, 1870-04-27

THE RELIGIOUS 1EoU1gy SOCIETY.

THE RELIGIOUS INQUIRY SOCIETY.
ncs. E. o. Haven, D. D., IL D.. President ot the
Northwestern University, delivered Au address In
farwell Hall, last eycn!ng. before the Society OF
The e4ercises we're opened b! the choir. which
sang song written for the otcasicn, the hurelcn
OF which was
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Rev; D.: Taylor, Of Andoyer Theological Semi
na,sT, s,.ts lsd u N lSa R1afsr; sSc,,.
Their. llkhi Ia The wiley for nc
Rev. III, Haven then camc forxanL He said
Jesus Chris had invented the phrase -'Can Je not
discera the signs OF thc ttmcs:' The question
people did not sesiu to think there we're any Agns
IN the times. Jesus Was more original, consPre
hensvc ptsSt.ca ssa sensible In A nts instructions
The men who surrounded jez.ls aid not Under
sand ilsta, howeyet The yo9ng man who stuck
d @ hadps aad nos q, a.
f'aa2 ssilea % M make % IT, sane ' es.errsaun. taa
shassesre aseat the 1lc 1 il he @ sass s u rs cn
which, tAkcr 1t the proper time, led on 10 fortune.
Aea atl not always know when the tide was at
the loud
we're lktl1 10 lose The principles u sooi meu
Say than !! Kossati haa nos tailed. that country
had now all that Kossuth claimed for her. Truth
only finally Guccee1etl.
discovers! the signs Of sheIE own tunes TIC
work Of q good man behind his age WIS often mis-
chtcvou.: uappy TINT age whose great men saw
contenteh witt, thc rast aad what II lsd done. -
This was an age Of thought. There was mnre
1tse; ,sn as az; oaer te Ths
the auclent t1tncs Al lu the ftt countries OF the
Present day. There was doubt Is to whether man
| certain vas II that lnreEtccnee was more vide
spread. This ras especially tr1,e nf America No
whese e!se haA life u much ntcus,ey o1 variety
Et.fed before ,hc!r hrth, we're here rt,tucl u the
esees i IL i @ Wss:sssf - :asasss M
becoming dlsease viii .te American people
Every family uow wanted to own philosopher Is
ono Of its 1ucrnteEs
Faith aud th"gshs atte.l r-cpruca1l. and producet,
each other. Fuith bssar great enterprises charac-
| tertstc Of tht age This was al ayr OF the uni
| ycr<al federation of Op!nons- Gompntsto1 WIS no
longer resorte1 TO. True, an old man In Italy WAS
to he rosed bJ thousand Bishops a. the vfcegesent
tn hts. i,erhape, 70 think hs was u1fallihe. Hut
the Intelligent world regarded 1t IS farce.
america Was to te the battle ground Of freedom
question Has t'eing forced upou them By the Bihie
question IL the public schools II the hibl- were
taken oat q the schools the schools deserved to
'ae Btslc and nEtns IL pr1sssls influence, lei
Americans stand by thcir ttshta TAP
! PH4ueE1 Al Inc HAmc Iluc LueY &lGCkC
| be 2s tolerant ~ heretofore.
Aornonism vas another sign Of the times A.
we'll might tie slaveholiers haye sad they Kepi
saaves tn order to tare their son!s for MoI1nons
to contend that they keep wives to ensure thcil
ealsauon In the future. fApplapse1
! There wefe many gospels anoat The gospets d
psetdo philanthropy, ot science, Of tntielty, ant
many others, we're a7sared aga!nst Christianity
Gtnd men should he On thelr guard chrtsttani,
should use AZ means TO prosecute eelence TO 4:
shtIald not show their own iu1,ientr by becoming
| iEtmuioL> It Gsc7F new discovery or on the deyel
NEueht OF -uGnr new tieosy which sta1t}ea them
Religion and science were Twin ststera
| Tha speaker cfiiicts~i Conte and hts philosophy
| He pronounced roslttvtsm The enpt1neaa Of mega
| ttFlan. The pnslt!vr philosophy 80 far as It M!
rosit7c, WAS excellent, but when 1t became mega
| tiye T. mas folly.
] The remainder Of the addresa consisted Of al
| vice to the Students who were graduating an
| about to enter the ministry. He concluded bF e1
hotttnR them to observe the signs Of the times
The tio1olozJ Has sung and the meeting sepa
rated-