South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-05

as il was spontaneous and their motto.
Non Nobis. Domino. non nobis, sed
NOmine Two da GlOriom," shows the
spirit in which their service was per
formed was as much Christian as the
work itself.
Symbol Was n Cross.
They not only demanded faith in
the Christian cause, but self-immola-
ton to every man that enlisted there
in So their symbol was cross.
They took for their motto that OF
the early church. In hoe signO vim
ces. They had faith in that cross as
representing the only principle By
". tch man has a right TO live.
They believed that 1t was his only
hope in death. And each candidate
was taught and wore the motto.
There is no peace of the mind nor
hope Of eter. al life except IN the
cross And whoever having received
the oath and the right to wear the
cross on shoulder and breast they be-
came a band Of brothers with a single
purpose. IT was the truce OF Cod be-
tween rival and competing powers.
THE sword, keen and double edged.
indicated justice. The banner. half
white and halls black, was emblematc
OF both mercy and judgment-the
possession of every true knight-the
white-love for the friends Of Christ
black-hatred and uncompromising
hostility for his foes.
Stranger to Duplicity.
ITO our mind the ancient knight
was a stranger to duplicity. His tell
tale banner told Of his feelings for all
mankind-tO one devoted friend
to another an inveterate foe.
with the cross emblemauc Of self
immolation: with sword emblematic
OF impartial justice; with banner
which made equivocation and evasion
impossible. he presents TO the world
one Of the finest specimens Of Chris
tan manhood known TO history and
furnishes names TO the long list OF
the record Of the worlds martyrs.
I'VE have read with deepest inter-
est and with highest admiration the
two centuries Of their service OF
Christianity; and from the disastrous
retreats of the Christians from Lao
dicea TO Autalia. in which the Temp
lars alone maintained order and dis
cipline TO the cruel and COwardly
treatment OF Philip the Fair and Pope
Clement, their deeds are worthy OF
the praise which history records.
The knight Of old contended for
the tomb from which the Christ has
risen, for a people who were making
their weary pilgrimage in that faith,
for what the ancient knight called
'Spes aeternae vitae'-the hope of
eternal life.
1T is both fitting and proper, there
fore, that you should assemble on
Easter day I'm token Of your faith in
immortality and join in the defense Of
those pilgrims OF earth who can only
live because of this hope
Need Different Defense.
Your defense for this tenet cannot
be the same as was their defense
theirs was physical, yours must be
spiritual Theirs was for a sepuichre
which excited the belief in immortal
ity; yours is for the truth of imTnor-
tally itself. Theirs was for the de-
Tense Of the people, stirred by the
spirit OF wild fanaticism: yours is for
| the rational demand of universal man.
The enemy against which they
fought were the Moslem Caitiff the
Egyptian Marmaluke and Musslemen:
yours is against an enemy more subtle
and better equipped and for more
dangerous. Tou find him marching
under the colors Of the logician or be-
hind the line OF science, or entrench-
ed behind the barracks Of physiolo-
gist or philosophy.
"Our attack unlike the knight Of old
must conform to the weapon of the
enemy. marshaling the forces Of logic,
science and philosophy under the
leadership of the risen Christ, with
the same sacrifice. courage and devO-
ton. we must save the sepulchre and
its believers from the hands OF it's
foes"
Those which the speaker urged
against which warfare must be waged,
in behalf of immortality, was first,
the agnostic; second. the materialist.
and third, the unbelievers in the res
direction OF Jesus Christ The re-
ward which will come TO us in de-
Tense Of the truth of this immortality
was contrasted with the sacrifice and
sufferings which befell the knight Of
old.