Does this seem an impossibly high standard for a man who has to live his life in modern society? Perhaps it would be out of reach of us ordinary men, if it were not for a new and mighty spiritual stimulus which, if we will, we may make our own. The secret of chivalry, like the secret of courage, may be learned in the companionship of the one perfect chivalrous Gentleman that the world has seen--Jesus of Nazareth. He, born of a human mother, acquainted with family love. Friend of gentle women, for ever blessed and sanctified the friendship and love of men and women. From the Manger to the Cross He lived out and taught the first law of all chivalry, the great guiding principle of all human relationships, the highest glory both of manhood and womanhood, that it is ever more blessed to give than to receive. As Charles Kingsley, himself a most chivalrous gentleman, sung of his Master in lines noble and true: "He taught mankind on that first Christmas Day What ’twas to be a man; to give, not take; To serve, not rule; to nourish, not devour; To help, not crush; if need to die, not live." [Illustration: SIR GALAHAD _Photo F. Hollyer G. F. Watts, R.A. by permission of Mrs. Watts_] *PURITY* "And I saw ... and behold a white horse; and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True... And His armies followed Him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean."--REV. xix. 11, 14. "Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost?"--1 COR. vi. 19. God who created me Nimble and light of limb, In three elements free, To run, to ride, to swim: Not when the sense is dim, But now from the heart of joy, I would remember Him: Take the thanks of a boy. Jesu, King and Lord, Whose are my foes to fight. Gird me with Thy sword, Swift and sharp and bright. Thee would I serve if I might; And conquer if I can. From day-dawn till night, Take the strength of a man. Spirit of Love and Truth, Breathing in grosser clay, The light and flame of youth. Delight of men in the fray. Wisdom in strength’s decay; From pain, strife, wrong to be free. This best gift I pray, Take my spirit to Thee.--HENRY CHARLES BEECHING *IV* *PURITY* One of the old legends of King Arthur and his Knights concerns that which men called the "Holy Grail." The story ran that the Holy Grail, which was the cup used at Christ’s last supper with His disciples, was treasured carefully by Joseph of Arimathaea and brought by him, ultimately, to Glastonbury. "And there awhile it abode; and if a man Could touch or see it, he was healed at once, By faith, of all his ills. But then the times Grew to such evil that the holy cup Was caught away to heaven and disappeared."