The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-30

p.aNeH. Ana nov true thlS appears
when we watch him creep Into child
hood. bound unto youth. sober unto
manhood. soften Into old age. t0ts.r In
70 second childhood and siumber into
the cradle, prepared for him. from
which he shall arise In an untadlns
youth. into an eternal day.
The spe aker traced the development
OF mankind in three lines, physical.
mental and spiritual. He said the ply
sieal quality in man Is considered the
essential: and reviewed this aspect of II
in the past and said: Goliath was che
admiration OF PhilIstius and the terror
OF Israel. Saul was head and shoulders
above hls fellows and because or this.
was chosen King OF Israel. S%partacus
was the admiration OF the Roman are
ma; Sir William the pride OF Scotland;
but the GIANT Goliath succumhed TO the
power of a mere boy. Saul slew his
thousand. but David Ids tens OF thou
sands. Spartacus could defeat the best
man or beat the broad empif OF Rome
could furnish and by his, superior
strength and courage cut his way our
to freedom and this spartan home. but
the superior Seneralshlp of the Roman
soldier led him into a trap in which he
persisted All these men were admirable
specimens OF physical manhood. yet we
are forced 90 confess that the mental
capabilities possessed by less formid-
aole-looking men were still better.
Abraham. by his trusting faith. was
greater than the kings OF Assyria or
Egypt; Solomon by his wisdom over
topped the glory OF his father DavN:
Paul. by his superior knowledge, con-
founded the chief priests and rulers OF
Israel and Rome. Mind Is superior to
matter: and the mental quality in man
Is far superior to the physical.
The great questions OF international
differences are being settled by force OF
mind. rather than force OF arms, as in
days'of yorc. The mental quality plays
an important part in the development
of man for man is neither a god OF 4
legged animal without feathers: Do
genes plucked the feathers from q. cock
and said. Behold Platos' man. Plato
and Diogenes were both right IL we
consider mar In his physical aspect on
ly: but as we consider him we find that
he was formed with ar understanding
for the attainment OF knowledge, and IL
he strives not TO attain it, no matter
what his physical statue may be, he is
not perfect in his manhood. He Is
more like until Plato's man.
For a should be better than he
seems and shape his acts and discipline
his mind to walk this beautiful earth
with q hope OF Heaven, for mar is still
imperfect II this hope be not In HON. /,
is the spiritual quality that crowns a
perfect manhood. 1t was this quality
which made Abraham greater than
Lot; Moses greater than Pharaoh; DAN
lei greater than Nebuchadnezzar; Paul
greater than Agrippa. 1t was the COM
binRtion of these three which made
George Washington a man OF model
manhood. In stature, six feet, three
inches, straight as an arrow. well pro-
portbned and evenly developed. Bans
croft says. His faculties were so we'll
balanced and combined that his cunsti-
tuition. free from excess. was temper
ed evenly with all the elements OF ac-
tivity and his mind resembieG a well
organized commonwealth: his passions
which had the intensest vigor, owned
allegiance to reason: and with all the
fiery Quickness OF his spirit. his :mpetu-
BUS and massive will was held IN
check by cousummate judgment He
had In his composition a calm. which
gave him in moments OF highest excite
ment the power of ~self-contro. and en-
abled him to stand fast in faith in God
and the cause OF freedom and quit
himself like a true man and patriot
The Greatest of Men.
But all these men with all their
qualities are nothing to be compared
to the mar Christ Jesus, the perfect
man, the noblest specimen OF manhood
the world has ever seen. Born OF a wo-
nan under the law. the son OF God as
well as the Son OF man, We find him the
perfect man in every ems OF thu word,
and ne quilted himself like a man. He
showed himself 4 ma and a workman.
approved unto God. His early life was
spent at the workbench ard his ply
steal manhood was developed by the
exercise OF ar honest labor. He vas not
Nazareth; he digaifed labor by his la
Dor and his ability as a mechanic. He
earned His bread BY the sweat OF lis
brow; was skilled in the use OF the
plane and saw and square, and as he
grew In years, he grew in strength ply
sicaliy as well as mentally. As the
Son OF Mary he was educated o; TIE
public institutions OF the Jewish peo-
pie and developed into a strong. active,
ciear-brained, straightforward. hon.
est workman. obedient unto the law
and strong in his demand that the
laws should be enforced and obeyed
by all men. He was ever watchful OF
the interests of his fellow men and was
filed with pity for the poor and suffer
ing. And when the fitness OF time
came for him 10 step out upon the
broad platform OF the worlds arena, he
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tally to carry out the eternal purposes
of God. His Heavenly Father.
TT was in His human manhood He
experienced the hunger and thirst OF
the wilderness. He was a man with all
the passions OF a man. but they were
controlled and held in check 1t was as
a man with mental Qualities quicKensd
by study; he could answer and ask
questions OF the scribes and Pharisees,
VINO came to convict him OF evil and
sin. II vas because OF his conscious
ness OF a perfec: loyalty and patriot
ISM he could fearlessly cry out against
the corruption and disloyalty o. a;hier-
ing, dme-serring, ey~e-serving priest
hood, hierarchy. and civil government.
1t was because OF his own purity OF life
he could condemn. by thelr own acts,
the hypocritical, scandal-makilg Phar-
isees for false pretenseS and unchar;t-
able persecution OF the victim OF their
own lusts. II was because OF compass
sion for 4 sin-sick world, he endured
the agony OF the garden and say not
my will. but thine be dore. It was be-
cause OF his love for his fellow men. he
endured the shane.s mockery and tor
ture of the trial hall. the cast-of gar
mcnts OF a devilish ruler. and the cruel
death OF a common criminal.
when we behold the man, Chris. Je-
sus, as In his manhood, he combined
the qualities OF a God as well as a man.
we ask: Can I attain unto it?' Yes, tn.
third quality spoken OF will LIT you in