The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-27

! it be true kTighth0od CoWardice is
not knightly. What the church wants
is men and women who VIII do and
| dare-yenture great things in the name
Of the Lord. We as knights should feel
! dignified by the honor our Lord places
upon US.
Ny idea of Christian chiyalry is
! beautifully symboled in the devotion of
the medieval knight to his earthly
king. He knelt bearheaded, and with
out arms, and, placing his hands be-
tween those of his superior, swore:
Hear. my Lord, l now become liege-
man of yours for life and limb and
earthly regard, and I viii keep faith
and loyalty to You for life and death.
God help men Whereupon the Lord
with the sign of the kiss invested him
and his heirs forever with the land
St Paul was such a knight of the
Christian school. He declared himself
to be the bond-slaVe of Jesus Christ.
/ He was not satisfied with a mere COM
promise life. Do not for one momeRt
think the attachments of this knight
! Of the old school impossible to you.
Do not think the early Christian
Knights rare souls made to fly and
battle their pinions like the eagle in
the face of the sun; and yourself of
the earth, earthly, and must keep close
TO the ground. All such thoughts are
delusions of the enemy. Lofty spir-
itual possibilities are within the reach
of every one of u.s. They are our own
birthright." High sainthood, lofty he
roism and sublime purpose must for
ever characterize the Christian knight
As the English Warships moved to
meet the French fleets at Trafalgar,
Lord Nelson shouted to his men: Eng
land expects every man TO do his duty"
God does not expect less from the
Christian soldier.
There is no discharge in the Chris
tan warfare. The knight of the cross
must keep the covenant of fidelity
made with his king. This can only be
done by performing every duty as it
presents itself.
Gods angels drop, like sands of gold.
Our duties midst lfe's shining sands,
And from them, one by one we mold
Our own bright crown With patient
hands.
From dust and dross we gather them.
We toll and stoop for loves sweet
sake,
To find each worthy act a gem
In glory's kingly diadem.
Which we may daily richer make"
would emphasize what I said in the
beginning, that youth is the time to
serve the Lord. The earth affords no
ioVelier sight than 2 youthful knight
OF the cross It is a great thing to
become Christian, even late in life.
but sort of remorse must sometimes
come with the thought of a youth mis-
spent, TO the strength of manhood I'M
consecrated TO Gods service. We have
but one youth, and if we misspend this
our life can never be quite what it
would have been had childhood and
youth been sanctified by loyal service
of Christ.
walked through the woodland meadows.
Where sweet the thruShes sing
/ And ! found ON a bed Of MOSES
A bird with a broken Wig;
l heated ITS wound, and Zach morning
1t sang MS old, sweet strain;
BUT the bird with the broken pinion
| Never scared 50 hi~- again.
l found a young life broken
! by sins seductive art
! AND touched with d Chri5t-like pit1.
! took him to my heart.
/ He lived with noble purpose,
And struggled not in Ya3n;
I But the life that sin had stricken
/ Never SCARED so high again.
J But the bird with broken pinfon
/ Kept another from the snare
} Ard the life that sin had stricken
J Raised another from despair
! Each loss mas its compensation:
/ There j. healing in every pain;
/ But the bird with broken pinioa
Never scars 50 high again.