Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-11
THREE KINDS IF COURAGE
Said pr. Hawthorne at the Southside Baptist Church,
PHYSICAL, MORAL, MENTAL.
All Three Essential to the Ideal Man-Thc New Woman Comes n for a
 Roast.

Rev. Dr. J. B. Hawthorne of Atlanta lectured at the Southside Baptist church last night to an audience that filled the auditorium of that handsome edifice. Dr. Hawthorne has preached here s=v- eral times in the past, and each time has drawn a large crowd. The lecture last night was under the auspices of the young men of the church, and no charge was made for admission. At the cone,u- sion of the lecture collection was taken up for the benefit of the church
 The subject he discussed was "Cour- age" and this subject he treated under the three subdivisions, physical courage, intellectual courage and moral courage. He said courage in olden times was looked upon as synonomouS with virtue, and a brave man was supposed to possess the attributes of a great man. In the present day a courageous man IS ad- mired by all men. He spoke of candi- dates for office who have no courage to differ with the majority of the voters in their district. He said no magnihcence surpasses the magnifieence of battled- scared face. He said he had never seen a man who was constantly and consist enty courageous. He said he could show up one side of the man as heroic and courageous, and the other as almost pil- silanmous. He illustrated this point by referring to a man he knew who had tho physical courage to fight a lion, whose vaior. he declared, was exceeded by nothing in the history of war, yet who had no intellectual and moral courage, with no opinions but those of majority of the people in his vicinity. If ma jority of the people should decide that the man in the moon was the proper person to worship he would throw aside his Bl- ble and worship accordingly.
 The new woman" was unmercifully scored by the lecturer, who said he had the day before, for the first time, seen an Alabama woman on bicycle, and he blushed for his native state. The wo- man, he said, weighed not less than 24O pounds. He had no respect for the wo- man who departs from the paths of pro- priety and tries to immitate man.
 He spoke of the man who had the physical courage to do almost anything, to face the cannon, bayonet the mob, yet whose knees trembled at the ap proach of his wife, who had donned the habitaments of the subjugated husband. He said there was some weak spot in every mans heart, some spot where fear penetrated it. He said the ideal modern man is one in whose character are blended all types of courage.
 No man, he said. is strong without good degree of physical courage. He Illustrated physical courage by referring to General Forrest, who refused to be put under the influence of opiates while bullet was being cut from his leg. He said when General Jackson's command was making the advance on the federal army at Chancellorsvile the Third Ala bama regiment was thrown into the thiekest of the fight. Not less than half the command had been killed, and in the midst Of the storm of bullets the regi- ment began to waver. A young Ala bamian rushed in and picked mp the flag and fioated it aloft and In so doing lost his life, but saved the day. If man has nothing but physical courage, said the lecturer. he is not worthy of respect: he is no better than the bear.
 He said the professional slugger was contemptible, and those who train their physical powers merely for gambling pur- poses were not as worthy as the bulldog, and those who sing their praises still less worthy.
 Thinking Courage.
 The next subdivision Dr. Hawthorne discussed was thinking, or intellectual, courage That he described as independ- ent, thorough and honest investigation. He said great many people read all the time, but never have thought of their own. He said there are whole regi- ments of people who know philosophy, but who have never attempted to solve one phenomena of mind or matter. The majority, he said, base their opinions on the opinions of their associates. He said he had no respect for man whose opinion was formed from the opinion of a great number of others, and who never attempted to think for himself He said he believed this republic was destined to democratize every monarch on this planet.
 He said the men who think are the greatest benefactorS of the world, and Illustrated this point by pointing ou. the benefits the railroads, telegraphs and other inventions had been to the people
 Moral Courage.
 A o,-oJ T |. basis a rational motive. It is the un- conquerable will and purpose said he to do what we know to be right. He said the truest honor a child could confer on his parents was to thoroughly and hon. estly investigate their opinions. He said the present financial condition of the country was due to the lack of moral courage in our officials He said they did not have the moral courage to cope with the great questions confronting them. but were intent on keeping within party lines. He said if Jackson and Calhoun were to rise from the dead and reappear in American politics they would see nothing to remind them of the democra- cy they knew. If they were to walk through the halls of congress they would see nothing in the spotted congress to remind them of the party they made. Both parties, he said, were just alike in this respect. The leaders are lacking in moral courage.
 pr. Hawthorne concluded his lecture by saying that we cannot crave for our selves anything greater than to emulate the lives of great men and women who had labored unsefishly for their country and their people.