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Show Tlio Dove opnicnt of Man. Wo reproduce below nit addr-sc de-VhU de-VhU b Will .jd w. Main ns ,mi IWiwI In the National Ruvlownr Sun I-ranclsco under (he nhovu headlinr.) By i ho Bev. Willaiid W. Bkan. "What, Is it ni'in, Hint thou art niin ! fnl or lilmV mid Hie sn or mnu tint tho.u viaftu-t Ii1iii?-PmiIhis V11I-4, Wenro mid. In the Scriptures, Hint mini win made in the imago or the unlior of I he universe. Now ir yonie tiiiido iifti-r tlin imtieiiii or lllm who created us, thorn 1st no reason why, by a P riper system or development, wo cannot liciu nit;' like unto lllm who eiriiU'd us, niid vlioo Imago nnd off-sprlnir off-sprlnir wo nro. "Beyoihercrnrn peifceteven as your Father which Ij In Heaven is pence!," Ami happily tlieru In it divine plnn or system which wns marked out by tho council of i hu Gods heroic IhU eiuth wns rolled Into space, ror the development develop-ment or perfecting of God's dlvinu chl dri'i) here on this earth. This pjau In bused upon tho capacity of the weakest and most iiiituioiod Ullud Hint, may wish to mku eotiisu under Ihu heaven. horn plan that It limy assist In the cvoluilou of llm child's divine titirihutes. Man In a wonderful pleco of median-ifiii. median-ifiii. In liu language of yimki Hprme; "What a piece or work Is iti'in) How noblii In n uMUil How lutliitiu m fae-ultlesi fae-ultlesi In foi m and moving how ex-1 press iii'ri adnilmblHl In uetlon how liNu an unwell In nppieheiiblou liuwl like iv kocI ! Tliu benuiy if tlio world) The puiauou or iiiiIiiihKI" Ph) steal culture Is the science which treats or education and trust bu linked upon siiuiiil iihtslolotflcal prh cli les noil must liavu u dWIuhc nun in view, I. e., the hi.ruiotili.us ilevelopmeut of boily, iplml and t nit. The liil'oido-penilitico liil'oido-penilitico i'f tliu .mly, spirit 1 1 1 I mind nmy be likened to links In a chain, ir one link U broken' or liijiued the siruiigth, beauty, and iisululness or tn eotlie cliaiu ix i ffecio I. Ilcuue in in due in li'. the nieasuru of our ciealluii wubhuuld lmvu a riniudtd development. All l our 1' culllis and alti Unites Hhou.d bu uulroimly ilt Vt-J-oped. Gud's plan or stiiu, ortliu gospel, wlihh Is iiubuil upon Uoo'd laws, wliicu uru the laws of naiure, when rittlhruliy Hmi'I tip to, is ilebllnwl to IjiiiiK us to this standard. Tliu Ofpel, when viewed in its broadest sense, em tiraeus nl that Is kumI lor man. Al. that G'd kuuws belntiu's to tliu gopel. wo must eiuleavor to learn 11U tliouuhts and then think them; Irani Ills wuja and thru do llieiii. We are du eloped or savud no fiti'tur ilmi uo gain wUdnui. We learu "line upon line," here a little and ineru a llule, progiesslug step Iiy step in tltuu uud eternity Until u reach tho t;ial. but many uf us uru watped in out development. And In discussing ".Man's Devuiopineiil" Isiiall nut dwell on Ids pro-exiBteut state, tiebher pre-mitutal pre-mitutal liiflui-nce. .Surllcu it to say that the divine urt or man existed uml was in a statu ot ac'.ivivtty und usefulnebs before Its ndvuiit hctu on earth. We (list see him ns a helpless bat c, a mere piece ol pulp or tliaUer ruturated With spirit, nrt-pult chained to a plrcu of .help.less clay. Man is a duel belli:. 1. o, my hand Is not mo hut tulne; tin one uii tuber of my body, neither all the members combined ate mo but they are initio. I am a living, loving, aspiring aspir-ing soul, and ixlstid before my body-was body-was takeu from mother earth. My body Is merely a tooI,otgan,or mmhiuu Tnrough which J.lhe olpilugor Dlety, operalu and per.orui my rom tions. 1 .direct the deeds and actions of my body. I am tliu engineer. I must become be-come acqualuttd with every cumpo. ueut part of my body. Or I should fuuitllarlze myself with evory compo ueut part of thu machinery that has beuu placed In my guro. 1 must ke. p Jt In perfect running order, that every thing may work together haimuulou-ly haimuulou-ly ami without frloilou. When this bo'ly was entrusted to my care it was perfect J.u Its nigunlsni. 1 am supposed to keep It free from nil contamination. To keep It pure and uwleflled. To uolfoi mlv develop all my faculties und all pans of my body to their highest capacity, that may eventually event-ually bring my entire body to a cyra. metrical shape and highest sta.se of developrucpl, approaching us nearly as possible, that which God designed It, a perfeot speefmen of manhood u the Imago of my Mukcr, filling quturo's measurements. |