Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-08-19

High culture il to be obtained in the
true college course. The training in the
college, to be effective, must be exclusive,
eliminating all but the best clements.
The functions OF the college and univer-
sity are distinct There is undoubtedly
necessity for the university, with Its
mammoth libraries and comprehensive
apparatua. but for the best culture the
college is needed. College discipline Is
best secured by severe training in a very
few studies The fundamental idea of a
college is an academic family. A build
ing with less of architectural beauty than
a cotton factory, with formal recitations
to a tutor. docs not cons itute a college.
Culture cannot be impaired 10y mechan-
ical or formal methods it l. not meth
ods but men that give power and culture.
The schoolmaster is not at home in the
professors chair. Oxford and Cambridge
were commended az types Of colleges, and
their style of teaching compared with
other colleges.
The heart must be reached III order to
obtain culture. 1t requires personal
fellowship with the incarnation OF truth.
To teach well, mans inmo-t soul must be
imhued by sublime conception OF the
divine attributes. Scientific training docs
not do away with the necessity for cul-
turc. but enlargcs it, aud creates the
greater necrarity for academic training.
Arter music by the band the audience
wa- di.mi,z,d until the afternoon.
Tho foregoing abstract .hpw- very
'feebly the drft Of Prot Diman's address.
but no person IN get au adequate idea
OF it, eloqncnce and beauty by 80 mragcr
~ abstract ~ we are forced to giv" At
it, conclusion, general round oi "p-
plane greeted the speaker.
Iu the afternoon. 4 >ttll larger audience
than that ~ the forenoon assembled III
church The exercises were opened by
music ty the tHnd aud PRAYER by Rev.
Ald4c Walkrc, d d, Of W4lIin2ford
The address b-fprc the Philadelphidn So
oiety ua. then delivered ~ Rev, George
y Boirl1nt,. - ID, Of bin2hnmFtou. y
Y Hr commenced ~ ,,liu-ioa to the
fact hat the P!hlAdelphitn Society !. the
oldest oi.r in the op!laGe, aud nd It was
an honor to the .o!l.se that the students
organized a society for the cultivation Of
the Christian rrli -,inn het,re any ogher-
RclziD.~ -,ai-ti,.- are founded on human
nature. and not on ntcileetual Jesus
( Christ l. th, corner Stone. Your -acicty,
and much more, the church, have to deal
with persons but ljttlc acquainted with
/ the Bible, and probably most of them
never heard the language OF iufdehty.
/ The development of religious wants in
our nature are natural and philosophical,
and he who has The Christian iaith has a
right in i contest viii. the skeptic to
place himself un the d,fcn~iv,. only, and
requir- the ,fher party TO become the az
grc>,or.
Now, II there .nme gen raj view oi our
religion that we ali may adopt whirh
avoids or ohv3atc- ALL the oplectiuns u II:
/ Ihi, question may be answered IN the
Affirmative la life the members oi the
Pniltde!phian Society Will be brought in
contact with men who are acquainted
with IA" Writings OF Hume, Hloooh' vol
atm, a"d Parker, and with the arsH-
In"nt- used - them against the Ihrirhah
religion. aud !! Is hecsss4Ty ihAt you
know md b. arquainted with the defence
again. lhc'n, and fne important question
il. e.tlt rrli-ipn ue made To stand before
the mlnd 80 "> tn preclude otJ'ctl3h
Most persons who atoPt Christianity do
:" D''"F+ fhe4 near ~ 'he "oJ"cH"h' 'u'
the answer 70 all "hjrctl""- i easy he
earned D"5''s "'IHS 10 Ms f'iie','' 'i'i
"a" same Reason 'h'' 'He uhltaiheo man
d"'' 'h'H 81 az 'ia7S'F "ohere 70 II DC
cause II appears - muoh letter 'h'h any
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''''''i' 20 |" 'o' ''io SAINT
\ correct view OF the nature OF the
Bible does mach toward avoiding and ob-
viating objections. The believer has often
been sirnced 10y the reasoning of the un-
believer, by not knowing what is the
scripture claim upon the subject. The
Bible does not claim to be the sole revela-
non OF God' tut 1t Is selection OF those
revelations, pointing as Il hnger board to
the kingdom OF God
God revealed himself in the creation of
the world Moses points to that work,
and without detail allows the glory of
God to arise therefrom. The Bible shows
what God is by pointing to the wars of
Joshua, hut God has equally revealed
bim-elf in other wars not referred to in
the scriptures. The Bible was unit as