The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-14


ton Of character. but tn condescension Of
love.
Is there not thought here for usZ
A Test OF Manhood.
Is not that the trussf manhood which
insists upon It's ani8cation with all WHO
baar the nzues Who are the real men in
the world. tflc&e who act as though tnSy
were ashamed OF thefY fellows. because By
reason 81 larger ability they have risen
financially. socially or intellectually above
Losm. Or those who. grateful for their own
saccesz reach cat 10 others a sympathetic
and hsIping sana2 There IL altitude
Of genuinaueaa that towers above dozen
stories % genius or Of gold. Who cares
now much the world may applaud fav-
cred Individual He can never be mere
than a man. and ne can never be a great
CT man than when he claims all the duties
that belong 10 manhood. and Is prepared
10 sacrifice the pride " ambition and veil
the glitter Of success. that his oneness
with humanity in its entirety may be un-
Disputed And 80 marked are our convic-
tens Ia this regard, IN the light OF Jess's
career. that We 20 through the world
seeking for the highest specimens or the
race among those who. amid all their Gor-
veons surroundings. and with all their
tFappings OF state, are willing 10 forget
their earthly distinction In acss Of beuevo-
fence. Sttl~1fHidt anu eaIsfttF. A@~H
when We further analyze true character.
We lnd that the disposition TO he beney-
client rises higher than the beneyoience
Itself; and We rorsake the avenues % al
ffusncs, the halls OF learning, and me
pafiors Of the elite. and We find real man
hood everywhere among the lowiiest. the
hardest pushed, the most roughly ham
died, saose whom the worlds eye has miss
ed. those whose true majesty Is yelled 9y
the medioerity OF their positions in life
wherever this thought OF unity with all
living souls pred0ninates-
Were this high ideal universal. how all
petty csiqlles and classes and aristocracies
Of men would vanish. How rank would
be ren0delei How society would be per-
neated with a living principle OF sym
pathy. ficw men OF means and command
ing influence in the world would become
Identified with all great reforms that look
toward the universal brotherhood OF the
race. How the gaps would be closed up
between laborefs and their employers In
our large centers of trade. How merely
secular socialism and Its dream would be-
come disflInsl0ned. and communism and It's
impertinence would collapse and nationai-
ism, with its single barrow wheel as Joseph
Cook terms II. would topple over by the
unbalanced weight OF It's OWL absurdity.
ard how Christianity. pure and simple, as
Jesus taught and pFacticed II, would stand
forth as the one solution OF all moral
questions, the one quickener OF all moral
impulses, the one elevator and ennobler OF
the woridi
We have yet to feel the grandeur of
manhood in general. despite its individ-
ual failures and impostures. before we
can bee simulated 10 do our whole duty
Burning with this enthusiasm, We shall
not forget after We have climbed "A little.
tat .xs.4 ste mi At hls nf hsA
steep and looked up at our more fortu-
nate fellows: we shall not forget as We
handle a few more dollars income. how
We looked greediiy through the bankers
windows and lusted for the pile of gold
and greenbacks that met our gaze. we
shall not forget when We find ourselves
at home in the society OF the cultured.
how we struggled TO equip ourselves for
the future which we hardly hoped 10 real
TIE. We shall always bear in mind that We
are men, and rejoice in the distinction.
This is The chrssioiogy of manhood. IL Is
the yelling OF certain superiority in or
der TO help. ilft up. save. II is the echo
of the sptris of Jesus as he stood on the
bank OF the Jordan. and said TO the Bap-
list. suffer II 20 be so now" Let us
strive toward t. Let us in our humber
days become so thoroughly imbned with
its persuasive democracy. that even
though We should rise In the worlds esti-
nation above this average of SUCCESS, we
shalt never excite the worlds envy. be-
cause we shall always in the truest sense
remain men.
Independent Righteousness.
But there is another lesson TO learn.
Jesus might have thus soiloquized.
These who are being baptized BY John
may not all be sincere. In some cases the
repentance may turn out TO be cant. Or.
sincere now. they may not have fully pom
dered tho soieunity OF the obligations
they are assuming, and by and by they
may become false 20 thSir baptismai
vows thus sfisgfacing the rite. and cast
Ing suspicious upon their companions
sincerity as we'll. suppose He had thus
thought. and acted In accordance with
Ills thought lie would not have said
these tender words to John. While Jesus
came 20 make salvation possible 10 all.
and ta 81 himself by the complete tden-
tiHcation OF Himself with all humanity 10
enter Fympetheiicaily into all the trying
circumstances Of iife. lie also came to be
q perpetual help and Inspiration and
model 10 those who should ren0ance their
sins and believe on His name. His con-
nection With profeSsed believers must
then be particularly strong and tender
He must be the JOY OF loving hearts, the
bond OF union among Christians them
selves. the enc who. by His perpetual
presence and fellowship with them.
should make their companionship honor
able hpfoFt an men. He therefore sub
ntgted to the hsptismal rite. though some
who had undergone the same ordinance
Wat day might prove IN the future 20 be
either week or wicked,
ARR there bot some who stand outside
the ehnrch % whsch this same Jesus was
the founder and Is the chief glory who
had better ne stimulated by HIS prompt
Identification OF Himself with all who are
sfrggEing 20 do right There Is a mis-
take which many exceedingly moral men
make. when they sam up thssF argument
fer remaining classified With the world jr
preference 80 the church. because % the
ohurch's want 81 fidelity in individual
eases. and the absuriity 81 the mistake
docs not seem 20 occur TO them. In fact
they make HeNerat mistakes. While they
Theoretically admit that salvation Is ~
srare. they practically trcat e as though
lt we're Of merit. TRcy demand pcrfeC-
giou az otcc of tAr newly received mem
hers. and " hen they ind slips here aud
tasfe. psF haaS owing 10 AassiaesS cf tenn
per perhaps owinE 10 Gerce and sudden
lcnrtaf feu thev conclude that church
members are 30 better than ethcrS. II
they would taks the trouble TO interviex
TIE MOST constantly faithful among the
class they rTitlelse they would in every
Instance Hni taam willing 20 admit their
failure 50 fellow Christ as shey wouta
asls to and net lafraauent3y 70 a. far
tHer and ackaos lcttgE virtues of uncrasstV
ard disposition amenE those Nho confexe
aot christ &Hrthy ~ gioae limitation
SaiNalien Is nes q merit. haa % grace. O.
vee weui8 an ~ lost without exception
We ARE al SINNERS FastoF. aeasons.
gsNsrch msersf rs aaa atnegs We afl violate
1h laws az siad ana he sptril * ChE}xg
Nberc fAea. 81. thH difference neeaern fas
highest uacralsst xwS she lowest C,hese.i.a
ia TIE eftarche 1as; heTe Wo east etr-
elves sfsam the rserSy ~ gsasI. tarousH