The Saint Paul globe., 1898-01-17

something which every man owes to himself
Amusement that is clean, wise and heal ,hful
is means of grace. 1t helps us to bear
the burdens of life 1t breaks in upon the
prosaic humdrum of daily routine. It gives
blessed relief to the mind from the cares
ana VeXatlons of every day. 1t gives heart
ana a nope and cheer. 1t helps 10 preserve the
nealthy tone and temper. 1t prevents pre-
mature age and gives to age itself buoyancy
ana alacrity that make it Winsome and beau-
tiIul IN spite of the weight of years. The
nauonai game Will, in some degree reflect
the national characteristics. Curling has for
centuries nturles peen the leading national game of
sGTtland. fofbaaa H., Our d-fearing,, grimvisaged
ana the glory of God They found that it
strengthened their bodies for the better fight
ing OF the English, and cleared their heads
LOT the better study of the Bible and the
catechlsm They kept it clean, manly game
ana IT is indeed gratifying that since it has
t neen introduced on this side of the Atlantic
It's traditions have been held sacred. II has
not been degraded and abused as MANY an
otherwise innocent and enjoyable pastime
mas oeen' by the introduction of the gambling
element. 1t has been clean from the noIIut
ing touch of the professional sport Its local
ana national associations honor Gods day
ana anu G9a mouse, and its best and most ar
ing men. And L count it an honor and a
privilege 10 have been elected chaplain of
an organization whose purpose is the nro
at;on anu announcement of form of recre-
atio1 vigorous, wholesome for BODY and
mlnd: and whose associations and traditions
are thus far above all reproach
ana ana now having expressed my admiration
vi tnis manly recreation, | wish to direct
your attention to manly religion We are
IN the house OF God, not to paw commitments
p9t TO get good, and 1 trust that we ali
"nle apprec1ating the value of our whale
some amusement, appreciate still more highly
the value of religion that lifts up manhood
TO 70 hlgher i levels and ennobles and sanctifes
me whole nature. | therefore ask your at
tentlon to some observations in connection
with Ephesians w.. 13:
TIL we all come in the unity of the faith
ana OF the knowledge of the Son of God unto
a perfect man unto the measure OF the stat
ure OF the fullness Of Christ -
DE- Meldrum said in substance.
nborinsut language Is used by the apostle meta
pLnorlfaliy, 10 describe the growth of the
church. but the words are equally appronriste
When applied to the operations of Christianitv
pon nrooSn 10 character, and in this sense
! propose TO employ them. II l were TO mt
IN brief plain words a sentiment that Foats
.n"sueiy III the minds of great many men
H. r,ay, Moela e De about this; Religion is all very
wen lor women and children but men with
their harder natures do not need II 60
m9cn. 1t responds to the emotions and cuI
1 uoa.es 1emin.ne graces; therefore 1t is for
ments that would hinder rather than baIn
US IN those manly contests where svmnatbp
odttlnes % must be banished and sentiment
rePressed Religion is a nursery to keen tbe
Wild winds away from feeble and beinIeeS
pants, but as you do not put burr oaks under
goass, sa SO men require the hard winds and
Tougn T places OF the world to develop them
IL is assumed that religion bestows a ena
cial patronage on the passive virtues and
depreeates that wrestling energy which has
won won all the worlds battles It's saints are
feeble, its code unfriendly to the sfrone on5
its millennium reign of effeminacy. I hone
TO TO show that his is not true to the facts NJ
Christta1 ethics or history, and to demon
slrate that religion is necessary to the devel
opment of strength, force. energy and trne
manliness. The fact is that men need re' e
lgion more than women do. Woman bv ma
ture is better than man. Her Conscience
is truer: her sensibilities keener. her int,'i
tons of moral truth often better than >
mans reasoning about 1t. man will spend
a week IL reasoning out problem which his
wife solves in half minute without reason
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