The Alaska citizen., 1912-07-22

June 7. 1912, taking as his subject. The Making of a Man" The fol- lowing Is a brief synopsis of his ad- dress
 We are interested in the improve horse. We strive to produce the best wheat, the best corn, the best vegetables and the best fruits and all this is done for the benefit of MAN. How much more import ant, then. is the work of improving MAN whom God has made in His Own image and but a little lower than the angels. We can measure the difference between the poorest apple and the best in ounces; We can measure the difference between the poorest hog and the best in pounds, We can measure the diff ference between the poorest horse and the best in dollars. but no arith- metic will enable us to measure the difference between man at his worst and man at his best. To man alone the heavenly Father has given the power to make his life an un- speakable curse or blessing of incalculable worth.
 Let us consider for a moment what enters into the making of a man. First. he has a body which must be strengthened and prepared for large work Much of mans physical worth cannes to him by in heritanCe-his stature, his constitu- tional strength, his tendencies to. and his power to resist disease. This element of his strength he must take as he finds it but he can by diligence and care add to the store of strength which he inherits; he can repair the weak places and fortify himself against herditary frailties. And then, still more i'm portant, he can preserve his strength and make 1t last until old age comes. or he can squander his strength by dissipation; he can surrender to bad habits and waste his life by indul- gence. It Is worth while to consid- CT what man has cost in rearing. Last summer heard a statement the strongest statement I ever heard but l believe it true. It was that the suffering which woman endures as the penalty for motherhood is greater than the suffering caused by all the wars of all the world" Think of this drain upon the strength and energy of woman; then recall the amount of time and care devoted to the infant and the child. Fully a third, if not a half, of the mothers life is, on the average, given to her children. not to speak of the fathers care and sacrifice; and yet, ~hSu tue ooS IS 6io"H it tdll, anu sometimes does, disregard the teach ings of his parents and, indifferent to what they have done for him, destroy his own prospects of sue cess and bring the gray hairs of father and mother in sorrow to the grave. How inexcusable is the con duct of any young man who disap- points the love and hopes of his par ents!
 And yet, a strong and we'll pre- served body is the smallest part of the man. A man can be perfect physically and yet be but little bet ter than a brute
 Man has a mind. and this must be developed. In this country we have universal education. at least We have a school system that makes 1t possible for every child to secure an education. No reason, therefore can be given for ignorance in the United States. No parent can af ford to neglect his child's education and no child can afford to disre gard the educational opportunities of fered him. The boy who goes out with one arm or one foot to com pete with those who have two, is no, as much at disadvantage as the young man who goes out half edu cated to compete with the boys who are we'll educated. If one would develop himself into a man of large usefulness, he must have a strong mind as we'll as a strong body-a mind trained to think quickly and to accurately estimate the problemt of life.
 But there is third thing neces sary, namely the development O the heart. A man may be perfect il body and thoroughly trained in mint and yet he may be not only useless but a menace to society. Man needs a purpose, and ideal; and the hear furnishes these. "As man think eth in his heart, so he is." Out o the heart are the issues of life.
 We can not build upon large scal
 unless we look after the moral de
 velopment: in fact, character |
 everything. In developing the mora
 part of man the first thing is t
 understand that there is a God bacl