James T. Cleland - "Blessed Are the Debonair" (November 5, 1972)

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	(uplifting liturgical music)	0:04
-	We are moved by the spirit this morning	3:47
	to confess our sins before God.	3:49
	We come to confess with a humble and obedient heart	3:52
	to the end that we may be forgiven by God's	3:56
	infinite goodness and mercy, let us pray.	3:59
	Almighty and most merciful father,	4:13
	we have erred and strayed from byways like lost sheep.	4:16
	We have followed too much the devices	4:21
	and desires of our own hearts.	4:24
	We have offended against thy holy laws.	4:27
	We have left undone those things	4:31
	which we ought to have done.	4:33
	And we have done those things	4:36
	which we ought not to have done.	4:37
	But thou, oh Lord, have mercy upon us.	4:40
	Spare thou all those, oh God, who confess their faults.	4:44
	Restore thou those who are penitent,	4:49
	according to thy promises declared unto mankind	4:52
	in Christ Jesus, our Lord.	4:57
	And grant, oh merciful father, for his sake	4:59
	that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous and sober life	5:04
	to the glory of thy holy name, amen.	5:10
	Oh Lord, God of hosts, blessed is the person	5:15
	who puts his trust in you.	5:18
	You have forgiven the offenses of us all	5:21
	and have taken away our sins.	5:24
	You have put away all your displeasure,	5:27
	and now show loving kindness.	5:30
	Let us join together in the Lord's Prayer.	5:33
	Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name,	5:37
	thy kingdom come, thy will be done,	5:43
	on earth as it is in heaven.	5:47
	Give us this day, our daily bread,	5:50
	and forgive us our trespasses,	5:53
	as we forgive those who trespass against us,	5:56
	and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,	6:00
	for thine is the kingdom and the power	6:05
	and the glory forever and ever, amen.	6:08
	(soothing organ music)	6:17
	(liturgical choral music)	8:54
	The Lord be with you and with your spirit, let us pray.	19:24
	Most wondrous and incredible God,	19:41
	we praise you for this day, for the fact that it happens,	19:44
	and for our participation in this day through living.	19:48
	We rejoice in the existence of the world	19:54
	and in the existence of our person.	19:56
	The earth gives to us so many necessities.	19:59
	Food to sustain us, clothes to put on our bodies,	20:03
	and materials with which to construct homes,	20:08
	and schools, and offices, and stores to live in.	20:10
	We are most grateful,	20:15
	not only that the earth can meet our needs,	20:16
	but also that it provides us with great	20:20
	beauty and changes of seasons.	20:23
	We have enjoyed the leaves	20:26
	of the trees as they changed colors.	20:28
	And now that the leaves are on the ground,	20:31
	protecting the plants from the cold,	20:33
	we have seen the first blossoms of the camellias.	20:36
	It seems your world is never without beauty and purpose.	20:40
	And although we are often abusive	20:44
	of the purpose and the beauty,	20:47
	we are still grateful for its existence,	20:49
	and pray for your guidance in our efforts	20:53
	to be in harmony with the world order.	20:56
	We are so utterly incapable of thanking you,	21:00
	our God, for our own existence.	21:03
	When life is happy and light,	21:06
	and everyone seems to be in harmony,	21:08
	it seems obvious to each of us why we wish to be alive.	21:11
	When every breath is painful,	21:16
	either physically or psychologically,	21:19
	and each moment seems hardly worth the effort,	21:22
	most of us still choose living.	21:25
	We may not know why,	21:28
	but through the peaks and the rivers	21:31
	and the plateaus of life, we wish to continue to live.	21:33
	For that seed of self preservation	21:39
	in each of us, we are grateful.	21:41
	We know its destructive power,	21:44
	but we long to experience its creative potential.	21:47
	We ask your wise counsel as we try	21:51
	to experience the potential of living.	21:55
	We are all profoundly grateful to you, our God,	21:59
	not only for our lives, but for the lives	22:03
	of all those people with which we have relationships.	22:07
	Loving and talking and being with others	22:12
	is the most enduring part of existence.	22:15
	Being becomes belonging.	22:19
	And concern becomes caring.	22:21
	And liking becomes loving when others are part of our lives.	22:24
	We are grateful that loving is a possibility	22:29
	for all animals, including ourselves,	22:32
	and that all of us can be about	22:36
	loving each other at all times.	22:38
	Be with us as we go about not only	22:41
	loving our friends and family,	22:44
	but also as we keep trying to love	22:47
	those who frighten and threaten.	22:50
	And ultimately, most magnificent God,	22:54
	we are completely awed by your presence and love for us.	22:58
	We are silenced in our inadequacy to express	23:04
	our joy and wonder in your being.	23:08
	Love us, dear God, when our doubts and failures	23:12
	are more than we know how to cope with.	23:16
	And bring us always to a new and greater joy	23:19
	and understanding of your creative power and love.	23:23
	All this we ask in your name,	23:28
	most glorious and magnificent God, amen.	23:31
	Let us pray together the responsive prayer	23:36
	of intercession and supplication.	23:39
	Father, we pray for your holy Catholic Church,	23:44
	that we all may be one.	23:49
	Grant that every member of the church	23:52
	may truly and humbly serve you,	23:54
	that your name may be glorified by all people.	23:57
	We pray for all bishops, priests and deacons,	24:01
	that they may be faithful ministers	24:06
	of your word and sacraments.	24:08
	We pray for all who govern and hold	24:11
	authority in the nations of the world,	24:14
	that there may be peace and justice among people.	24:17
	Give us courage to do your will in all that we undertake,	24:21
	that we made bless in all our works.	24:26
	Have compassion on those who suffer from any grief	24:29
	or trouble that they may be delivered from their distress.	24:33
	Give to the departed eternal rest,	24:39
	that your light shine upon them forever.	24:42
	We praise you for all your saints who have entered into joy,	24:46
	may we also come to share in your heavenly kingdom.	24:51
	Let us pray in silence for our own	24:56
	needs and those of others.	24:58
	Almighty God, to whom our needs are known before we ask,	25:02
	help us to ask only what accords with your will,	25:08
	and those good things which we dare not,	25:13
	or in our blindness cannot ask.	25:16
	Grant us for the sake of your son,	25:20
	Jesus Christ, our Lord, amen.	25:23
-	This morning's scripture lesson comes	25:34
	from the Gospel according to Saint Matthew,	25:36
	beginning in the fifth chapter, the first verse.	25:39
	Seeing the crowds, he went up upon the mountain.	25:44
	And when he sat down, his disciples came to him,	25:47
	and he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,	25:50
	blessed are the poor in spirit,	25:54
	for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.	25:56
	Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.	25:58
	Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.	26:02
	Blessed those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,	26:07
	for they shall be satisfied.	26:10
	Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.	26:13
	Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.	26:17
	Blessed are the peacemakers,	26:21
	for they shall be called sons of God.	26:24
	Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness'	26:28
	sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.	26:31
	Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you,	26:35
	and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely	26:40
	on my account, rejoice and be glad,	26:43
	for your reward is great in heaven.	26:47
	For so men persecuted the prophets who were before you.	26:50
	And also the sixth chapter, beginning with the 16th verse.	26:54
	And when you fast do not look dismal like the hypocrites,	27:00
	for they disfigure their faces	27:04
	that their fasting may be seen by men.	27:06
	Truly I say unto you they have their reward.	27:09
	But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,	27:13
	that your fasting may not be seen by men,	27:17
	but by your father who is in secret.	27:20
	And your father who sees in secret will reward you.	27:23
	Thus ends this morning's reading of the scripture.	27:27
	(liturgical choral music)	27:31
-	Let us repeat the unison affirmation of faith.	28:12
	We believe in God who has created and is creating,	28:16
	who has come in the true man Jesus	28:21
	to reconcile and make new,	28:25
	who works in us and others by his spirit.	28:28
	We trust him.	28:32
	He calls us to be in his church to celebrate his presence,	28:34
	to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil,	28:39
	to proclaim Jesus crucified and risen,	28:45
	our judge and our hope, in life, in death,	28:49
	in life beyond death, God is with us.	28:54
	We are not alone, thanks be to God.	28:58
-	Let the words of my mouth and the meditations	29:03
	of our hearts be acceptable in thy sight.	29:06
	Oh Lord, our strength and our redeemer, amen.	29:10
	George Bernard Shaw wrote a delightful comedy on the early	29:29
	Christians and their relation to the Roman Empire.	29:35
	He titled it "Androcles and the Lion."	29:40
	In the first act, a group of Christians	29:45
	is seen under the command of a hardbitten,	29:48
	but somewhat embarrassed centurion.	29:52
	The act opens at one of the gates going into Rome	29:56
	with the centurion addressing	30:02
	the batch of Christian prisoners.	30:04
	Halt, orders from the captain.	30:08
	Now then you Christians, none of your larks,	30:12
	the captain's coming, mind you behave yourselves.	30:16
	No singing.	30:21
	look respectful, look serious, if you're capable of it.	30:23
	See that big building over there?	30:28
	That's the Coliseum.	30:31
	That's where you'll be thrown to the lions.	30:34
	Or sent to fight the gladiators presently.	30:36
	Think of that.	30:39
	And it will help you to behave properly before the captain.	30:41
	The captain arrives and he addresses them.	30:46
	He points out, that once inside the gates of Rome,	30:50
	they are in the presence of the emperor.	30:53
	Therefore discipline must be tightened up.	30:57
	The male prisoners must shave every day, not every week.	31:01
	Above all, and I quote, there must be an end	31:08
	to the profanity and blasphemy	31:12
	of singing Christian hymns on the march.	31:16
	the centurion, apologetically points out to the captain	31:21
	that even the soldiers march better	31:26
	when the Christians sing.	31:29
	And the captain replies, no doubt.	31:32
	For that reason, an exception is made in the case	31:35
	of the march called "Onward Christian Soldiers."	31:39
	This may be sung except when marching through the Forum,	31:43
	or within hearing of the emperor's palace,	31:49
	but the words must be altered to throw them to the lions.	31:53
	Sing that, throw them to the lions, throw them as before.	32:00
	Well at this, the Christians burst into shrieks	32:04
	of uncontrollable laughter, to the great scandal	32:07
	of the centurion, who yells at them,	32:11
	Silence, silence, where's your behavior?	32:14
	Is that the way to listen to an officer?	32:20
	He says to the captain, that's what we've had	32:23
	to put up with from these Christians everyday, sir,	32:25
	they're always laughing and joking somewhat scandalous.	32:29
	They've no religion, that's how it is.	32:35
	Now, you may point out to me	32:40
	that this is Shaw at his most Shavian.	32:42
	It's fiction, not history, it's drama, not truth.	32:47
	I wonder.	32:56
	Can it be that Shaw knew	32:58
	his early church history better than we do?	33:01
	Nowadays we seldom think that trouble and laughter	33:06
	may be the twin marks of a contemporary Christian.	33:12
	We're more accustomed to attractive	33:18
	sinners and stale saints.	33:22
	I long for attractive saints.	33:27
	Christians with a dexterity for inconvenience	33:31
	and a zest for jubilation.	33:36
	Let's think together about being debonair Christians.	33:39
	Now at once, let's answer the question,	33:46
	what do we mean by debonair?	33:48
	According to Webster, a debonair person is sprightly	33:54
	in manner, and well set up in appearance.	33:58
	That connotes a lightness of heart and a distinguished	34:04
	but not obtrusive grace of bearing.	34:09
	Let's look at it negatively.	34:15
	A debonair person is not jaunty.	34:18
	He's not perky.	34:22
	He's not cocky,	34:25
	though he may be chipper.	34:27
	To be debonair carries not the slightest suggestion	34:30
	of priggishness or affectation.	34:34
	A debonair person is cool, but not indifferent.	34:39
	He's controlled, but not wooden.	34:45
	He's light hearted, but not flippant.	34:49
	That is how the radiance at the center of his being,	34:53
	and an inner sparkle in his heart.	34:57
	He effervesces at times.	35:00
	He reminds one of the man who said he would have become	35:04
	a philosopher, but humor kept breaking in.	35:08
	The debonair person is attractive, that is he's magnetic.	35:16
	He draws people to him.	35:21
	Faces brighten when he puts in an appearance.	35:24
	Children run to him.	35:27
	Even policemen salute him with a grin.	35:30
	Debonair seems to sum up all the beatitudes.	35:34
	And this has certainly been a beatitudinous Sunday at Duke.	35:39
	That magnificent anthem.	35:45
	A superb sermon.	35:48
	And then that well-read lesson.	35:49
	A debonair, let me try to sum it up quickly,	35:54
	the beatitudes as debonair, a debonair person	35:56
	doesn't have a good conceit of himself.	35:59
	He's not unacquainted with sorrow.	36:02
	He's of a gentle spirit.	36:07
	He's anxious to see right prevail.	36:10
	He's merciful.	36:14
	He's single-minded.	36:16
	He's one who makes peace.	36:18
	He's one who is ready to suffer	36:22
	persecution for the sake of right.	36:25
	When it came to persecution and calumny,	36:29
	Jesus' last piece of advice in the beatitudes	36:32
	is to accept them with gladness and exultation.	36:35
	If one can do that he's debonair.	36:43
	Now we need to ask what it is that makes a person debonair.	36:49
	Whence does he come this way?	36:55
	It's originally nothing done,	36:58
	but something believed.	37:02
	Believed about what?	37:06
	It is primarily a belief about one central fact.	37:08
	A debonair person believes in God.	37:16
	For most of us here it is the God revealed in Jesus Christ.	37:21
	The God who is the majestic Father	37:28
	who loves his earthly children.	37:31
	And because of this confidence, the believer is transformed.	37:35
	He's reborn, one is not born a Christian,	37:43
	one is reborn Christian.	37:47
	If you look up the word debonair in Webster,	37:52
	you will be referred to the word aerie.	37:54
	That word means the nest of an eagle.	37:58
	In French, it literally means from a good nest.	38:02
	To put another way, a debonair person	38:07
	is one who comes of good stock.	38:10
	Here's another analogy.	38:14
	He's from a good stable.	38:16
	He's well bred.	38:19
	Isn't that true of the Christian?	38:22
	He's God's stock.	38:24
	Paul tells us that a Christian is an heir of God,	38:27
	and a joint heir with Jesus Christ.	38:32
	Can you think of higher births and finer breeding than that?	38:36
	The debonair person is a man born	38:44
	into the Christian faith and reborn from the faith.	38:47
	Moreover, the Christian ought to have	38:54
	some resemblance to Jesus of Nazareth.	38:56
	He once went to a wedding in Cana of Galilee,	39:01
	and straightened out an awkward	39:05
	situation for a young bride and groom.	39:07
	He dealt mercifully with the woman guilty of adultery.	39:12
	He offended the good folk of his day	39:19
	because he ate with quote sinners, end of quote.	39:22
	He probably did it because he liked them.	39:28
	He was accused of being a glutton and a drinker.	39:33
	And if he bothered to deny it,	39:39
	the fact hasn't been recorded.	39:41
	He was stern man with humbugs,	39:45
	but he was gentle with the young and the poor and the sick.	39:49
	When some of the disciples of John the Baptist	39:57
	questioned Jesus because his disciples didn't fast,	39:59
	he answered, can you expect the bridegroom's friends	40:04
	to go into mourning while the bridegroom is with them?	40:10
	Jesus described his disciples as friends of the groom.	40:18
	Can you think of anything more joyous than that?	40:24
	Do you remember his last talk with his disciples?	40:29
	I've spoken thus to you, that my joy may be in you,	40:33
	and that your joy may be complete.	40:40
	And that was almost Jesus' last will and testament.	40:44
	Whence then of debonairness is the spirit	40:51
	of God as revealed in Jesus.	40:55
	It's still active in the world today,	40:58
	where the debonair Christian lives	41:01
	with the strain of unafraid.	41:03
	Why is such a person unafraid?	41:08
	Because of his character.	41:12
	The root meaning of the Greek verb	41:15
	(speaks in foreign language) is to engrave,	41:19
	to etch, to bite into a surface	41:23
	so that the mark is indelible.	41:27
	The debonair Christian has God's	41:32
	point of view characterized in his heart.	41:34
	Shaw caught that in "Androcles and the Lion."	41:39
	So did "Godspell," both in its	41:44
	exuberance and in its silences.	41:48
	Debonair Christians,	41:54
	they're attractive sons and daughters of God.	41:55
	They make some people want to be like them.	42:00
	Or else, since this is a world of sin,	42:04
	they make other people hate them.	42:09
	For that effervescence, their radiance, their confidence	42:12
	that the Christian faith is comedy, not tragedy.	42:18
	How does one spot a debonair Christian?	42:26
	There seem to be two obvious distinguishing marks.	42:30
	One is his appearance.	42:33
	Jesus set the fashion.	42:37
	You heard his advice, the advice he gave	42:40
	his disciples regarding spiritual ceremonial.	42:44
	When you fast, do not look gloomy, like the hypocrites.	42:48
	They make their faces unsightly so that other people	42:55
	may see that they are fasting.	42:59
	But when you fast,	43:03
	anoint your head, wash your face,	43:06
	so that men may not see that you are fasting.	43:11
	Do you get the drift?	43:15
	Fast if you want to, it probably does you good.	43:17
	Besides, God will be pleasantly	43:23
	amused at your discipline and devotion.	43:26
	In fact, he'll bless you for it.	43:30
	but don't let other people know	43:32
	that you are on a religious diet.	43:36
	Shave your face, comb your hair, brush your teeth, grin.	43:40
	Look as if you just had a good meal.	43:46
	Be attractive, make people wonder what it is that gives	43:49
	you such a winning appearance.	43:54
	Let me put it this way.	43:57
	The debonair Christian may have the moral outlook	43:59
	of a round head, a Puritan, but he looks like a cavalier.	44:03
	But more important than appearance is behavior,	44:13
	which is revealed in worship and in action.	44:16
	How do we recognize the debonair quality in worship?	44:21
	Let me just tell you a story from pre-World War I days.	44:26
	An Irishman in New York slept in St. Patrick's Cathedral	44:33
	late on a Saturday night, to sleep off the effects	44:36
	of some heavy drinking.	44:41
	He woke the next morning to find	44:44
	the offering plate coming down the pew.	44:46
	He fumbled in his pocket, threw in a coin,	44:51
	and settled down to sleep some more.	44:55
	And then he came to suddenly and abruptly.	44:58
	He remembered he had but two coins with him,	45:04
	a quarter and a $20 gold piece.	45:08
	He slowly pulled out the remaining coin.	45:15
	The quarter.	45:20
	He looked up, and there was his $20 gold piece	45:23
	going down the central aisle	45:28
	of St. Patrick's to the high altar.	45:30
	And all he said with a pensive smile was	45:34
	it's gone to the Lord, to hell with it.	45:38
	(congregation laughs)	45:42
	Now that is a debonair comment.	45:46
	To be debonair is to accept the unusual as normal.	45:53
	Do you remember what Francis of Assisi called his followers?	45:58
	Jugglers, acrobats, troubadours.	46:01
	Not promoters, organizers, vice presidents.	46:07
	He so surprised everyone by the way he acted and reacted	46:14
	that the Pope had defined found an order	46:19
	named after him while he was still living.	46:23
	And he was made a saint within two years	46:27
	after he died, which is some going.	46:32
	Think of Florence Nightingale, the nurses' saint.	46:37
	Embarrassing the British War Office during the Crimean War	46:40
	by her unusually practical Christianity.	46:45
	Take a second look at Albert Schweitzer,	46:51
	with four earned doctorates, four,	46:53
	in philosophy, in theology, in music and in medicine.	46:56
	And deciding to spend his life	47:01
	as a medical missionary in West Africa.	47:04
	He acted carelessly, but not recklessly.	47:10
	He acted carelessly, that is without care.	47:15
	Come nearer to where we are, to Birmingham, Alabama.	47:20
	Have you heard of Brother Bryant of that city,	47:25
	who had his statue erected	47:29
	on a city street while he was still alive.	47:32
	He is represented on his knees in prayer	47:37
	because that is how Birmingham best knew him,	47:42
	in hospitals, in law courts, in prisons,	47:47
	in fire stations, on city streets.	47:51
	He read only two books, the Bible	47:55
	and the telephone directory.	47:59
	One kept him in touch with God,	48:02
	and the other kept him in touch with man.	48:04
	He never had any spare cash.	48:08
	He gave it all away.	48:11
	He was an uncommonly careless man of God,	48:13
	but it's a rare kind of a soul	48:19
	who has a statue erected to him while he's still alive.	48:22
	And there are folk on this campus	48:27
	who are debonair in their faith.	48:29
	Not too many of them, but some.	48:32
	Faculty, staff,	48:35
	janitors, maids, cops, and glory be to God, students.	48:39
	They act for God as God would act.	48:48
	Therefore they act graciously and unexpectedly,	48:53
	that's because God himself is full of unexpected moments.	48:58
	Such behavior is the whither	49:05
	of the whence of the what of being debonair.	49:10
	There's an old, old story whose point is ever new.	49:16
	It concerns a court jester,	49:20
	a professional fool, in the service of a king.	49:24
	Late in life, the jester became a Christian.	49:29
	The king, hearing it, asked him in the presence	49:35
	of the courtiers to preach a sermon.	49:38
	The jester asks to be excused.	49:42
	The king pointed out that a royal request is a command.	49:46
	The jester obeyed.	49:53
	He preached eloquently,	49:56
	movingly,	49:59
	briefly.	50:01
	There was complete silence when he ended.	50:03
	And then the king said, so,	50:07
	you are God's fool?	50:10
	Yes, your majesty, replied the jester,	50:15
	adding, whose fool are you.	50:20
	God's fool.	50:27
	God's jester.	50:29
	God's troubadour.	50:31
	I longed to be that kind of person,	50:33
	but I never quite made it.	50:36
	The dourness of my Scots	50:39
	Presbyterian upbringing kept breaking in.	50:41
	but there is a room I believe for a new beatitude.	50:46
	Blessed are the debonair,	50:51
	for in them, the word of God sparkles	50:54
	with graciousness and charm.	51:00
	And instead of a prayer	51:05
	after the sermon, we'll sing hymn 21.	51:06
	I'll just read the first verse	51:09
	to you before the organist plays it.	51:10
	An old, old psalm from the Old Testament.	51:13
	All people that on earth do dwell	51:18
	sing to the Lord with cheerful voice	51:21
	hymns serve with mirth his praise foretell.	51:27
	Come ye before him and rejoice, amen.	51:33
	(cheerful liturgical music)	51:40
-	All that we have, we have of thee.	1:00:31
	Creator and preserver of mankind, accept these gifts,	1:00:34
	which we now bring before thee,	1:00:39
	and help us to make the whole of life	1:00:42
	an offering, and every thought a prayer.	1:00:45
	We would see all this, our worship,	1:00:49
	in a renewed consecration of ourselves	1:00:51
	and our coming days to thy service,	1:00:55
	through Jesus Christ, our Lord, amen.	1:00:58
	Go now into the world of the living God.	1:01:07
	Live lives of both joy and sorrow,	1:01:11
	and give all the caring and loving	1:01:15
	that is in you to those that you both fear and love.	1:01:18
	(liturgical music)	1:01:29

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Title:

James T. Cleland - "Blessed Are the Debonair" (November 5, 1972)

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Date:

November 5, 1972

Speaker:

Cleland, James T. (James Tough), 1903-1974

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Duke University. Chapel

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