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: making some declaration that could b,
] tortured into treason. Parliament hac
declared Henry the head of the church
To that Sir Thomas could not assent
, Afterrepeated visits, the officer said tc
him, "Sir Th"thas, you can assent &c
} the doctrine that the king is the head
. of the church. It is right that you
should. Parliament has declared it, SO
by law" The answer was, Suppose
!. that Parliament should pass an act,
that God shall not be God. What
then?" Holding to that consciousness
of integrity, he went 10 the tower, and
from the tower to the scaffold; he barred
his innocent neck to the axe with
as of one THAT wraps the drapery Of
his couch about him and lies down to
pleasant Dreams"
The great business of life, is,,getting
ready to lay life down. The main pur-
pose oflife is, character-building. Many
other things are vastly Important; but
they are incidental, and merely con-
tribute 10 the main purpose. Other
things pass; character endures. By
[ character, I dc not mean reputation.
That is "out the guinaa,s stamp" it i 3
the estimate that the world puts upon
you. 1t is important, but it may he
mistaken. It will change as you change
the point of view from which you LOOK
Fat it.
Your character is what you are. It
is that which isleft after hypocrisy and
pretence and hpmbuggery have been
. stripped from it. You may wear
mask. And, for season you may
deceive the world and delude yourself
by appearances. BuS the time will
come, as the blossoms Of winter whiten
on you head, or thesdews of death
gather on your brow, when the point
of view will be fixed and certain; when
| you will stand outside yourself as it
were; and hold yourself at arms length,
and see your character as,it is.
What character are you building?
We are builders, all.
In the early part Of this century, Mrs.
EShelley, the. wife of the poet, while
| under the personal influence Of her
husband and Byron and under the,
inspiration of certain un wholesome
German fiction, wrote very remarka-
I
the Modern Prometheus." Franken-
stein is a devotee ofscience, a student Of
chemistry and philosophy. While ex-
ploring the mysteries in mis- laboratory,
he discovers the hidden springs Of life.
He sets to work to create a human
being. He visits charnei- houses and
other places and gathers the disgusting
materials out of which he fashions the
gigantic form Of a man. Then, Pro-
metheus like, he steals vital spark
from the heaven of his science, and
infuses it into the lifeless form. As his
soul hangs quivering upon the expert
ment, he sees the creature move and
breathe. But when he looks upon the
work of his skill, he is overwhelmed
with horror and self-loathing. The
man of his creating is hideous mon
ster that destroys all who are most dear
to its creator. And Frankensteiu, after
deyoting the rest of his life to the vain
endeavor to overtake and destroy the
creature of his own skill and power,
dies a victim ofremorse and despair.
Young gentlemen, whether con-
sciously or uncopscio9siy, we are
creating beings that viii either bless or
curse us. The young man who is
building his. character out of low aims
and selfish purposes and sensual
delights may for time have the
exquisite sensations of creative power.
But the day will inevitably come when
be will be filed with disgust and
loathing as the monster that he has.
created turns upon him and rends him,
and he is powerless to escape.
AS you are crossing this brook that
''fow hard by the throne Of God,
with what weapons are you eduipping
yourself for the conflict that awaits
you? The youthful David pausedsana
put into his scrip five smooth stones.
He needed but one. The victory was
assured by the unerring eye Of faith
that guided that one. And the only
Ariadne clue that can lead Us with
certainty through this mysterious
labyrinth that men cali life, is faith. (
appeal tonight for the building OF
Christian character. Some one says,
30, now he is preaching" Very
well. IF you assert your Christian
manhood, some thoughtless persons
will sneer at you, and some will laugh
and others will ridicuIe. Let me sug-
gest that you meet all such persons
with sentence from Sterne's Senti-
mental Journey: "As we passed along
the valley, herd of asses stood on
neighboring hill; how they viewed
reviewed usy Do not even answer
fools according to their folly. Let
their sneers pass as the idle winds, and
they will DO you no hurt. But what
about him who dares to ridicule the
Bible or to tamper With the Christian
character of q young man? 1t were
better for him that milestone We're
hanged about his neck, and that he
was drowned in the depth of the sea-"
appeal for positive Christian man
hood. Not negative Christians. Not
men who think that they have done
well because they have done nothing
at all. Not the "unco guild and
rigidly righteous" who esteem the
form but care nothing for the heart Of
things. Not good5-good, namby
pamby Christians who have fed all
their lives on skim milk, Not NOR
alists, those negative quap titles that
stand on the moral code and eternally
vex people with their "Thou shalt
uOl3 4AOo ShcI0 -AOes = LSoA oA-S~AS
not" But positive Christians, who
follow "Thou shalt" Men who are
not afraid to plant the emselves some
where and stand for something; men
who, having tongues, dare to speak
the truth that they profess to believe.
Let me borrow some of your algebraic
terms: Be factor, that is, a doer of
something; and eoeficiept, that is. a
worker together with somebody else
who is doing something; and an ex-
ponent, that is, setter forth Of the
powers within that move you to the
highest good.
We look around US and see our coun-s
try rent and torn with party strife, Sec
tional bitterness, and class distrust.
The devil has scattered apples of dis
cord broadcast throughout the land.
Families are divided and communities
embittered. And it is not pessimism, to
say that the seeds have been sown that
threaten our country with serious peril.
On every hand you hear men asking
how the danger is to be met. Where
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