The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-03-15

tain weakness as manliness propels IL
The fruition Of the Divine purposes come,
swift and full or slow and meager as the,
are seconded by manliness, or by unman
illness are hindered. A nation Of gluttoni
between the Red sea and the river Jor
dan so hinder the Divine purposes thai
God stops In His work Of nation build
ing and waits for the maturity OF . NOR,
manly generation TO do His will. And
this in the main is the history Of the Di
vine purposes as they are connected with
the government and reformation OF man
kind. 1t Is also the history oil human
effort for moral and social reformation
Robust and sensitive manliness is tn,
handspring Of them all. That which il
well supported by manliness is like ,
wellf fed river, which with grand and vel
grander volume sweeps with gathering
power till il meets the ocean, leaving 1t,
monuments all along the shores it ha.
enriched with life and fruitfulness. THAI
which is not thus supported is like the
temporary spring torrent which loses it
self among the sands and leaves no EVIL
dence Of its having been, except the DIR,
and barren channel where once for a liz
tie while its waters ran their course with
. life as faultless as it was brief. Manli
ness was Gods great purpose, and thai
because it was to be His great ally ant
servant.
Again, Revelations teaches us tba,
its own exceeding great and precious
promises were given to us that we might
by them become partakers Of the Divine
nature, weaving its excellencies into oul
own nature, and 30 more completely de
veloping them and more fully equippini
us to overcome the power Of sin. which
seeks to corrupt or break down our man
illness. The Divine Christ, in whom
dwelt all the fullness OF the God head
gives Himself as q fountain OF supply
from which we may draw. and in Hit
richness end our completeness. The
Hely Spirit. the Comforter, or in Other
words the StreDgth-giver of God finds the
completeness Of His mission IN making
us strong in msnliness that We may "dc
all things" II was never intended that
man should find permanent support in
ceremonial law, or law Of external helps
but in power generated within himself
The law of ceremonies or outward helps
was to be temporary addition to the
law Of the spirit Of life in Christ Jesus
which was to free us from the law of sin
and death by renewing and building up
our manlness. hold It to be true thai
no law Of an injunctive or prohibitive
nature has more than temporary work
to do, like the frame which supports the
unfinished arch, and which is no Longer
needed when the arch itself is completed.
God tells us that without this inner man.
illness which is deeply rooted in truth,
there is no real and permanent success.
The plants which had no root in them.
selves because Of no deep, nourishinp
earth, soon witbered away. II is the man
who SO depends on external helps that he
neglects to develop the roots Of his inner
powers and life, that does but little and
soon fails. Wherefore is there a price
in the hand OF fool to get wisdom, see
ing he hath no heart to it is the inquiry
Of the wise man. An external law as q
protecting and reforming force to one who
has no manly power and purpose is like
this price in the hand Of fool. Nc
great work Of reformation or upbuildine
is accomplished or maintained withou,
such devotion to 1t and purpose in 1t at
comes from a grand self-mastery and
self enlistment. The sacred writings tel
US that he who hath in him the greatest
hope known to man, the hope Of sonshiI
and heirship Of God, puriieth himself,
frees himself from all the corrupting, de-
basing influences Of ungodliness, and il
is this inward purpose OF freedom and
purity in freedom which maintains the
hope. Daniel the prophet successfully
resisted the gluttonous, drunken customs
of Babylon, not by the power Of an ex.
ternal law, but by the power of deter.
mined in-dwelling manliness. This man.
illness leads to self reliance, as we read,
"He that proveth his own work Chat is,
he who so lives his own work is approved
Of the truth) shall have joy in himself
alone and not in another"
Manliness is Gods best gift to man,
around which other gifts range them
selves like subordinate' around their
chief. Even the Son Of God made Him.
self q minister to its excellencies and at
the behest OF its touch of faith, virtue
or manliness went out Of Him to make
strong the weakness of some needy one.
Man can have no grander possession, no
higher power than manliness. Perfect
manliness is perfect Goodness; the most
perfect man is Gods most perfect son.
The most perfect man is the grandesi
trophy of Gods infinite grace. I want
no other Christian glory than the glory
of Christian manhood. Iwant no other
Christian growth than growth in manli-
ness. want no other power TO win bIes.
sings from God than the power Of manli.
ness. It was the perfection of Gods
manlness that turned back that terrible
tide Of disaster and turned into a tide oil
prosperity. l want no other power by
which to win eternal life than the pc Eer
Of grace-restored and grace-developed
manliness. 1.-THE end Of the perfect man
is peace" Unmanliness loses Paradise
maniiness wins II hack and improves it,
Unmanliness opens the doors for the In
coming Of every vice and every power Of
evil, and, as Gods Word has 1t, "He thai