The Yale expositor., 1897-07-02

Esa.g3 mas Tor an Illus
trious profession, and is it not appro-
PIRATE that / address such young men
from a moral and religious standpoint,
as upon them are now rolling the re-
sponsibilities of that calling represent
ed in the text by Zenas the lawyer.
We all admire the heroic and rIgor-
Gus side of Paul's nature, as when he
stands coolly deliberate on the deck of
the corn ship while the jack-tars of
the Mediterranean are covering In the
cyclone; as when he stands undaunted
amid the marbles of the palace, before
thick-necked Nero, surrounded with
his twelve cruel lictors; as when we
find him earning his livelihood with
his own needle, sewing hair-cloth, and
preaching the gospel in the interstices;
as when we find him able to take the
thirty-nine lashes, every stroke of
which fetched the blood. yet continu-
ing in his missionary work: as when
we find him. regardless of the conse-
quence to himself, delivering tenn
perance lecture to Felix, the govern
ment inebriate. But sometimes we
catch a glimpse of the mild and genial
side of Paul's nature. 1t seems that he
had friend who was barrister by
profession His name was Zenas, and
he wanted to see him. Perhaps he had
formed the acquaintance Of this lawyer
in the courtroom. Perhaps, some
times. when he wanted to ask some
question in regard to Roman law, he
went to this Zenas. the lawyer. At
any rate, he had a warm attachment
for the man. and he provides for his
comfortable escort and entertainment
as he writes to Titus: Bring Zenas
the lawyer"
This man of my text belonged to a
profession in which are many ardent
supporters of Christ and the Gospel.
Among them, Blackstone, the great
commentator on English law; and Will
berforce, the emancipation; and the late
Benjamin f. Butler, attorney general
of New York; and the late Charles
Chauncey, the leader of the Philadel-
phia bar; and Chief Justices Marshall.
and Tenterden, and Campbell. and Sill
Thomas More. who died for the truth
on the scaffold, saying to his aghast
executioner: PLUCK up courage. man.
and do your duty; my neck is very
short; be careful, therefore, and do moi
strike awry."
| Among the mightiest pleas that ever
have been made by tongue OF barrister
| have boen pleas in behalf of the Bible
| and Christianity-as when Daniel
! Webster stood in the supreme court al
Washington, pleading in the famous
| Girard will case. denouncing any at
! tempt to educate the people without
| giving them at the same time mora
sentiment, as low. ribald and vulga!
deism and infidelity;" as when Samue
l.. Southland. of New Jersey, the leader
of the forum in his day. stood on the
platform at Princeton College cohl
mencement. advocating the literary ex
cellence of the Scriptures; as when Ed
mund Burke, in the famous trial o
Warren Hastings. not only in behal
of the English government, but in be
half of elevated morals, closed hi
speech in the midst of the most angus
assemblage ever gathered in West
Minister Hall, by saying: 81 impeacl
Warren Hastings in the name of thu
house of commons. whose nationa
character he has dishonored: impeacl
him in the name of the people of In
dia, whose rights and liberties he ha
subverted; / impeach him in the nam
of human nature, which he has dis
graced; in the name Of both sexes. an
of every rank, and of every station
and of every situation in the world,
impeach Warren Hastings"
No other profession more needs III
grace of God to deliver them in thei
temptations, to comfort them in thei
trials, to sustain them in the discharg
of their duty. While would have yo
bring the merchant to Christ, an
while would have you bring the farm
err TO Christ, and while | would hav
YOU bring the mechanic to Christ, ad
dress you now in the words of Pau
TO Titus: Bring Zenas the lawyer.
BY so much as his duties are delicat,
and great, by so much does he nee
Christian stimulus and safeguard. w
all become clients. l do not supos
there is a man fifty years of age, VIII
has been in active life, who has nc
been afflicted with a lawsuit You
name is assaulted. and you must hay
legal protection. Your boundary lin
is invaded, and the courts must n
establish IT, Your patent Is infringe
upon. and you must make the offend
ing manufacturer pay the penalt.
Your treasures are taken, and the thi'
must be apprehended. You want
make your will, and you do not wal
to follow the example of those VIII
for the sake of saving 500 from an a
: torney, imperil s250,000, and keep ii
generation following for twenty yea
quarreling about the estate. until 1t
:, all exhausted. You are struck at by a
assassin, and you must invoke for hi
the penitentiary. All classes OF pc
sons in course OF time become client
and therefore they are all interested
: the morality of the Christian integrii
OF the legal profession. Bring Zeni
the lawyer"
But how is an attorney decide as
(, what are the principles by which
: should conduct himself In regard to h
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