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Royal Manhood ROYAL MANHOOD REV. JAMES I. VANCE, it D.D. Author of " The Young Man Four Square," "Church Portals," " College of Apostles," etc. 'A glorious company ; the flower of men. To serve a model for the mighty world. And be the fair beginning of a time" — Tenntsok. Fleming H- Revell Company ; Chicago s Tlew York i Toronto MDCCCXCIX 300948 Copyright, 1899, by Fleming H. Revell Company ROYAL MANHOOD By JAMES I. VANCE, D. D. THE YOUNG MAN FOURSQUARE IN BUSINESS, SOCIETY, POLITICS, AND RELIGION Third Thousand ismo, cloth, 35c " It is a book of good sense, which keeps on good terms with its readers and commands their assent." — The Inde pendent THE COLLEGE OF APOSTLES I2M0, CLOTH, 75C " A character study of the Apostles, including Paul. The book may be read with pleasure and profit.'* — The Christian Intelligencer "Of great suggestiveness." — The Christian Index FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY Publishers TO THE WOMAN WHO BETTER THAN ANY MAN HAS SHOWN me what ROYAL MANHOOD means, MY FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED WIFE CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Royal Manhood n II. The Majesty of Strength ... 27 III. The Cause of the Weak . 39 IV. The Greatness of Gentleness . 49 V. The Religion of the Body .... 63 VI. It is Necessary to Have a Soul . 82 VII. The Sovereignty of Conscience ... 91 VIII. Common Honesty 105 IX. Plain Devotedness to Duty . .116 X. The God of Statistics .... 127 XI. The Peerage of Character . .137 XII. The Chamber of Memory .... 154 XIII. The Crown of Contentment . .165 XIV. The Ethics of a Smile .... 174 XV. The Problem of Despondency . .184 XVI. Manhood and Citizenship ... 195 XVII. The Tomb of Hypocrisy .... 207 XVIII. Life's Lost Causes 217 XIX. A Manly Religion 229 XX. The Divine Man 241 Royal Manhood CHAPTER I ROYAL MANHOOD "Man t's one world and hath another to attend him." — George Herbert. True manhood is imperial. It does not need the rite of coronation, for it is crowned already. Its majesty is supreme in all lands, all ages, all worlds. In institutions and organizations, in methods and things, in material wealth and the splendors of an ornate civilization, the world is rich enough; but the need abides for simple, una dorned, unpurchasable, incorruptible, royal man hood. The need is not for lawyers, doctors, mer chants, poets, preachers, mechanics, statesmen, but for men. It is a pity for one to dwindle down into nothing but the crude material with which to fill some vocation in life. "Born a man, died a grocer," was the epitaph which a certain Frenchman left as the mournful lament of a life that had failed. The bells that ring the divinest ii i2 ROYAL MANHOOD tones in the steeple that points to the stars, are those that are a-tremble with the music of man hood. The most beautiful building in America and the finest library building in the world is the Congres sional Library Building, in Washington. The brilliant architect, Mr. Smithmeyer, traveled all over the world, visiting the most famous buildings in all lands, before completing the plans for this princely structure. The building cost between five and six millions of dollars, and was more than eight years in course of erection. It is a marvel ous combination of noble dignity and symmetric beauty and stands as a triumph of the architect's genius and the builder's skill. It is a wonderful and unsurpassed memorial of the victories of the human intellect in all the realms of thought. At every turn one is con fronted with reminders of that which has made the world great. There the visitor is greeted by the names which represent the noblest achieve ments in poetry, drama, fiction, philosophy, the ology, oratory, science, statesmanship, history, journalism, exploration, letters, philanthropy — by all of which history has been enriched, civiliza tion effected, and the human race glorified. As one wanders through the lofty corridors and ample halls or waits in rooms which art and money have done their utmost to beautify and embellish, he may read in the mosaic pavement beneath his feet, in the frescoed ceiling above ROYAL MANHOOD his head, and on the garnished walls around him, the names and symbols of the kingly leaders of the race, whose genius has made an age and whose prowess has shaped the destinies of nations. But not until he reaches the central spacious library hall itself and stands beneath the lofty frescoed dome, whose roof of shining gold places a fitting crown upon this royal building, is the climax of effect attained. There one stands spellbound and all but speechless with admiration. Human greatness is everywhere. High up in the dome, arranged in a circle, are heroic figures represent ing religion, commerce, philosophy, poetry, his tory, law, art and science. As they look down from their airy perch they seem to proclaim to the world, "God has made man a little lower than the angels, and has crowned him with glory and honor. ' ' But the end is not yet. Higher than the heroic figures, above the symbolic statue of religion, as though to form a fitting motto for all that is mentioned, memorialized and kept in the great building, in letters of light that all may read, is a sentence that proclaims the supremest of all human achievements and the highest glory of man. It is a sentence culled from an ancient book. It will stand as long as the great building shall stand, and longer, preaching from genera tion to generation its divine gospel of the com plete life. There, as one gazes, he may read, high up above all the books that men have written and 14 ROYAL MANHOOD all the deeds that men have done, this immortal sentence from the book which God has written : "What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?"* The great library building is worthily and fit tingly crowned. It proclaims to the nation that which makes individuals great and peoples endur ing. It preaches the doctrine of royal manhood, and ranks faith in God above material gain and temporal prosperity. It pleads and waits for that national destiny which is the heritage of a people whose citizenship is imperial. It proclaims the lasting dignity of a true life, and emphasizes those common virtues of human ity which are behind true greatness as cause is behind effect. It announces to the world that beyond her matchless civilization, her peerless institutions, and her wonderful and inspiring history, America would most glorify the greatness of manhood. Man is greater than all his things; — greater than any deed he ever does, than any thought he ever thinks, than any creed to which he may ever make subscription. For after all what do theories and philosophies, dogmas and ideas amount to without the living, breathing, immortal, God-imaged man on whom they impinge, in whose person they find incarnation, and without *Micah 6:8. ROYAL MANHOOD the enrichment of whose life-energy and heart- love they become but sapless husk? Now and then some one paints a great picture. He has a common canvas, some colors and brushes which he combines, communicating to all something of himself. The product is a great painting which sells for a fabulous sum. It is hung in some famous art gallery and the people from all lands travel thither to see it. But the painter is greater than his picture. Again, some sculptor produces a piece of fault less statuary. Taking into his studio a rough block of marble, he goes to work on it with hammer, chisel, paper and himself, until the angel that had floated in his visions and lived in his dreams has been let out of its prison house of stone. The world is spellbound with admiration before this triumph of art, but the sculptor is greater than his statue. Some one composes a great song, a sublime oratorio, a matchless melody. As the musicians render the music we are in a transport of delight. Chords are touched that never vibrated before. There are suggestions of some music world of harmony up above the jars and frets and discords of this unsatisfactory life. With parted lips and bated breath we listen. The music is divine, and yet the conviction lingers that the singer is greater than his song, the composer than his music. Man is greater than all his things — greater i6 ROYAL MANHOOD than any book he ever wrote, than any picture he ever painted, than any song he ever sang, than any statue he ever carved, than any government he ever created. When God did his best he made, not star, nor picture, nor statue, nor angel's song. There at the summit of his work when he did his best, he did not hang a sunset on the evening sky, nor gild the dawn with morning glory. At the top of creation, God made man and crowned him with the empire of the world. A true life is invested with highest dignity. There is a doctrine of man's fall, but there is also a doctrine of man's rise. Perhaps it is well now and then to look at the wreck and lament over depraved, imbruted, corrupt human nature. "Total depravity is doubtless a very good doc trine," as the moralist remarked, "provided it is lived up to." But it is also a good thing to look on the celestial side of life. Over against total depravity let there be placed limitless pos sibility ; over against original sin, original divinity.
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