100 A Perfect Gentleman.

fought for right as against might, and, stim-
ulated by a high sense of true gallantry, were
ever ready to take the side of the oppressed.
A clergyman, on hearing a discussion in
which some young men advocated a deviation
from the strict line of truthful integrity,
said, “ Young men, I was a Gentleman before
I was a Christian or a minister, and I was
early taught that the fundamental quality
of a Gentleman was absolute truthfulness.”
There are constantly occurring in life
occasions when a man’s principles are tested
to the utmost, when the temptation to
depart from the straight line of right con-
duct, and that which only becomes the
Christian Gentleman, is so strong, that it
may truly be described as a struggle.

“Tt’s no in titles nor in rank,
It’s no in wealth like Lon’on Bank
To purchase peace and rest ;
It’s no in making muckle mair,
It’s no in books, it’s no in lear,
To make us truly blest.
If happiness ha’e not her seat
And centre in the breast,
We may be wise, or rich, or great,
But never can be blest.”