The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-12-02

byterfan Chureh-The Californian
Club, Clan Mcleod aud Daughters OF
Scotia Were Present.
I. Corinthians, 16, 10, "a. The passage
of Scripture chosen for the basis OF my
remarks this evening has in it the sem
timent which lies at the foundation OF
much composing the history OF the Or
der # Saint Andrew. When James the
w. of Scotland, with the chiValrous
spirit of the times, sought to bring into
his realm the spirit Of knighthood, he
initiated the order Of Saint Andrew,
moved, we may believe by an ardent
taste for knight-errantry The choice
of the saint was consistent with the le-
gend of his time respecting the apostle;
for, according to this legend, had not
some considerable portion of the apos-
ties bones been sacredly deposited in
the town Of Saint Andrews? And was
there not possibly in the kings mind
also the idea of appropriateness in the
etyInology of the name Andrew, which
Is the Greek for manly, in his choice
of patron-saint? At any rate that
popular monarch was peculiarly happy
in his choice of a name as well as OF a
man around which to gather sentiments
of manly loyalty and patriotism of his
subjects. With the same happy choice
the king selected the thistle as the
badge of his knightly order, which in
later years became the national emblem.
The Latin motto attached to this ems
blern, Memo me impune Lacessit,"
while not in exact harmony with apos-
toIic temper, contained the common
spirit of manhood of that and later
ages. We cannot read the history Of
the century of James the w. of Scot
land without the profound impression
of the contrast in the sentiment Of
manliness to-day and that Of four hum
dred years ago. "A knight of this tWen-
tieth century has no less bravery. no
less the spirit of ardent adventure, no
less the manner of one who does not
count the cost Of aggressive encounter;
he Is a man every inch Of him to-day, as
he was in the fifteenth century, but he
has injected into his veins a larger flow
of Christian love. He has keen eyed,
broad minded intelligence in regard to
all subjects Of human welfare, due to
the experience and culture of four cen-
turtles. Much that entered into the
thought OF manliness Of that far off
time has now been put one side as suit
able only to an immature age, when
men were ready to die for ribbon rath-
er than suffer defeat in sustaining a
knightly rule, right or wrong. The au-
thor Of our text has given to the Corin-
THAN church the Hottest conception Of
true manhood, and q. conception, we
may add, that is finding in these days
a beautiful expression. The men who
shall live in ages to come will find no
loftier pattern Of knightly excellence |
in the literature Of their times than that
given by that little converted Jew, the
heroic apostle to our Gentle race. No
tice how he cornpacts his thought and
sentiment In his words, Watch We,
stand fast In the faith, quit We like men;
be strong. Let all that you, do be. done
4 In love- This twentieth century man
hood has not vet marched up to the
flag standard of the Apostle Paul. His
voice spanning the long centuries
strikes upon our ears and compels the
#UGSL EllEI6lGS OIL Jul UhLS ~ GSAASr
in the FAR distant centuries Of the fu-
ture the same inspiring command to
unborn millions. IL we take his words
Tor our instruction, this evening. we
shall find our thought following the or
der of his statement in the text. In the
I first place, then, the knightly men of to-
day must, to meet the demands of the
times, be distinguished for keenness
and alertness of moral vision in regard
4 to all that pertains to human advance
ment and welfare. There is almost an
unattainable ideal presented to every
manly man in the imperative appeal of
mutual wants in our social conditions.
What our fellows may need of help
from us produces a like need in us from
them. Their need of help creates in us
a need to supply, and the former is no
more imperative than the latter. This
vision to see men, lille we are looking
upon their clothes-to see them with
something Of the estimate Of angels
and God-While we hear them in the hui
initiation OF their words and debase-
ment Of their actions, requires the illll-
mination and tone Of heaven. But with
this distinctive vision must be Joined
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