The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-12
THE PERFECT MAN is HOT
FOUND IN THE PRIZE RING
Development of Mind and Body
Without the Spiritual 0. stunned
Growth. say. Doctor Jones.

The F'JiII-Groxn Man was the theme o.
tn" Reverend Doctor William y. Jones at
the Hyde Park Congregational Church
Sunday evening.
The text chosen was Ephssians Nv q:
Till We all come IN ine unity Of the faith
and of the knowledge Of the Son o. God.
unto perfect man. unto the measure OF
the stature OF the fullnesS Of Christ"
Doctor Jones spoke. IN part. as follows,
Nothing in the world Is more potent
han the TACT q !ife IL Is no; subject 10
choice. II = one Of the guardian eadOW-
Ulsnts OF tn" race. conferred upon u Al
birth. according To the b.-n.fic plan 81
a generous ana slI-wise Proyii.nc-- But
while We ar. not consulted regarding tho
bestOwal OF this great gift a. The begin
ming. We do. nevertheless. have a great det!
to 90 with lis development and it, destiny
A life worth having Is the one that -
upright. strong and symmetrical one
sided development Is undesirable. and II
usually produces = freak OF a InDuStrvs!ty
and not fui!-Erown man
''PauFs ideal .as not = warped. weak
kneed abnorrnality. but an individuality
built UP after the pattern Of IT,. Masi-'- %,
men The life that Is truly worth having
Is the one which attains unto the unity %
the faith and of the knowledge Of the Son
OF God and reaches the goal Of perfect
impossible outside Of the savior The
gymnasium and the classroom only de-
deiOp the physical and the mental There
i also a spiritual nature IN man. and this
needs to be nourished. The most splendid
specimens OF physica! development are
usually seen at the prize ring. and very
often the acut.st kind of Intellect IS
found in the peniIenfiary. We need to go
elsewhere to behold the perfect man
- young infidel. in the waAs:ul hours
OF the night. lay confemp aiing the char
acter OF his mother I see h" said. two
unquestionabIe facts. First my mother j.
greatly afflicted in body and mind. and
she cheerfUlly bears UP under all by the
strength she gains BY constantly retiring
to her closet and her Bible. Second. she
has a secret spring Of comfort. Of which 1
know nothing. while ]. snO give uHbridl.d
license 20 my app.tiies. ana seek pleasure
by every means. seldom or n".er find IL.
II there is such secret in religion. why
may / not attain II as well a. she2 Will
Immediately seek IL Of God Thus Rich
ard Cecil was led to know Christ. and TO
find the full grown life in the service Of his
Savior So will all y no seek fifid here the
source and secret Of the new birth.
Having thus defined the :ull-grOwn life.
Jet ~ consider it, three characteristic ele-
meuis-
'First-Faith. This is the substance Of
things hoped IOr. the evidence OF things
not seen. in the religious life" Faith lies
at the bottom Of our hold on God and Is
the secret Of all great achievements This
is the victory that overcometh the word.
even our talth.' one with God X a ma
jority.' and while Ne may be- cipherS.
unit placed before the human ciphers
Will increase their ValGe hundred
OF even thousand fold. Thus Paul
through faith could say. ] can DO all
things through Christ, which strengthen
eth me.
Conservation Faith in Christ
leads naturally to conservation TO his serv-
ice. fo- faith without works Is dead Paul
himself was conspicuous example Of "A
life devoted TO mis- Master. and Christ
living in him has caused him 20 exert an
influence on his fellows second only TO
that Of the Son Of God himself. The eIe-
Tnent of conservation enters largely into
the ma king Of the fuli-grOwn man. and the
more complete the conservation the more
conspicuous the growth.
Young ieschines. seeing that everyone
gave q present to Socrates said unto him.
viii give thee myself Do So. said Socra-
tes. and | viii give thee back again To
myself better than when ] received thee
And II proves when we give ourselves
in consecrated service 10 the Author and
FIniSher of our faith
.-Thiri-Growth. There must be life in
order TO grow. and when our life is hid
with Christ in God II 10 In the most IA
vorable place possible 10 insure its de-
ve.opment TO its largest dimensions. There
is practically no limit. until attain -ur-
to the measure Of the stature Of th. full
merely that ~e may grow in Likeness TO
Christ but literally into him He is not
then. so much goal he * a cuirniua-
lion: tor We may grow UP into him in all
hinps. whici. Is the head. even Christ, in
: ~ .iXel eth ALI the fuilness OF the
s5odresd bodily The fuIl-grown life. then.
shall De complete In him and We pause
before the hidden mystery Of the human
merging into the divine where the .uil-
grown man shall reach the summit