Jesus of Nazareth, been
found on the earth: still we are permit
ted to approximate perlection-iJ is
duty TO a-piTe-there is room enough at
the ton.
True maulinc5s implies not only the
ordinarily enumerated qualities Of man
hood. but also right relations with God.
The Christian is the highest style of
man Let US throw a stronger light
upon the text, "Be thou strong there
fore. and show thyself man,"
Our subject is. Ti7,e maaiaess and rs
mudt,
Ipbof I, t,ue glaaImcsap It is to
I,.,o ,I,, ,,,,,Iit;os If "a man as dionitv
bravery G,Iducss-uot bluster. To be
.rrana and manly hardened tosustaip the
1,aJ gf Iifo-nps nf yhom II may he said
aITc r,oyes win manly orace" Very
.,,,rrr bas boo,,. said and done in reference
tn nbysicaI education. Running. rowing
and other athletic exercises have be-
como popular. IL NAV be undulv popu-
lar i'm COLLEGE,. How mucb better phvs-
i..,1 lcyelof1r,opt Won have here Now
.... In tho d5vs.of Horace a sound bodv is
i,,,C,rt,nt ~ tbe machine i'm which the
,ri,d ,,l,st yyorl- but after an bodily
o,.orl;.o .5,roctotL IittIo i'm reljuiou or in
tr,a manliues. The latter "a not de-
reodn,t an ureat phvsicaI STRENGTH
rhouob we need the educated E0ad
D1yiI was moro manly than Goliath.
Intellect Is an element of manliness, but
only an element We cannot properly
cali the mere development and polish
ing of the intellect education, though it
Is certainly am important part of it.
Manliuess includes heart power. What
examples have we in David and Paul
It includes not only heart power, but
conscience power, as when Joseph said:
GLOW can | do this great wlckedueSs
and sin against God2' In word, II
includes character. All souls are archl-
tects. Some are building scientific sys-
tens, some mercantile schemes, some
social or political institutions; all are
building the one thing, character.
This is the only real property man
has All other possessions are unsatis-
fviur and perishing. Character deter
mines a mans worth in the universe.
In the eve of God and esteem of myriads
of ms holy ones. Il man is estimated not
according to his worldly wealth, social
position. genius or mental attainments
but according to his character. II holy,
though he be n pauper on earth, he is a
peer in the spiritual domain. Character
building Is the great ehd OF n"ili''' L.l ,llo
required a goo9 louh1auio"' s'o'' ma
terlais, good Workmanship
Among the elements OF manliness, are
|. Truth Your conscience Will not
approve him a manly man who speaks
falsely. who counterfeits and deirauds.
lie cowardly fears the true state OF
things concerning himself and has plans.
The truth is real. The truth Of history
constitutes its whole value. The truth
of God is his yeracitv and faithfulness.
.Iesus Christ is called the truth. False
hood i multiform: truth is one. Truth
needs no flowers of speech; it is manly.
No soul can soar too loftily where aim
is God-giyeu truth, and brother-love of
man. ,. Honesty. The man of trick
ishness and fraud! How far is he from
all that is really manly. Your Annani-
a,es end Judases. When the first church
was to have new officers the Holy Spirit
said Seek seven men of honest report.
Poet wrote AN. honest man is
the noblest work of God" Frank, sin
cere. unreserved. is the honest man.
Honest and lust in the least, as in the
greatest to an men. in all things to in
dividuais To the commonwealth.
,l,,,o,,t. :, r,,,l;ress
mere Ai5 souIo iSli'S" y - -,