The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-04-24
TENNYSON ON IDEAL MANHOOD
The Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight Hills.

obedience 70 law. Each knight an
derstood; England then was fun Of
turbulence; the land was wild. the
people ~unsubdued. From time 10
ilme enemies came down from the
norih country, and other nemIe
came from across th= sea. often the
armies met, and rivers Of blood We're.
poured out. The soil was cut with the.
tramplng Of war horses and the trees
were used for slaves and spears. The
King Arthur came to the throne. put
down all enemies, broke the heather.
spread peace through the land and
made every man 10 dwell in safety in
his cottage or mansion. one Just ruler
became the spring Of prosperity. soon
the grateful people all but worshipped
tHe man whose ScGpter over them was
justice and ruth. And what warfare
IN mans sou! What collision between
the soldiers of passion and the sol
dlerS of reason and conscience, What
invisible shock Of battle, The roar
Of spiritual artillery is incessant. The
sound Of moral battle never dies out
If the air.
Every day seIfishness plans a new
attack upon the citadel Of S~eif-SaCri-
flee. Jealousy hath Il SHARP sword. hate
IS Il brutal warrior. AVarice attacks
with the fIrebrand. Passions are
priced savases that refuse civil
lied warfare. oft reason ana
/ t'llE'lFIIt' ~ SUE III f>SF'l anu
fight for life Itself. How shall
4 land be at peace when the invaders
army is devastating the fields and
lighting up the midnight with blazing
farm houses? Peace can come only
when the enemy is put down. How
shall right ana wrong live together in
place? one ruler there must be, one
.dW-Inaker must be enthroned, one
icepter must be stretched out over the
land. Peace comes when conscience is
rcVerenCed as king. Conscience will put
first things first. and subordinate sec
Dndary Things. Conscience and reason
will make all lower powers and aCul-
tiCS served and prOmOte the life Of hap
Observation-Disclosures The kingly man
IS an embodied conscience. This mon
Ster is Il vice regent. ruling in GODS
stead. Organize the kingdom; organ
ize the life by law. so shall the man
have Il royal soul. be master of him
self, gather strength to break the
heather, and SO enthrone the Christ.
TO Ride Abroad. addressing Human
But once You have your kingly man.
what h ne do with MS sword ana
@CepIert Ia chariot OF sunshine. each
day the great god rides abroad over
ms world, IN summer rtdreSSlng
wrongs OF winter. The very phrase to
ride abroad appealed TO the imagi-
nation of the knights of old. 1t takes
the scholar back TO the Age OF ChiN-
airy. Conscious OF their strength, un-
der Il sublime impulse, the flower of
the land rode forth to recoVer the
tomb OF Christ from the SaracenS. But
the tomb was empty, the stone door
and hinge was not disturbed. The
81 eat slab suffered no hunger, no cold.
no pam; II was man whose heart
ached; it was the little child that
knew the chilling frost, the burning
fervor. and the neavy blows of adj
tersity. Inc knights strength was
good. so was the rich mans gold. bur
Zach Sir Galahad must change the
u.@ectIon OF his energy. For each re-
fern tnut is new is simply an Die force
eIlanged IN another direction and NOV
.ng toward d mobIer end. st. Franc
has the crusaders impulse, but IS
wiser. instead OF recovering Il tomb he
redreSseS the wrong of the beggar,
the orphan child. the old blind man
VINO sits by the Wayside, asking aims.
Who is the knight riding forth to
redress human wrongs. 1t is John
Toward riding to the gate of the prs
on to cleanse these human hells. IL Is
David Livingstone going up and down
Africa to redress the wrongs or the
slave: it is Arnold TOynpee, climbing
the steps of the tenement houses IN
London; it is that rich young oxford
student, going With his girl wife into
Arabia. to light a torch, to guide the
multitude through their black night;
1t is Jane Addoms. in Chicago, carry
ing a banner in a procession OF work
ing girls who are protesting against
the wrongs OF the sweat shops.
These are knights that serve;
all these identify Christ to HIS
Injured children. These have beauty,
strength. office-ConScience is their
king. but they use all as a shield above
the oppressed. They u~nsheathe swords
against evil: they bring prisoners out
- 80 I,o oran1, +hpI- TpHTpSS human
wrongs. 1t is not enough that a man
should be kingly through conscience
and glorious through intellect and
s~elf-sufficing strength. He must stoop
from his throne to lift the weak to his
own level.
Talk No SIander-No. Nor Listen to II.
But how shall the kingly man in
fleet his strength toward his fellows
Man is not solitary. He lives in faml-
lies and cities. In conversation ms
soul goes forth to bless or ollght-
Great is the power of speech! me
tongue is n knife that StabS, q cluh
tina strikes. a sword that nIerces. 1t
is given to the t0ngu To heal like q
medicine. or to poison like an acld.
The great orator, in time OF national
upheaval. can, by Il single Grafton
with wise counsel. guide the multi
tudeS and save the nation from acts
of injustice and oppresslon; by
words d mothe changes a child into
q scholar and hero; by words teachers
can change a pupil into q leade of
his generation. BY words a speaker
| can transform and regenerate his
| hearers. When God would change
the world. He sent forth the Word.
the Eternal Word. tho Abiding Wis
dom. whose light cleared darkness
away. But lust because words are
so powerful to save. when spoken by
| goodness, they have force to destroy
when they represent badness. 1t is
not enough that the knight shall use
mis- sword to redress wrong; he must
| use a tongue that is more powerful
! than the sword to right wrong and
enthrOne justice.
Therefore this injunction against
SANDER. evil speaking and backbiting.
How dreadful is a stab in the back!
! SANDER is 4 species of murder. The
W~hisperer is altogether contemplate.
We revolt from cannibalism as to the
J hnAv Int no1nI- mon and some women