El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-05

Text:-Genesis, chapter I, 26th verse;
aAnd God said, let us make man IN our
image, after our likeness"
z BELIEVE this account Of the di-
vine origin of man. 1 trust you
h believe it, too; for this verse alone
contains the whole history Of man. VINO
he is and what he is, and what con-
stitutes his real manhood. And by re
minding YOU Of whence you are ana
from whom you come, I desire TO deep
en- within you proper selL-respeCI anu
keener appreciation Of the hOnor anu
dignity Of your GOd-given manhood. II
was not enough that man should De
created in the nature Of an anger, or
like unto the seraphs that glow IN merry
brightness about the eternal throne.
That would have been high honor IN
deed. But such glory as that Is NOM
ing compared with the sublime dignity
described in this text
Nv fellow men, the highest life OF
heaven belongs to you and me. We
are the children Of the most high.
And. therefore. the thought that may
he said to begin and conclude all that
can be said on our subject is this that
Il is the God-like in US that makes
che man.
Divine characteristics.
ask YOU then to look with me at
a few Of those divine characteristics
that lie at the foundation Of every
true life In short. TO study some OF
those things that make a man, ana
that enable him to be his best and TO
The first mark Of true manhood that
would mention is that of strength.
We know something Of the close ana
intimate connection between the men
tai. moral and physical life, and the
wise man will jealousy guard every
DEPARTMENT of his being. Not one
sidedness, but an all-round develop
ment is needed. Every true man VIII
seek to have a sound mind IN souno
body" avoiding those things that bring
about physical and mental weakness.
Gladstone's body was the pertecuon Oh
physical development. Bismark was the
German giant, the man OF iron. anu
IN our own country, men ike Blalhe'
Garfield and Lincoln owed much 70
their superior physical abilities In
fact, in these rushing times OF ours
the man who is physically weak Is Sc
riouslv Handicapped in the great race
for success at is largely the survival
Df the fittest' and therefore, every
man who expects TO get on" in life
should keep himself free from those
bodily excuses and indulgences which
tend to weaken his bodily powers.
Must Be Strong As Men.
We are to be strong, however, not
as a brute or unthinking machine, but
as men, Responsible, thinking' NORA lS,.tI
men. What is needed today more than
anything else is a manhood that viii
stand like a stone wall for the right
and against the wrong. Cannon Farrar
said i'm his day, What the world needs
today is not echoes but voices" Oh,
the multitudes who do and say only
the conventional thing, who are mere
imitators, echoes" who have no moral
stamina. President Wilson said some
time ago, What this country needs
is a national voice" We had been
hearing much of "a national con-
science" 1t is not enough to have
convictions One must also have the
moral courage TO speak out his convic-
tons. We need in our communities,
not only men who have initiative and
spirit in promoting the business inter
ests Of the city but men who are strong
enough to stand alone, if need be, when
they stand in the right; whose moral
backbone can not be broken no matter
what pressure is brought to bear upon
them.
We admire strength. Our hearts go
out to the strong man. Was our Lord
Btrong2 All, wasn't he! Strength was
the cornerstone Of his fair and fearless
life. He was the strong son of God"
the woodworking Christ. He was