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Be A Man

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Parent Issue
Day
12
Month
March
Year
1886
Copyright
Public Domain
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Where is the good ïu being a coward? You have a right to your views and it is a duty to announce them. Suppose they may be unpopular; all doctrines have been bo. There never was a great truth w- o was born into the world througli struggles anu u„,. TVnth. too, has ever been persecuted, but waai 01 n„. Who is af raid? Nevertheless, on all sides you 8ee rank co wardice. Men dare not back their own views. They tremble before public opiu ion. They play the hypocrite and Nimun aM crp.nerfiUv. This man joins the popular churcli to get trade; ;;uotiui takes ofl his hat to higk-stunding vagabonds as a dog will lick his master's foot. We belong to the other crowd. We ask no favors of kings and queens, nor hinh-murky mucks generally, üurs to be one of the people in this world and in the next. Aud that is why we always I ad a great deal of respect for Jesus. He upraided the tyrants and thrashed the money changers. Were he on earth to-day he would stand by tbe masses instead of presiding over a First National bank. We question whether he would preaoh in one of the gaudy churches of this city. Hia sermons would be delivered in the park, the same as the old one was on the moont. Was Christ a coward? Were any of the great men who have revolutionized tfcto -world und out tlioir TiiimAs high tip on the everlasting rocks of fame? What they were on a broad soale be thou in all things. But join such bravery with charity, and you represent true manhood. - Cyolone. One, Dr. Brigham, has discovered that bfl lroholin liniior traffï'" does aonplish Borne good to uumanity. ïte say: 'The alcoholic road to selfextermination is one of the most f p edy ways of de storying the weak and inferior, and although somewho select this road are briliant specimens of mental power, yet, as a whole, they are weak and unworthy of preservation. Intemperanoe, though doing much harm, also does great good. The certainty and celerity with which intemperance destroys the weak and wicked classes of society favorably recommends it over the ordinary methods of to-day in the administering of justice.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat