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


cept as 1t enlisted the cooperation o
manliness7 II / am told that Chris
laid the human foundation OF his king
dom on twelve poor and ignorant fisher
men and artisans, I reply, Christ lait
that foundation on twelve grand snt
noble men, mot counting Judas, but biz
successors) and he said to them: go
but not till ye be endued with the power
from on high; not till the measure and
powe.' OF your manliness be enlarged
Yes hear some one say. "God takes q
worm to thrash mountain" But who
were the worms that were Gods creates,
thrashersT These were they: Abraham,
Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, David,
Paul, Stephen, Luther, Calvin, Knox,
Wesley, Whitfield, Edwards, Spurgeou
and Moody. No wonder the power Of
evil trembles when such worms as these
assail il! Every one OF them a giant ia
manliness. God send us countless army
of such worms to thresh the mountain oil
sin.
Truly We need Gods grace, as we need
natures rain and sunshine and pure air
but we need 1t crystalized into manliness.
Look at that storm-drifted ship. Hei
steering machinery is all right. The men
at the wheel are working well, but she
doesn't mind her helm. She Is drifting
against the lea shore. What is the mat.
ter? This is the matter, she has no keel
or centre board to grip the steadyinp
power Of the deeper water underneath
her. So the grinding truth Of life is all
right, and the great helmsman is true,
but We drift because We are lacking In
power of manlness to grip the deep,
strong under forces Of truth and life.
We need more OF this grand strength
to seize and use the unreasonable stores
Of power which are waiting to be trans.
ferred into human character to make 1t
what it ought to be. There is nothing
so persistently and mercilessly sssailed
and preyed upon as manliness and there
fore nothing which needs to be 90 guard.
ed and strengthened.
Social customs asssil it. Prided caste
asssil it because they be strong only as il
is weak. Selfshness and greed assail il,
that they may profit by its ruin as the
heartless, theiving wrecker profits by the
destruction Of the ship which he has
lured upon the rocks. Political partizsn-
ship assails it and seeks to reduce it to
vassalage..
Every form Of sin whose unmsnliness
is condemned aud shsmed by its virtuous
presence assails it, and the direct result
Of the larger part of the work of the allied
industries, which, all together, constitute
the liquor power, and carry on its work,
from the production OF the raw material
on through every step of its manufacture
and sale; and the granting Of facilities
and privileges OF operation is the sapping
OF the foundations of manliness. In the
name Of God and humanity, in the name
Of home and country-whose best founda-
tons are manliness--in the name of right
and purity impeach the entire unholy
alliance OF the Unreasonable crime OF
undermining The foundations and mutt.
lating the glorious superstructure Of man.
illness. In the name Of the possible
grand future which is before us in this
world and in the name OF that heaven
which is to find its completeness when
man shall join with angels in the corona
ton OF the King OF kings and also in the
coronation of his perfected self; l plead
for the developing and Strengthening OF
manliness and for the enlistment of all
its uplifting abilities in church, in state,
in society and in personal intercourse to
bring about such an exaltation Of right
and truth as shall shame every power Of
evil from it's unholy work. This is no.
too much to plead for or to hope for. We
said that God, in the desert, waited the
cooperation OF more manly generation.
That generation came and took up its
line OF march in harmony with the Divine
purposes. The clustering. freshet fed
jordan felt the masterful power Of its
footsteps and shrank back abashed.
And Jericho's stronghold fell before its
encircling presence.
The power of an intelligent, consecrat-
cd and united manliness is the power Of
truth, the power Of God. There is no
evil which ought to be overthrow that
it can not conquer. There is not q turbu-
lent, boastful Jordan of sin but waits to
be cut in two by its progress There is
not Jericho OF evil whose walls will not
fall before its light and power II | am
told that ''such manliness will COST" I
answer yes, it will cost. 1t is the ex-
pensive thing Of the universe 30 far as
we have knowledge.
All that God had, He gave for it in its
creation, in its redemption and in pro-
viding for Its growth and maturity. He
laid its foundation in call manner OF
precious stones" He has guided it with
call the stores Of wisdom and knowl-
edge" He strengthened 1t by imparting
to it His own spirit.
Its 5000 years OF history is history Of
COCO years Of Gods care and effort for its
good.
Yes, 1t will cost! 1t will cost the sub
ordination of every other good. 1t will
come only as "the pearl Of great price. ~
To secure it's possession requires the de-
votion OF call the heart and mind and
soul and strength"
But Its cost, great though it be, is AZ
nothing in comparison with its worth and
its power to bless. 1t is manliness which
wields "the sharp fwo-edged sword Of the
spirit and quenches every fiery dart oil
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