The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-11-23

Tho eeppnd nf the pODuiar Tlasg
ipps held in the Grand Opera Housa on
SUNDAY afternoon at ocioct under the
ausnices of the Young Mems Christian AS
sociqtion was success and an audience
of twaIva hundred the ma ioritv nj whom
ware men listened tn a poverful address
nv the nov Tbomos A Mccurdv n ID
Spa+ed unnn tha stare we're the Rsv n. A
McCurdv u n. the Rev w s. Murray
n n tho Pew ~ I Mason AIfroJ Caw.
tLr,,, Harry En,rnors and General Secre-
tarv Lang of tho v NJ r. A besides
chorus az male singers and the Y. NJ C, A,
orhestro Tho davotional exercises which
nrncadsd tha address NV Dr NcCurdy in
cluded singing tho reading Of the tenth
cbanter of Proverbs hy Dr McCurdy and
nroyor bv the Rev r. T. Mason of the
Church of tho Redermer "JndestructibIe
wc,Itb" was tho subioct of DIR. McCurly's
forcih,e address snd he chose his text
from prnvorhs 10 o. ale that walEeth
rrrtcbtlv vaIketb surely"
whan Nannleon asked A nortrait paipter
WIN w,s enpored ,lnon a canvas that WAS
10 hand down his features to future ages
b,v. lc,, tho ,,nv,ss uouId last he was
org,.,-,d "ev, bundred vesrs" "rIve
bu,drsd veors" evcjained tbs emperor
yi,b a shrro NJ bis ehouldars e,and n,ople
oau that immortaIitv" Every man ia his
own nainter Immortality is the canvas
mon which ho naints himself. Tho kind of
Immortal 10 de.crmined bv the kind of the
,ain,ins II is y.,rahla or worthless
wise wolking ie snro walking. walking in
tba feor of Cod and with heart that is
Chr;ct's This tird or walking nroduccs
dost,uc,ih,e wealth Literally spcakinc
character means destructive mark by
which ono thing is eeDarsted or dfstin-
guishea hv another somehow all mon
have ottacbine TO their personalities what
ie gnod nj, had and this bv universal con-
cont o,ol,aoe their character as Good or
had II the former II is nt,werful for good
If tho latter if inst as nowerful for evil. In
wicl,Iifro,s tronslation of tbc bible Reye-
I,tions 1q.1e roads. "And he Shall make
all hn,b email and great to have a charac.
tor In tboir ripbt hand" More generally
ere,Linp character is an sssemLlage of
anaI;,;ae ,,1'inb distic,,;sras one nersou
fror, ,uo,bor
Tic lind of oun,ities determines the
rind of character and the prominence of
the cuaIitias marks tho degree or strength
w. ohnrantar Tool,s words acttoDs and
oo,drct rron, tha a1nhohot NV which you
sron ,ho word cb.rortcr .na the kind of
,ooks words actions and conduct form the
Iot,ore hv which. Won smell good or had
cbaroctcr Character is not the same as
ran,,,a,,or Chorocter lics in or nertains
- tho norron Ronutstion ia what others
sov of Tho nerson. Character is ones self
what ono Knows himself to be and repu-
,o,;an 10 ,,oro orrront ori,ion of what he
10 oood ronutaion is no nroof of a good
ahoraotnr MT nav he nroof op certain
r1nr,on+ a. GOOD cb,roctor A mans ropu-
totinn FOR truth NAV he good and SO far
a. thia roes is true or the man. and vet In
at,a, re.,,oo.s bo nav ho sunl,or in moral
docrodatian At the very hest reputation
aon,,,t torcb With anv certainty every
ouoIitv or ossomhIaee of Qualities which
snter into character. Hence, repeat
charocior is what man Knows himself to
ha and rcnnt,tion is only what others say
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