The New York herald., 1872-07-10

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Christianity the joys OF heaven would be in
suaicient to console us for the loss He desired 70
anbern. Tell them that the sentiment Of the ad-
mini5trntion under which you graduated, as often
expressed, was the highese education, and all ior
In the evening the address before the Society OF
inquiry was given BY Rev. Washington GLADDEN.:
IL 10 fashionable for people, he said to give patron-
are 10 religion when they do not believe In IL.
They look upon the Bible as bigoted but contain.
a. mere man. Goethe set tho example of
Destowlng patronage upon God; Twenty-Five centu,
the Lords house shall be established In the top Of
the mountains, and earth and heaven shall be one.n
Journey all nations. Christianity and its Founder
are not subject to patronage, but demand faith.
THE RELIGION OF fHB FUTURE.
What shall be the creed OF the future Church
Undue prominence has been given to creeds; the
int 'llectual has been rated before the spiritual
creed Ia what he believes. We must always believe,
hence must always have creeds. Doctrines have
never attained any 9xedness Of belief the Catho.
Lie Church pretends to have learned nothing new,
and party In that Church are trying to sustain
the saying The life remains the same. but the PHI
are OF form, not changes in truth. The sayings OF
Christ are the same The creeds OF the future will
estV cS 51e as noT but may penap m ee a
wili not affect 1t. II Is not possible to put infinite
into finite terms. Men In the future will be less
will not be less conspicuous IN tho 1utnre than II
has been In the past Learning has striven against
him, yet ut no time was he ever more thoroughly
believed m than at present. Christ will not DO
blotted from history. The Church has an organic
idea-beef IN the individuality OF Christ. II man
believes s tS % IN Him we have no right to shut him out
emit ancethe door shall be Christ. How shall il be
governeds Heaven Is a kingdom, and the new
Jerusalem which cometh down from heaven shah
have that form of government.
THE UNION OF chhsTiAN DENOMINATIONS.
and more VIII be done about it. All determination.
alism and foolish obstacles shall be removed.
Nothing shall be allowed to hold those apart who
church shall be true household OF faith in which
all shall know and love one another Persons will
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much strife and love Of display. There Is now no
greater ioe to Christian brotherhood than love OF
now dreamed Of The range Of Its activities win
preached % the MSnn The printed word shall
Gospel' means speak It, publish it. The Roman
Catholic theory is that the Church should educate.
The State should give the rudiments, and the
Church should complete the education. The Church
OF 9th the future win count as part pa Of IFS ur1tuo ~
logians, will not longer trouble. Physical science
has its laws. 1t is absurd for men who pretend TO
are not, however, to believe in theories, such as
those OF Huxley and Darwin. until all statements
they make use of are established. as facts. The
discrepancy between science and religion with
which our Church Is troubled, will give the Church
OF the future no trouble. The lights Of science and
religion are guides which have their followers, but
in the distant future they Will shed common
light as guide to ALL The fundamental law of the
Church OF the future shall be- let do good to all
men as we have opportunity
THE CHURCH OF THE FUTURE WILL MEDDIE WITH
POLITICS.
There will be less doing good by proxy, bnt more
sympathy and individual help. Social differences,
capital and labor are now hlndrances. The Church
Of the future shah address itself to these. 1t will
NEEDLE with politics more than any Church OF our
times has done. 1t will go out and occupy the
world. Such shall be the Church of the future. 1t
ts worthy the study Of us ALL II may not be active
In all respects as depicted but IL is well to live
somewhat in our ideals. This is a better lay than
the days OF the apostolic fathers The world is bet
ter to-day than IN the days OF our Saviour. When
men shall learn that happiness consists, not In self
seeking, but in uplifting the heart to Him who
dwells In heaven, then that great city, the New
Jerusalem, shall descend to earth and gather into
itself all the redeemed and the purified.
This closed the exercises OF yesterday. Every
train has brought new arrivals to-day and the at
tendance will doubtless be good. To-day they have
gwen us some Of the best speaking, probably OF the
week.
THE PRIZE spEAKING.
The morning was designated as the time for the
Hyde Prize speaking, prize Of $780, given by Hon.
written and pronounced Grafton at graduation.
The beauty OF this entertainment over most college
chosen from the class, presenting the following
programme, with due amount Of music sand
witched in:-
"The Eslhetic--Its Lack and Need in Our Civil
izntion", Harry s. Stevens, Chicago; "A Restored
Paradise the Ideal Of Art and History, John B.
History and Drama,n aBernadotte,n Bancroft, Pres
colt, Mass; ''The saracen in SPAIN. Albert II.
Thompson, Searsport Me; "The Brotherhood OF
Long Lost Islands," Herbert b. Adams, Amherst.
We may imagine that these young men were
never put to 1t harder than they were to-day in
competition for the highest prize the college has to
OFFER, and with anxious friends and relatives to wit
ness and compare their efforts.
The Kellogg Prize speaking came or at eight in
the EVENING" prize OF $50 given to each Of the
two lower classes, for excellence in defamation.
This exercise Is said to call out the dressest audi
Of the week Those who have kids
tive,
THE LADIES UNUSUALLY PRETTY,
the bouquets unusually abundant. or course all the
flowers changed hands during the evening: but
Just exactly what any lady by such attention
could never tell--whether genuine appreciation
students acquaintance. But be that as it may, the
speaking, ! am sure, was none the worse Tor the
presence OF the ladies or their bouquets.
There were five speakers from each class, and the
Freshmen led the list: &c. +. Forbes, death Pen
atty Victor Hugo; J. H. B. Headcy, "The Polish
ster," Wendell Phillips; G. I. Woodwork, Jr.,
Goody Blake ana Harry Gill,'n Wordsworth:
New England, Theodore rilton; G. Y. washburn,
"The White Mans Government" Clark; T.. M.
Smith, "1he Shipwreck," Dickens; f. Ii. Gillett,
Battle" % schiiIer. The % prssi have not % YET BEEN
announced. The weather, like yesterday, has been
quite clear, and unlike tho two weeks past, has
class day-the day Of the undergraduates. We'd
nesday will be alumni day, with an address by
Ralph Waldo Emerson In the evening. Thursday,
commencement day, the closing exercises. Not
many OF the alumni are in town as yet but will
come tomorrow in time for their reunion Wednes-
day.