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Show I SIDNEY WINTER'S ADDRESS JIJHBL COM Second Prize Awarded to High School Boy Whose Subject Was 'The Inner Man," Which Is Reproduced, as Follows : I By Tva; of introduction, let us read tho twenty-sixth verso of the first chanter in the Bible: "And God said. 'Let us make man in our Imago, nnd tin our likeness, nnd let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and r over the fowl of the air, and over the cattlo and over all the earth, and 'over every creeping thing' that crcop-cth crcop-cth upon the earth.' " Are we not shpwn by this quotation alone that the Creator expected wondrous won-drous things from this being which He called Man? Think of the enormity enor-mity of this task which man was given to perform, the task of subdu-, subdu-, ing and ruling the world. We think and we are appalled. We doubt not that this was a stu-rpendous stu-rpendous undertaking, a task which surely must have proved too great, 'had not man been aided In some supernatural su-pernatural war. I Man was created In God's Imase Unit nevertheless he had none of God.'s infinite knowledge. He was given a world to conquer nnd to civilize. To (aid him in accomplishing tills task, he had only that divine spark of holiness holi-ness within, him. which Is so powerful power-ful in some, so hound In others, and whlch we are prone to call the Inner man J Of course, we know not whom this Jinner man may be but we do know (just what this inner man does. We know the inner man as the upllfter of .humanity and the builder of all the sages. I, Somewhere within the innermost 'chambers of our beings, lurks a something some-thing which wo do not understand, a 'something which some people call the soul, a something which others call tthe God-part of man. It makes little (difference what appellation we give 'lo this something. It is like the electric current In that we know not (what It Is, but we do know what it does. We know that from this being .which dwells within us comes a calling call-ing for righteousness, a pleading for bustice, yes, a demand that wo play Jtthe game fairly no matter what that feame may be. This something which endeavors to guide us and which enables us to progress is the Inner man, he who Is lever injured by our iniquities, he who 5s ever joyful In our triumphs, i From time Immemorial to the present pres-ent day the inner man has striven tticntiy and successfully to bring labout a perfect civilization. And with .the passing of the ages, wc cannot doubt hut that he will attain his goal. Do we not admit that the only "cause of progress Is service? Without With-out service, in all its wondrous forms, nve would have no more today in the twentieth century, than primitive man claimed thousands and thousands of years ago. The one duty of the Inner mian has been to inspire service, to tflll men with such self-sacri(Icing am-ililtions am-ililtions that they counted their lives (less than their ability to serve mankind. man-kind. Who other than this soul-dweller has been prevailing upun men to cease jtheir savage wars? Many times In the history of the world has the Jlow'er of the earth's manhood been sacrificed to the great god. Mars, and in return, the earth has received from this warring deity only ruined nations, blasted ambition and a race poorly equipped to carry on the march Inward perfection Prompted by tho inner man men began to think of the usefulness of war and have found themselves to be the losers. As a result of this prompting wc hear today a calling for unlvorsal peace. With the passing of his wars man turned his attentions to the more useful use-ful arts and sciences, developing each as he brought It from the darkness of Ignorance into the light of understanding. under-standing. In order that his accomplishments accom-plishments should not be forgotten by his descendants, he raised great lowers low-ers and monuments of slonc which stand out clearly against the horizon of time as the milestones on his untiring un-tiring march. Along with tho change from huts .nnrl nn-ao ir mocofi'n Knilz-linn-a ntlfl I beautiful homes, lias come the change from crude line pictures to the great works of art which today adorn the walls of the world's most famous art galleries. Prompted bv his silent companion, Raphael painted his won-drously won-drously beautiful picture of the Madonna, Ma-donna, Michael Angelo produced the gorgeous frescoes In the churches of Rome and Florence, and Leonardo de Vinci sought to expross his appreciation apprecia-tion of Nature's beauty with brush and chisel, always with the thought of serving humanity, uppermost, In their minds. The inner man has engineered all of the really great achievements since the beginning of time. By his counsels coun-sels Greece nnd Rome flourished. Actuated Ac-tuated by a desire to aid mankind. Greece developed the arts and sciences, while Rome produced the world's law. These were the golden ages in Europe, then did the inner man reign supreme in his wisdom. But Greece and Rome became proud, their desires to serve the world were forgotten and in their marvellous progress pro-gress they demanded that the world should serve them. 0! what an unfortunate un-fortunate error. They wished to be served, never thinking that their progress pro-gress and civilization had been attained at-tained only through their service. Then the age of the mighty Pericles disappeared, and with it. "the inner man, overcome by the flood of dis sipation and horror which filled the imperial city. Then the walls of Athens Ath-ens crumbled before the barbarian Invader. In-vader. Then the proud and one-powerful Rome fell, fell away from the land of hope, fell, because she ceased to serve And so It has been with all nations. na-tions. When once they become so self-concerned that they forget the universal .jood, the Inner man flies away, and left to its own resources, the nation invariably falls. So fell Spain In her vain quest for gold, so fell France after the conquests of the great Napoleon and today these once-great once-great nations dream of what might have been, dream of a (Jay when their ancient prestige will be restored. Perhaps, even now, the Inner man is calling within you. calling upon you to aid the world In Its struggle for the right. 1 do not think that The world is all bad. Rise up nnd heed this call of mankind's greatest friend. The world is just what you make It and your years are woefully short in which to serve. For over since that cross was raised on Calvary's hill, service ser-vice has been the greatest, thing In the world. Whether it be the service of a patriot to his country, of a man to his friend, or of a mother to her helpless babe, service, the never-ending standard by which all men must be measured. It matters little Just what you may say In this world, but the things you do will live forever, nnd if those deeds are worthy, men will write your name upon the Bcroll of honor. Service is actuated by tho inner man and service brings happiness, contentment and peace. Learn to live for the advancement of humanity, to raise the average, not to lower It. Tho ways of answerlny numbor Into millions. Answer the call as did those heroQB who tramped tho snow at Valley Forge, sacrificing their lives that their nation might live. Answer the call as did the soldiers of the great rebellion, who fought and died, determined that slavery should not exist in a country where It Is wrltton that all men are created frco and equal. Answer the call as docs n mother, who. by tender sorvlec alone, makes true the statement: "the hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world." We speak of a millennium, a thousand thous-and years of i?rcat rejoicing when there arc no more worlds to conquer, when everyone Is willing to serve, when tho Inner man will have triumphed. tri-umphed. Blessed will be the man who will live In the age of this millennium, when universal peace will reign and true brotherly love will fill the breasts of all, yes, blessed will be that man. Yet, thrice more blessed Is the man who strives to bring about this millennium, mil-lennium, who is served only through his service, who answers the call of the Inner man with deeds, not words. Struggle onward and upward with a will and retard not the march of man. Oh, let us answer those pleadings of the Inner man and when our Inst deed is done and the soul-dweller goes , back to his home, all humanity will rise up and say, "Here lived a Man!" |