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THE BATTALION.
guardians of those heirs and custodians of the treasure
which comes to them.
It is in view of this hig-her relationship between ) r ou
and us that the doctrine of my text comes home to us this
morning-. “Let him that is being- taugdit the truth make
common cause in all g-ood respects with him that tcacheth.’’
Let us see that there is no lag-g-ing- when the order of the
day is “Forward.” Let us see that the duties of the day
well done lead on to truer, nobler, manlier work. Let us
bear in mind the noble saying- of that great educator,
Horace Mann, “Be ashamed to die until you have won
some victory for humanity,” and, applying- it to our daily
life and intercourse with men, let us be ashamed to live in a
community or set of surrounding's such as this; let us be
ashamed to enjoy its advantag-es and thrive under its
privileg-es, without adding- our mite, be it ever so little, to
the peace, order, moral tone, and g-eneral progress of its
individuals.
One of the noblest features of true manhood is what we
call ing-enuousness. It means openness, transparency of
motive and behavior, such that if you have a grievance
ag-ainst me, you come at once to me for its rectification, or,
if you have done something- of which you are ashamed, you
do not hide it, try to justify it, and smooth it over, but
acknowledg-e it openly and try to remove its ill effects.
Clean, honest-eyed, open-hearted, conscientious men, it is a
pleasure to have dealing’s with them; they are the ones up
on whom the earnestness of living- impresses itself. Out
of them, as out of tried building- stone, there is no difficulty
to construct an edifice which will command the landscape