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ton the speaker impugned severely the
=" Positive Philosophy which makes of the
man a mere tool of his profession, whereas
the profession should DO but an implement
of the man.
But that the true development may be
realized so that a life of beauty aud power
shall be the natural evolution of the spirit it
is first necessary that the man be oodkened.
stupidity says Schiller, "defes the Gods.
The bolts of Jovo are powerless on the mud.
While stupidity and unconcern continues
there is no hope The man must be walked
up by discovering the reality and grandeur
of truth, and the unity of truth, las resting in
the oneness of n personal God, whose glory
is the end of all things. Then he must dis
cover his personal relation to the truth, must
set himself about the solution of the plot in
which he finds himself, placed here as he is
in the grasp of titanic natural forces
must ask himself what is to be the issue of
this conflict of good and evil about him and
within him This is the souls awakening
which the Bible sums up in the question
"what must do to be saved ~
Next truth must be acquired. We have, 1T
is true, the formulas of tho Past-but still
each man must work out his problem for
himself. Christianity is as new to us as il
was to the Apostles, and each man must re-
ceivc it for himself as they did. And the pro-
blem must be worked through The life Of
doubt is not the life of work There is moth
ing saddcr than the life of the man who can
not before.
The third requisite to development i,
assimilation. The Inquirer must gain truth
not from books only but from life he mus
turn life into thought and unfold study into
life.
Another and the great requisite is the
submission of the uiN 10 The TRUTH In thi.
submission we find that to which self devel
opment is subordinate-the conservation O
the whole man to the truth from loyal low,
Of it.
This attained we have only to let the
soul so developed evolve inself in action. Ir
evolving your oun thought, in telling wha
go" see, originality is still possible. On thu
generations as they come truth still rises il
prmcval majesty.I In increasing the souls cul
ture you create new universe for 1--WE receiv,
but what we give, and in our life does Natur,
live" In evolving the life in the soul
you work out, it may be unconsciousy
your own lifes destiny Indeed
the best part of the good done by every gooc
man is done in Inconsistencies. Plymouth
Rock was not pointed out till the seconc
generation from the men who landed on it
The Pilgrim Fathers, as they planted grain
Oh the graves Of their dead that the savaget
might not learn their weakness, never though
that future times would wish to know ant
reverence the spot. They knew not that il
their lives of stern obedience to duty they
were founding a mighty Empire.
Development and Evolution, them are the
method of a noble life. You must live ou
your whole soul into the life of every day
Human life, lowering between two Eternities
hallows all that it touches-and life of dut,
ennobles every spot and every employment
DR.. Kane's life was sublime while he wa,
carrying slops The sense Of duty is the
esprit within the wheels of life and ha~
ing this spirit, man may " cat ana drink
to the glory Of God
The discourse of DR.. Harris on few sail
ent points of which only we have touched
was clear, strong and scholar-like,-full o.
fine thought and Astounding in felicitous il
lustration, and was listened to with close at
tention by Il large and intelligent audience,
The excellent sacred music by the Choir,
under the direction of Mr. w. W. PARTRIDGE
before and after the discourse, was worth y
of particul II notice.
PHI BETA KAPPA.
The annual meeting of the Phi Beta Kap.
Ia fraternity wis held In the Institute Hall
at Q o'clock, \. NJ. Tuesday Mcssrs A. P
Bissell, d. G. Moore, j. p. Torrey, NJ. R
Tyler, and ID, ). Head, of the
graduating class, were received into the 80
ciety. as regular members and j. e. SAKE
Esq. as an honorary member. The former
officers, lion. reo. p. Marsh, President; Prof
j. Torrey, Vice President Rev J. Young
Cor. Sec. Prof \. g. Clark, Register; G
q. Benedict, Treasurer, were reelected
The following appointments for the mex,
annual celebration were made. For
Orator, Hon. VIM. II. Seward of Auburn
\. Y, SnbStapte, Prof, F. d. Huntington Of
Cambridge for Poet, Prof. 0. W Holme.
Of Boston !S"bstUme VIM. H. Burleigh
Esq, of Albany. The committee appointed
To CONSIDER the subject OF an enlargement OF
the scope Of the society by making it an
open and active one, reported, recommending
the postlonement Of action upon the subject
to future meeting in September next-and
committee was APPOINTED to cores
pond with other branches of the society and
prepare plan, for the consideration Of the
adjourned meeting.
CrLrHHATIoH OF THE LITERARY SOCIETIES
The procession was formed at the Amer
lean at 10 IL a. NJ, under tie charge of {
W. W dollhouse, Esq, Marshal, and headed
by the 'icrmania Band, marched to the
Chulch. Prayer was offered 10y Rev. WV
a. MILLER OF Burlington.
The grafton by Rev. Il. 5. SroRHs, Dr., Of
Brooklyn, followed
lac Orator, after graceful Exordiun
stated that le had selected his subject in view
Of the two dangers which especially be-