Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-07

| tbcy understand 1ull we'll tue sl8nlD-
canoe OF such ceremony as Is now
taking place. Then, too. ] am glad that
| we are recognizing our. boys. for II ~
from their ranks hat the students In this
institution years hence will come. / de-
sire. too, 10 return thanks to the young
| ladies' who are SO carefully training
these boys for the work. II was happy
.nsDiration which came TO one OF the
| daughters Of our Church and caused her
! TO. inaugurate this little army; and 1t
was n happy inspiration which led her
to select the name she did, for II Is
calculated to inspire you, my young
| friends. TO greater deeds OF Christian
| loyalty"
| DR.. Rosebro referred In glowing terms
to the work before the seminary, as
| serting that the establishment Of It's new
| home in Richmond was a happy augury
OF Its future. The banner now floating
from the tower. he said. would undoubt-
| edly prove an inspiration TO greater
| things TO the students at the seminary
TRIBUTE TO MISS HALVES.
Continuing, DR.. Rosebro said: There
| Is one name that the Covenanters VIII
| ever keep fresh In their memories: this
occasion will be a monument TO her who
| bears that name allude TO Miss Kathe-
|
| paid high tribute to the young lady
] who had organized the Covenanters. and
| then gave a brief sketch of the flag.
| He told how the Scotch proudly bore II
| in defending their borders against the
| invasion OF Charles l., and how 1t then
bore the magic words, For Christ,
| Crown. and Covenant" It's noble defend
ers persisted under IT, the speaker said,
but II still waves. and will continue to
| do so until Christ comes again. and the
probabilities are that on that great day
| the blue banner, with its white cross.
will float over the largest host which
| shall follow the King.
DR.. Rosebro told OF the sacrifices made
by the children in Scotland. who In many
instances died rather than betray their
pastors. and concluding, said: "The winds
OF Heaven may tear the flag which we
have tust reared into shreds: there IS
not in ii that which Is enduring, but 1t
represents what is immortal. and the ira
ditions and people which it represents
shall not pass away"
ACCEPTED BY DIR. MOORE.
Professor Moore was presented when
Dr. Rosebro took his seat, and on be-
half of the faculty and students of the
seminary accepted the flag He said:
"By way Of brief response on behalf OF
the seminary TO the very interesting ana
instructive address 10 which we have Just
listened, the exceptional fitness and ful-
ness OF which really make any extended
remarks on my part quite unnecessary
I wish 10 say TO the Covenanters and to
the consecrated and capable young ladies
who have organized and directed their
work, especially Miss Catherine Halves
and Miss Elsie Smith, a few words In
regard to the traditional origin of the
beautiful emblem which you have to-day
given TO the sunshine and the breeze on
the tower of Union Seminary.
eve are all familiar with the form OF
the cross We see IL almost every day
of our lives. In pictures. in jewelry. In
architecture, the figure of the cross is a
favorite design. Most commonly 1t Is rep
resented as made of two pieces of wood
of unequal length, the shorter crossing
the longer at right angles to 1t near the
top. This is known as the Latin cross,
and is invariably the form which we pic
ture to ourselves when we think OF the
crucifxion of our Saviour. Another form
is that called the Greek cross, made OF
two beams Of wood of equal length cross
ing each other at right angles In the mid
die Still another form not infrequentiy
seen Is made Of two beams OF equal
length crossing each other diagonally In
the middle, like a pair OF scissors or the
letter Y. This is known the world over
as Saint Andrews cross, because OF the
tradition that the Apostle Andrew, after
preaching the Gospel in many lands, was
crucified on a cross of that shape in the
land of Greece And then after the
fanciful and foolish fashion OF these old
traditions. the story goes on TO say that
his body was buried there, but after many
years II was dug up and carried away TO
a remote corner of Northwestern Europe,
and there reinterred In the soil OF Scot
land. Around that grave grew up city
and in that city was established a great
university, and that city and that uni
versity have ever since been known as
Saint Andrews.
NATIONAL EMBLEM OF SCOTLAND.
Thus it was that Saint Andrews cross
became the national emblem Of Scotland,
lust as the Greek cross or, as they called
It, Saint Georges cross, was the national
emblem of England, so that when politl-
cal union between the two Kingdoms was
effected, the result OF the combination OF
the two emblems on one flag was seen in
that curious and complicated cross which
in commemoraton of the alliance mas
ever since been known as the Union Jack,
and which floats over every British snip
that sails the high seas to-day.
"Now, II does not matter at all for our
present purpose whether this tradition Is
true or false. There may not be word
of truth in IT, except that Andrew was a |
faithful and uncompromising preacher OF
the Gospel. II may be that he sealed his
testimony with his life 1t may be that |
he was first buried in Greece and after
wards reinterred in Scotland. We don't |
know. Nobody knows. And IL does not |
matter The point l wish you TO notice |
is this that such traditions do not gather |
around the names of men who have not |
for some reason and in some way inn |
pressed the popular imagination. Now. |
Andrew is not at all the kind Of man |
whom he should expect TO do that. He |
was not what the world calls a great man. |
That is 10 say, he had never killed large |
numbers OF his felow-men In battle, like |
Alexander who is called the Great. He |
had never, as the commander of great |
armies. caused his subalterns to STAY |
large numbers OF their fellowcreatures |
against whom they had not a particle OF |
personal animosity, nor devastated large |
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