The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-14
CULTIVATE TRUE COURAGE.
Masterly Manliness Is Only Acquired
Through Comm unication with God.

masterly Manliness Is Only Acquired
Through Communication with God.
In the ordinary pursuits Of life every
profession, every avocation calls for the
high attainment of mastery manliness.
False estimates have wrought untold in
jury. 1t makes vast difference whether
you measure man by the square Of a
dancing master or the golden rule.
When society in general learns that
patent leathered, kid gloved lechery is
rs despicable and dangerous as that
which wears meaner garb, foul hends
will less frequently strew the shores of
domestic seas with wreckage. On the
other hand, when barehanded, sun
burned genuineness shall be esteemed
at its true worth, churches will cease to
be aristocratsc religious clubhouses and
soul saving will be engaged in with
heaven born zeal.
The thin veneer Of external polish
which will sometimes pass in draw
ing room is not manliness. Genius is
not manliness. Scholarly attainments
do not constitute manliness. Itinvolves
first of all complete self control. 1t de-
mands absolute freedom from mere con-
ventionalities. 1t especially demands
emancipation from fadism. It demands
that first of all soul shall be genuine.
1t nece.sitates direction and concentra-
ton Of natural and acquired power. In
large measure it calls for exhibitions of
courage, a courage which no persecu-
ton, no witticism, no poison arrowed
envy can conquer.
n1nGfarlv ma nnr,liDacd which
tests itself in unrelenting determination,
undying persistence, this is the high re-
quisite to pre-eminent achievement in
these days Of vicious antagonisln and
licentious indulgence. Arnor from the
kings arsenal is offered and every
equipment needed is furnished the
knights of the cross.
Close communication with Prince In
| manuel will impart heroic qualities t,
the honest and earnest of life. TIL,
fearless Gordon scored his triumphs ,e,
by the flag he carried than by the white
handkerchief which lay each morning
at the door of his tent, telling the
soldiers that "Gordon and God were in
communion
Young men, mastery manliness is
never beCureu py external appl1cat1onS,
nor yet by rules and society regulations.
The power which can produce 1t must
be within. What can never be accom-.
plished by artificial agencies may de.
velop as naturally as the unfolding Of
the petals Of the flower or the evolution
Of the seed. The power must be within.
1t is matter of the whole soul. True
religion, the religion of Jesus Christ,
expresses itself in all those graces which
go to constitute O manly man.
Have you ever observed the lifting Of
a ship in the drydock2 How tremendous
the power employed to raise one ship a
single inch! But when the tide rises it
lifts the nayies Of nations as easily as
you would blow bubble into the air.
Tho combined intellectual and social
forces of the world can never change a
vicious boor into u refined gentleman.
But the grace Of God can do even this.
Let in the water Of life, admit the power
Of Jesus Christ and the elevation to
mastery manliness is as natural and
sure and mighty as the silent lifting Of
a forest from terminating seeds, or the
uplift Of all the navies of the world by
the ocean tide.--Rev. A. z. Conrad,
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