, 1873-11-15
THEOLOGICAL,
Reunion Of tic Four Yhco1uricut
Schi1lnrics ut Evanston
Last Evening.
A Reception, Supper, Addresses, and d
Praise- Meeting.

an interesting reunion 11ooting, or bottcr nn.l
moro III nccortnnco will, "the bools" M la!nly
rovised, nh alliance, of tho four Theological
soninarics of tho city, WIS hold lust evening in
Heck Hull, ut Evanston. These Semnarics
represent tho fottr great Evangelical dono,ni,a-
ttonB. to-wt: tho baptist, Methodist, Curgrcga-
tom, aud Presbyterian. No mattor how rlluol-
ogy was formerly taugllt and wI,at may hayo
boon tho douomnational projutlicca tho timo
Illus como, III Chtcago, at lonst, whon tho
I Groat trutlin in Tho Cl,rutian system
aro to bo hnld moro III colnino,l, mil
tho practical unity Of Christianity demonstrated.
For this purpose those reunions lIayo huou TO-
| Gently institutct md several Of thom haro boon
successfully held. Tho plan includes two or
treo a.!cli neoftgn during tito Hct;sion, hold In
rotation At tho ditroront Hctninaricn. III which
profosHora, Htudontn, nud otllorg hro expected to
| participate.
Tho meeting last evening III the Methodist
| bonlnnry WIS In overy respect aAucccaa. Quito
| IL number Of the professors a1ld nearly all tho
stl1tlonta Of tho varfouB institutions, aud many
Of tho citizo,is Of Evanston, woro present to cn-
| Joy tho occasion.
THE RECEPTION.
| This camo first on tho programme Of oxcrciaeH
and lasted from 5:00 to .. Ill.,, during which
limo the social element largely prepondcratod
AZ TIC sessiunH had Dcen but rcrDntly opoucd.
nany. and hoarty woro thu greetings or old
frlontl'. Now individuals appeared Oil ths floors,
experiences wore ,!hrratod, and now and then
! grayo topic was discussed, and 10 passcd tho
ti1no with old md young until tho boil atl-
uoutaco1
THE SUPPER.
This consisted OF n substantial md bouutiful
supply Of oatabes BOT Oh tables, around which
hundreds present woro comfortably soated, Tile
blessing was pronounced BY tho Roy. George G.
Noyes, pastor OF the Presbyterian Church nj Ev-
n,lston. Tho collhtion wns provided By tic it,
dies Of tho place. WHO deserve groat praise for
tho generous unnner in which this pnit of tho
programme was carried out.
Noxt iii order cRruo tho speeches, Of wlicl,
there woro four. by representatives Of the TO-
waB represented by James III. Coon, WHO spoke
On
THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE st1N1srisr.'
IAe speaker, after quito oil eloquent introduc-
ministers loft tho ministry to which tlloy bud
previously dedicated their lives. Flo concluded
al follows j: But tho cause must be an increnso
Of piety.
An onrneyt ministry will DO 4 porsoyering
ministry. Think of paul's leaving tho ministry,
or Luther, OF Bunyan, or Jutlson. So when wo
az enter conaecrating our olole lires, then will
this OWL DO done away forever.
". j. AlcCnpo represented tho. Methodist
Seminary. taking for Ills subject,
"TttE FooL1snSEss OF TnEScH1Sa,"
Ills closing words wero as follows:
1t is gratifying indeed, to observe how men
aro ll'lngorng oft times t.nconsciously. for tho
simple preaching Of tho Cross aud how mellow
their hearts are to the touch Of loyo. There
never has been q tino when thoro WAS 10 much
to encourage aud Inspire tho Christian minister
ah tho present. III this ago Of Intelligence, what
tho people need Cd a. and demand, aro proaehors who
III Il j~F
c1go and culture OF the schools, the observation
Of men, mud tho experience Of lifo, all distilled
into poscer il conRcc1nted hearts, by tho sancti-
flying preHonce Of tho Holy Ghost.
Tho Congregational Seminary WIS represented
by William ualugher, who had chosen for lis
themo
"TuE MINISTER AS 4 CITIZEN"
Ministers rs i class, lo saa. wero apt 10 bo re-
a!''sex. ;a ro:1n Tho tendency @ of tho profession is in
and as such should perform his duties. As q
rule tloy did not minglo sufficiently with tho
grcat outside world. They should observe what
was going on, noto carefully tho drift Of public
3esus Christ observed tic laws. Ho paid hip
taxcB aud told othors to obey the authoritios.
rlo snsne great principles Of morality and iu-
togrlty underlio tho political and ecclesiastical
examinations Men who havo boon notod for
their patriotism, in many instances had boen
noted for their piety. Witness dustnvus
Adolphus and Oliver Cromwell. Who can csti- |
'nato what tho Gospel ministry lrvo done for tho
abolition Of English aud Amoricah slavery? So,
ance movement that agiaes tho land Tho |
minister should always haye tho spirit Of tho |
noted Ethan Allon, who, when demanding
tho surrender. of Ticondoroga, was asked in
whose 1amo,, answered, III tho llamo Of tho !!
Great Jehovah and tho Continental Congress-" |
Tho preabyterian Seminary was represented |
by George D. Marsh, whoAe address was upon tho |
COMEDY OF LIFE"
His address waH quito interesting |
md appropriate to the general occa-
sion. Tho addresses woro intorsporsed with |
music by tho qunrtetto chorus Of tho several in
stitutions. At tho close Of tho litorary oxer-
,iscs most interesting praise meeting was
hold, in which all joincd, which concluded tho |
noeting will DO in tho Baptist Seminary NEXT
February.