Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-26
SUNDAY MORNING TALK.
r,uo Modern knights.

+ha midst of the fierce modern scramble
oo1,h and mower has knightliness that
quality which impels one TO pour out HIS
life blood in behalf Of others perlsheo iioih
tho earth9 If YOU think it has, listen to the
story Of two men who have died in LONDON
within a few weeks. Many kings ana EN-
,arors statesmen and generals will be Tor
,o++er before the renown that attaches 10
.no names of Thomas j. Barnardo ana
George Williams will fade from puphc
memory. On the shining list OF those VINO
loved their fellowmen their place Is forever
secure. ,o. a,a be dor
~, Years ago he was medical student
a,yins his evenings to teaching in ragged
School in east London. one coid Wintei
night a lad fingered after all the othe.s Ha =.
gone He told Barnardo that ne "ant bo,ee
stay in the warm room as he mad no holne
~ 20 thor md mother stuff and nonsense!
Don't tell me such stories Where are g Sor
friends and where do you liver said Bar
nardo incredulously Am eo' any -
Don't live nowhere. r
"Could there be other such boys IN Lon
DOM" The young doctor started OUT TO N
vestigate. He did not have to go lar 10
find plenty Of boys sleeping ste n at dinner
nartv in the fashionable west END he IoIo
his friends what he had discovered. anes
rafused to believe his tale. de suninohto
ri
tha dreary east end, where, with thelr own
anes thew saw the wretchedness OF many
little children. ,o ,be
From this time Barnardo became s,, ny
fotber of tha "nobodys children. he hunl-
Cd them up in garrets and cellars put cream
clothes on their backs, taught them 70 Isau,
nut them into pleasant homes, helpeu M.
to become self-supporting, sent u 80 ths
to Canada to breathe the free air OF tne
country and in the course or forty years,
with the help that in time came TO MIN
from all classes In English society, ne en-
abled $1,000 orphan wars 10 ,s et,,nu.u;se
able lives Most of them would other WISE
have been today members of the criminal
class in countless cities. He was rear
father to the fatherless and to those VINO o
were as someone puts it, damned INTO the
world, instead of being fairly born, ne
was a saviour. When he died his praises
were sounded in the churches from one END
of the city to the other, and the WORK wm zen
ceiying the support of royalty and OF the
common people as well.
George Williams did for young men
work similar to Barnardo's In behalf OF
children. Coming to London more than half
a century ago he was panied by the I'm
morality Of the young men, Ike MIN, JUST
starting in business. SO he got a dozen OF
the better ones among them together, and
pledged them all to a nobler life. This was
the first Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton In the world. Now they are found all
over the globe, in cities and colleges. In
armies and navIes, in shops and factories
to the number OF more than 1000 separate
societies.
As the organization which he founded
grew, he sought to have It broaden Its
scope When a sceptical youth said to him,
"All religion ever did for me was TO give
me farthing tract" he at once opened
seaside homes where London young men
could spend their holidays under safe sur
| roundings He insttgated the starting OF
classes for intellectual improvement As he
was prospersd in his business he gave much
more literally to the association and he de-
| lighted in every new phase Of activity de-
signed to help young men to become pure
and useful citizens. No wonder that TEN
years ago Queen Victoria knighted George