FOUR EX-PRESIDENTS OF KINGSTON SOCIETY--]. M. FARRELL, P.M., ALDERMAN WILLIAM CRAIG, A LEGEND OF ST. ANDREW. . { A Traditional Account of the/Apostle's Mira- cles and Sufferings in the Town of Marma- donia. Translated from the Old English Literature of the Tenth Century. " This is the day reserved in the calendar to St. Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. It leads the season of the Advent; the honor of thus announcing the time of the Lord's com- ing is said to be assigned to St. Andrew on account of his having been the first who came to Christe Very little mention is made of St. Andrew in the Bible. He was born at Bethsaida, in Principal' Gordon, Ex-Chaplain, Galilee, the brother of Simon Peter. St. An- drew had been a disciple of John the Baptist and followed Jesus upon thg testimony given of Him by the Baptist. Simon Peter was in- troduced to Jesus by Andrew, and the brothers passed a day in the Master's company. After this they went to the marriage ceremony in Cana, and then returned to their ordinary oc- cupations. Some months after. this Jesus met - them while they were both fishing; whereupon He called them to Him, promising to make them both fishers of men. . Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. The brothers | tioned by Eusebius, Epiphanius and others. were mentally very differently constituted. St. | Andrew had with a mind singularly open to the reception of the truth. He was a serious, candid, stead- fast man, probably without the shining talent of his brother Peter, but also brother's prominent faults. That tittle recorded of him in the Scriptures, would seem to prove that he was not very forward "dr active among the twelve. ~ We see the a sober, religious temperament, | without his | there is so | | of Old kffectionate side of the man's disposition when | 'he runs first to his brother with the exclama- | tion, "We have found the Messiah!" Andrew is generally styled, by the ancient writers of the church "the first called." The following encomium on him is by Hesy- chiws, Presbyter, of Jerusalem: "St. Andrew was the first born of the Apostolic Choir; the prime pillar of the church;+a rock before the rock; the foundation Pratocletos, or ' : : Macgillivray, Ex-Chaplain. | published by C. W, of that foundation; the | | to 'the tenth century. authorship# first fruits of the beginning; a caller of others before he was called himself. He preached | that Gospel which was not yet believed or | entertained; revealed and made known that | life to his brother, which he had not yet per- fectly learned himself. So great treasures did | that one- question bring him, Master, where | dwellest thou? which he soon perceived by | the answer given him, and which he deeply | pondered in his mind, 'Come and see.' " { St. Andrew was the disciple who mentioned | to Jesus the fact that there was a lad present | at the lake side wi five barley loaves and two small fishes. his, of course, can hardly | be adduced to prove anything regarding the | apostle's character. It might be continued as | a proof of St. Andrew's great faith, hinting | that he already had secretly anticipated the miracle which was afterwards wrought. On the other hand, it might show a cool, calcu- lating disposition, when he makes a hard mat- | ter-of-fact statement of the actual amount of | food our Lord had at his disposal. Ancient accounts inform us that St. Andrew | preached the gospel in Scythia, Byzantium or Constantinople, various provinces of Greece, and other. countries and cities. At Sinope, on the Euzine Sea, he fs said to have met with his brother Peter. At last coming to Patrae in Achaia, now Patras, an archiepiscopal see, he | was crucified there, by order of Agaeus, pro- consul of that province. On approaching the cross to which he was condemned to be bound with' cords, that his death might be moye lingering, he is said, by one of the ancients, to have apostrophized it in the following ar- dent manner: "Hail, precious cross, which has besn con- secrated by the body of my Lord! how ardent- ly have I loved thee! how long have I sought thee! at length have I found thee, now wait- ing to receive my longing soul. Take and snatch me from among mortals, and "present me to My Master, that He who redeemed me thee may receive me at thy hands!" His body was afterwards rémoved to Con- stantinople, and he is considered by ths modarn Greeks as founder of the Byzantine or Con- stantinopolitan Church. . He is better known, however, as the patron saint of Scotland, and the Scotch have a tra- dition that his remains were brought to their country and entombed at St. Andrew's in the | fourth century. An apocryphal book, bearing | the title of "The Acts of St. Andrew," is men- It is now completely lost, and seems never to have been received except by some heretical | sects. This book, as well as a gospel of St. | Andrew, was declared apocryphal by a decree of Pope Gelasius. + There is an interesting account, in Old Eng- lish literature of the adventures of St. Andrew in Marmadonia, a narrative of which is given below." The only complete copy of this piece English literature, which is entitled | "The Legend of St. Andrew," is preserved in M.S. 198, of Corpus Christi College, bridge, the introductory portion is also found | in the Blickling Homily M.S. It was first | Goodwin, "The Anglo- Saxon Legends of St. Andrew and St. Ver-'| onia," Cambridge, 1851. There is also an An- glo-Saxon poetic version of this legend. This source of "The Legend of St. Andrew" is a Latin original, in prose, of which only a few | fragments "have been found. It +s assigned There is no clue to its | Cam- | To Rescue St. Matthew. According to the legend of St. Andrew the | | events' took place in connection with the res- | | cue of St. Matthew from the hands of a savage | | tribe residing in the town of Marmadonia, sup- | posed to be in the Crimea. St. Matthew had | | gone there to teach and had come in contact | | with a barbarous people who ate human flesh | | and gave their victims poison to drink which | | reason. { overturned their | St. Matthew was soon thrown into prison and deprived of his eyesight and his ooseneéd their hearts and | captors agreed that in twenty-seven days his | body 'should be given to the populace to eat. The teacher did not despair, however and prayed to His Mastér for assistance and- his prayer was answered. Matthew, looking, saw | Jesus, and again the voice of the Lord. came to him saying: "Matthew, be thou strengthen- éd, and fear not, for I will never abanden thee, | but I will deliver thee from all harm, and not only that, but always all thy brethren, and all them that Btlieve-on me in all time and etern- ity. But remain here seven and twenty nights; and after that I will send to thee they brother | peared as a man, to prove us." | mighty in words as well as | proach to each one just as it | then arise, and go into | brother Matthew, and conduct him from the DR. RICHARDSON, JOHN ~~ St. Andrew's Church, where the Scottish Societies worshipped last evening. | Andrew, and he will lead thee forth from this | prison, and all them that are with 'thee." Fhe Lord then said to his apostle Andrew, who was in the land of Achaia: "Go to the town of Marmadonia, and lead thy brother now but three days remaining until they will kill and make flesh of him." "My Lord Saviour Christ, how can I accom- plish such a journey in three days? My hope is that Thou mightst send thine angel who may go more quickly, because, Lord, thou knowest that I am a man in the flesh and am unable to go quickly and because, Lord, the journey thither is long and I know not the way." The Lord then said to him, "Hear me, An drew, because I made thee, and established and confirmed thy going. Go now with thy disciples to the sea shore and there thou will find a ship; enter into it with thy disciples." Andrew then arose in the morning and went to the sea side with his disciples. There they found a medium sized ship, and the Saviour and two angels in the guise of men acted as the crew. Although the sea was rough after the start was made for Marmadonia the dis- ciples declined an offer to disembark. St. An- drew and his followers then went to sleep, and when the Lord knew that, he said to his angels, "Take" Andrew; and his disciples and set them before the town of Marmadonia, and to me." manded, heaven. The angels did as they were com- and' the Lord ascended up into St. Andrew at Marmadonia, In 'the morning, St. Andrew was lying be- fore the town of Marmadonia, and his dis- ciples were there sleeping with him. He | awoke them and said, "Arise, my children, and I perceive the mercy of God, which is now with us. We know that our Lord was with us in the ship, and we did not recognize him; he | | humbled Himself as a steerman, and He ap- St. Andrew then prayed to the Savieur and said, "Forgive me, gny Lord, because I was speaking to thee even as unto men; and I suppose that I sinned, in' that I did not recognize Thee." The Lord then said to him, "Andrew, thou didst not. sin | at all, but I did thusly because thou saidst it | was not possible to go thither in thre¢ days; therefore I so appeared to thee, begause I.am acts, and af- oes me. Now thé town to thy town and all them that are with him. Behold I will make it known to thee, Andrew, for they will bring on thee many torments, and they will drag thy body through the streets of this town, so that thy blood will flow over the earth even -as water. They will attempt thy death, but without success. Many tortures, When the delivery of 'the prisoners was dis- | covered by the people of the town they wete astonished but the Devil appearing in the guise of a child disclosed the presence of St. An- Andrew replied: | however, they will be 'permitted to inflict on | thee, but nevertheless endure thoy everything, | Andrew, and do not thou go after their un- belief." 2 St. Andrew and his disciples then made their | way te the-prison where St. ®Matthew was confined overcoming many obstacles unseen to | making of the sign of the cross. St. Matthew was surprised at their coming but was re- minded that the Lord had promised to deliver him and would protect his deliyerers. upon St. Andrew performed a number of mira- cles, restoring the sight of the 'prisoners and setting. St. Matthew and his fgllowers | the people the barred doors opening at the | There- | on_{ their journey to the mountain where St. Peter { aboded. | drew and advised them to kill him. Matthew out of the prison, because there are | the advice they proceeded to torture their new Taking prisoner by dragging him through the streets, his body becoming lacerated by coming in con- tact with the earth, continuing the treatment day after day until St.'Andrew, weeping, said: "My Lord Saviour, Christ, come and see what they do unto me Thy servant, and I endure it all on account of the command Thou gavest me when Thou saidst; 'Act not according to their unbelief, Behold, Lord, and see how they treat me." Further torture was admin- istered to St. Andrew, however, but he was sustained by the Lord's promise whose an- swer was: "My Andrew, heaven and earth may pass away, but my word shall never pass away. Laok behind thee and behold what thy body and the lock of thy head have become." Saint Andrew, then looking, saw a tree flourishing, bearing fruit and he said, "Now I know, Lord, that Thou hast not forsaken me." St. Andrew Causes a Flood. When evening was come, they took St. An- drew back to the prison; and they talked among themselves saying, "This night he shall surely die." The Lord appeared to him in the ." | prison, and commanded St. Andrew to arise. when you have glaced them there, return again | | When he heard that, quickly he arose sound and gave thanks. St. Andrew, then looking, perceived a pillar standing in the middle of the prison, and upon the pillar a stone image and, stretching out his hand to it he said: "Fear the Lord, and the sign of His cross, be- fore whom heaven and carth tremble. Now then image do what I bid you in the name of my Lord; send much water through thy mouth, so that all that are within this town may be destroyed.", In response to his command, a great flood | ensued which caused the people to repent and acknowledge the Lord. When they had done that he stopped the flood and those that were in the water lived again that they might be- lieve in the Lord. A church built on the spot where, the pillar stood and the people entreated St. Andrew to stay and minister to them, but | he departed amidst their lamentations, The Lord rebuked St. Andrew for doing so and he returned for seven days, confirming their hearts in the faith of our Lord. At the-end of that time he hastened to his disciples and all the people said: "God alone is the Lord, the Saviour Christ and the Holy Ghost, to whom is glory and power in the Holy Trinity throughout 'world of all worlds forever with- out end, Amen." THE OFFICERS " Of St. Andrew's Society for the Ensuing : Year. 3 President=Mayor A. E. Ross, M.D. First Vice-President--William A. Newlands. Second Vice-President--A. D. Sinclair. Secretary-Treasurer--James Stewart! Chaplain--Rev. Prof. E. F. Scott, M.A. Auditor--G. W. Maxwell. Pipers--Messrs. Fraser,. Clark donald. and Mac- A somewhat unusual bowling match was played at Dalmuir, when a rink of "Saints" (local ministers) engaged a ring of "Sinners" (local lawyers). " An unusually large number of provosts of Scottish burghs have retired from office this year.