, 1874-06-01

itB tendency; and also by tho 1lberals who claim
ovory man aa belonging to them who ventures
oral, progressive orthodoxy, limited only by |
Gods Word. uo holt tint, to claim tint tue |
many and oFton oontrauIetury duclBloua Of conu-
ellis, aud eonfeoslons aud crecds wore l'nality,
to tho Diblo, but hold TINT tho opinions Of all |
uninspired mon wore not 80 sacred as to bo |
aboyo criticism, or ovon to DO act aside for soo-
making even tho drYost subieota Interesting
LILO could oasly reod cach etudont'a mint, put
himself IN the studenta place, aud 500 just
where bis dit'lculty was and how to help hlm
ne yim Tas not only an parto,r Of fscss nt
waB .olear III thought and conversational
In Htylo, often turning asido from Ills manuscript
to follow tho opt aud beautiful Illustrations that
came. like Dghsning.llashos from his vivid
imagination. Many OF the most eloquent words
Of Ills 1fo wero spoken in this way, and 1t is to
DO d'o.oply regretted that thoy aro lost to tho
As preacher, Dr. Haven was logical and pro-
fonnd,- simple, philosophical nnd yet scriptlral,
posyossiug tho raro power Of holding and benoft-
ing tho whole range OF mind, from tho tnose ultra
radcal to the most intensely conservative. To
all this great lifc, not oxcolled In profound and
yaricd learning by any man Of tue ago, Was addcd
the Joy Rnl crown Of d1Dp perBonpl religious
experience, and beautiful oxamplo before tho
world.
/ deem proper torefer now moro speclGcallyto
DR.. uaven in QUO OF tho last relatious OF hB acful
llfo-that Of prcadout OF the philosophical 6ocie-
ty Of Chicago. His ago aud experience, mud high
standing as an author aud Bcholar, pointed to
him ss oi al1 @shofs ths moht suitable psrsson s
choice, and will TO tue last day OF its oxlstonco.
remember with prido aud pleasure that Dr..
Haven was Ito lrst President. His picture
Will grace it's hall, and his memory viii be the
1,o1 ,f o1,1
Aud am Elad to know that Dr.. Haven fett Il
q pleasure aud ali honor to preside over
aoclety Whoae very foundations woro laid Ia tho
1ovo Of truth. Composed, as Tho bocloty Was,
plaso Of boliot, having fold no loss brond
than all philosophy and acicnco, and over opon-
lug the door for now issios or phasos OF
thought tint might arise, it was felt by tho
hberal world thas tho offer Sas manly aid ge''-
orous to meet 40 brothers and compare viows;
alt could como together for q common
good. But just hero sle Society awakened tho
elisplGlona aud encountered tho opposition OF
tho good people WHO Toured TINT evil might come
from any sucl attempt to usk what is true TINT
thereby doubts and qucsttonings might arise.
aud some bo unsettled or lad astray. Let mo
hero say tl,at the Philosophical Society was not
intondea to DO Church. or .. substitute for
Church or to discuss any OF tho old doctrinal
questions that disidod tho ChurohoB. Iheac
hava thair organizations aud thor literature
but as itB constitution Expresses to consider
questions Of philosophy ami! snaNco, aud where
hoped good might be done. Where nov ques~
tiona might arise-aa Daswiu1s1n, or Tyn-
dall's Prayer- -Test-it was thought d cloao dis
cuBBson Of their merits world leave the public
to ,trast each one, un,aiidea. tqq
iud his way I'll bost he could. and
want to my further, that think rho foass Of
good pooplo aro. often unnecessarily aroused.
kept in the dark, and cannot bear tho light; aud
tho Church should not ignore tho {act that tho
world il full Of doubt and doubtors ChristianH
should not stand of aud cry "intidel," but
Should meet those msu upon the plancs Of life
whero their paths como together, agreo with
them where thoy con, sympathizo with them III
their doubts, and try to help them ont Of thom,
aud into tho rest Of faith. 1lia was tho why
that Christ did, and the why that Paul did, aud
this was tho spirit of our Ialnente1 President.
With his vaBt learning he stood on o plano far
back OF, and abuvo ordinary thinkers, and could
HOS bettos than themselyos tho road which thoy
were travelling, whorc, philoHophically. i began,
and nhoro loscaily + must oua ~ 1n'issy la
falso promise, and nowhore along the course OF
reasoning can tho mind DO easily convinced Of
ta error. It is only by following OIL the conclu
sion, Or BY going to tLo promi55e,s that tue mind
ardent lover Of mon md OF truth, DR.. uayon
was kind aud patient with all sincere BouiH, and
ready and able to quietly robuke the captiouH.
1t is not strange that such man drew around
him tho sy1uratlies Of The most diverse thfnl1-
err, not strange that they listened gladly TO hia
doep learning and kind words, not Strange that
clearer views, and coulter foollpgs, aud bottor
hopes woro breaking in like Tho dawning OF tho
day upon many hoarss; not strange tlat untid:
den tears foil down ovor our faces whom God
called the good mau away. Q, brothers and
sisters of tlio Philosophical Society, kuow that
our lives will be faIrer and lottor for having
had such companl0nsliip for even 80 short a
timc and that tho pathway before our foot
shall be brighter, beoallsa ila has passed on,
and that the gatos OF the City woro left ajar for
you und for mo When lo ontored. I boliove that
Lis labors and influence will abide with us, and
that through them souls will stand with Christ
on Mount Zion ut lust. .. 3.
hnve thus hastily aud imperfectly skotchea
tho character and work Of tllis great and good
man, and tho last offices Of his life us President
Of tie Philosophical Soeioty OF Chicago. limo
sons Of such life, and suoh death. With
what Horda Of comfort ahall we speak ore to tho
other : It IN comfort to ,nankiud that such a
man has lived upon our earth. It
IL d comfort to all scholars that such
scholar has liyod, and TO all philosophers
that arch a philosopher has lived, and to
all Christians that such Christian has
liyod Such life speaks Of tho yaHt posslbili-
tics Of few yearA OF time and OF ttio almost in
finite powers OF tile human mind. The feet that
stated out upou tho path to tho garden and tho
| meadow, only homo fifty yeals ago. rested not
| till thay Ind Travelled the continents, climbed the
| Alps, aud stood npon. tho Pyramids: The eyes
that, fifty yenrs nso, looked out with childish
gla,ld homo, ero they closed in death llad gazcd
! with delight upon the paintings Of Raphael md
1.ubenH, and, looking up into the deep heavens,
tho wonder OF childhood, lad marked the planets
Orion and tic pleiades. Tie mind that was
then DuzZled over the Apkabpt, and