New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-15
4 DISCOURSE ON TROE MANHOOD

MUSCULAR CHRISTIANITY AND HIGH MORAL CON-
vICrroN NECESSARY THE SCHOLAR
ITHACA Nov. IA tSpeciaD.-One OF the most
scholarly sermons Gshvered before 'ne
faculty and students Of Cornell University IN" yesf
WA prssched to-day by tho Rev. Dr. u H. Psrtnurs OF
the Madison square Presbyterian Cnnron' NOV"
Tho discourse was True Msnhood." from Luxe w.
80 "Aod Jesus Increased wisdom and stature. ana
in favor with God man." part OF the psrieo
ton OF anything said tho speaker. tnAs' DO on '"s
route o0mpleter perfection Christ was memooi "
tho Trinity and yet there was trinity already 10 MUD
nesh, mind and conscience. One energy was not o-'
up It the expenss of another Tho Church sscrinoes
truth and opportunity it neglects 10 recognise that
broad, grammar and tho deoaioguo reioi"rco
zach other In their contribution TO tho t'u"e
personality The quality OF ones sspr~
tons will bs conditioned By the state Oh
his blood corpuscies. Christ expanded harmoniousy
along the tnree dimensions Of health. head and holiness
ITO DO Ia greater than To do' man does not sue
coed unless he succeeds In being . man. Manhood 10
the aaest commodity that oan DO produccd' ana
when around the oAsket and discourse memor'
ally upon tho deat We recognize that TACT VIC arc
careful AVOID any remotest alasons 20 s'so's Spu
we exercise an ingenuity that is sometimes scarcely
by the mournsrs In making tho most possible
of tho saow spndnx growths OF manliness that nave
lived cnoked life material ongrossments fiosh'
know ge aud goodness arc the three that mulphou
into one another make man. The body should
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from the Lords grave, ana An angel watch'u WIN Is
AL body. You observe tho chaky sced Abk-
legged cresurrs prow through our city avenues
wit out involuntary praying for GIT OF eyanxenoA
vlrility. Dr. Psrkhurst sal that he wouI no. a~rn
upou the intellectual OF MANHOOD since ke-pn
already in OF h0llness The secular z4to o ~dd
cation Is shot at tho vits OF our humanty Inc Tree
of kuo ledge the or nfe aud mo DeV ohnu
folded Adam by enlyhtoning him. man WITH moral
conviction stands bracod AGAINST the pillars oI Tue
universe. There no such eIOquencs hs .uo
eloquenoe OF personal principle. An . ides
nin1ro cd n
n; There be speocnes Ia Washington thab woun
rlny clear the continent and clear tue AR TOT
decade. There brains enough 20 TAX aDout stai
th,mrs no w. but deartn OF colossal moral coo-
yctiun. There Ia the Samson there that wa hins
his arms about the two pillars and Dow hiinseii
nightly; for while he might iks 10 shaTo on tnc
Phstines the roof ne fears more the
of being the DEBRIS and crashed on tn under
sIde OF the coll Tne stood stil shout year ago
three hours ami half and two continents oent WIN
hated bre sth while the "Great COmmoner spoke, ana
ths lightning carried his words iaud anu under Tue
"a "A TO every lat 10 and lOngituta Lnab was tue
sr.a.,snle trinnte maid To moral powe The Keystone
OF manhood . not brancy, but dignity Discpunr ~
faiurr except as Is fret lhted with tho possl
of moral worth. That scholarship alone can rum
holy destiny which has Its beginnings In the rear OF
hal ord