Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-01-18
The LACK OF MEN.
DR.. Jacob Fry Classifies Men and De-
scribes Those Who Are Complete.

Rev Jacob Fry of Reading, Pa, deliv
cred his lecture on "Wanted-A Man, y
in Fletcher Hall. No. 604 Market street,
last night, for the benefit of st. Stephen s
Lutheran Church The audience was not
as large as the eloquent, sensible and
scholarly lecturer deserved
DR.. Fry said that man was created per-
feet, and noted the ruin, evident to all,
wrought on mans physical nature by evil
forces. Less evident but fully as great
was the ruin of his moral nature The
speaker divided mankind into four classes
First, animal; men who live to est, not
eat to live, to supply animal wants, not
moral or intellectual. A large proportion
OF working men represent this class.
Men who spend their energies in keeping
the wolf from the door cannot develope
Selfish and tvrannical men belong to this
class Puerile men make up the second
class Such are Overgrown boys. They
do not develop mentally, but physically.
Many of this class act from impulse. and
others are never serious. even in the most
serious events of life Samson was a
type of this class. The third class are
effeminate men. Those who try to talk
like the ladies, to look as sweet as the
ladies ought to look, wear one eye.g glass
and arrange their hair like the ladies, be-
long to this class. Female men. mere
dudes Such always disgust sensible
people.
The fourth class are real, genuine men.
There are not enough to fill all the places
Ia life. Such men have five characters
tics. The first, the spiritual predomin
ates over the animal The latter is kept
under restriction and control. The sec
ond characteristic is completeness. Not
developing one feature or Characteristic.
Washington and Franklin were given as
examples of well rounded, we'll proper
toned and complete men The third
characteristic is decision of character.
Some men are guided by an incident.
others go with the crowd. A man who
has this Characteristic, decides for him
self after mature COZ 8 Iteration.
Courage is the fourth characteristic.
TIE power to express and carry out con.
vietions. The power to change after con
victions and change course when wrong.
Luther was cited as an illustration of a
complete man in this respect.
Three factors will aid in the compost
ton of real man, education, in home,
school and through associates. Two rules
were given by the speaker in choosing
companions. The first, choose compa1l-
ions plane one step higher than that to
which You belong Second choose men
who are engaged in other occupations and
business, mingle with all trades and
broaden and develope The second aid to
completeness is matrimony. The natures
Of men and women are completed and
supplemented by matrimony. This point
was forcibly impressed by Dr. Fry The
third aid is Christianity. A man is not a
man until he is a Christian. Since sin
broke down mankind. only that which is
the antidote can build it up again. Re-
ligion is not for women. The son of man
was not woman neither were his disciples
DR.. Fry closed with an eloquent perora.
ton, ia which he said men were wanted
in all walks oflife and because they were
so rare and scarce his plea was made.
DR.. Fry varied his lecture by apt and
appropriate illustrations.
Next Thursday evening, January "a
DR.. Mann, LII. d of Philadelphia will
lecture on The North American CONT
nent and Constitution.