The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-09-16
ASBURY UNIVERSITY.
A Meeting at Meridian Street Church
Yesterday in the Interest Of
the Institution.
A MATTER OF MONEY.

COMPLETE TIE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND
RESOLUTIONS
The beautiful and spacious Meridian
street church was taxed to its utmost seat
ing capacity by the patrons and friends
of Asbury University yesterday alter
noon. The meeting was opened
with prayer by the Rev. DR.. Lynch, Judge
Downey in the chair. A committee was APP
pointed for the purpose of devising plan
of raising money for the institution. The
following well-known gentlemen constit-
Kiger, o. V. Lemon, G.. L. Curtiss, j. G.
Joyce, the Hon. w. G. DePsuw, A. @ Swa-
Zel, j. ". Ray and John Brownfield. The
committee retired for action. While they
were absent tho time was filled in most
agreeably by able addresses from Bishops
Bowman and James. The first speaker was
BISHOP BOWMAN,
who spoke strongly in the interest of Asbury
as theological school. he said that he was
glad that Father Stockwell, before he died,
had left SIS, 600 in such a shape that the
trustees can not employ 1t in any way ex-
cept for the purpose of intellectual and
moral culture. II will be nucleus which
will gather other donations until we shall
have in connection with the university one
of its brightest and best departments-the
theological it is called-one that will fur
nish as high a discipline as any
institution in the country. Amen.
When say that, 1 am not saying anything
against the others. We must remember
this fact, that to-day is not forty years ago.
Forty years ago, when Asbury was estab-
lished, there were no railroads here and
Eastern educational institutions were not so
accessible as they are now. Now, the rail
roads bring us within thirty-six hours, to
the very best institutions OF this land; some
of which are 200 years old, some loo and
some 100; institutions which have been
accumulsting in the facilities for an educa-
tion for the past ages. We now have to
compete with them.
THE WANTS OF THE UNIVERSITY
are vastly beyond forty or twenty-five
or ten years ago. wish that 1 could
transfer you all to Greencastle for a few
minutes that you might see the institution
in its unfinished condition. It is beauti-
ful building, though unfinished. The trus-
tees don't feel authorized to go on and tinieh
ii. 1t is true that Christian men and wo-
men have taken il upon themselves TO fin
ish some OF the rooms. One of our best cit
zens has devoted ten thousand dollars to
the general erection of the building. The
whole debt is eighteen or twenty thousand
dollars, and about as much more will
be required before the building can
there are more than l0o, 90 Methodist peo-
pie in Indiana with more than one hundred
million dollars of wealth. Is that incom-
pleted building to stand there, then, as
MONUMENT TO THE METHODIST CHURCH
of Indiana? II has already been there more
than year unfinished. If we are to COM
pete with other institutions we must have
additional buildings. We must have society
Ill r3oNf oh
all, such an endowment, especially for the
endowment of natural science, as Professor
Singley said to-day, which will require
100000. The university should nave
to-day Sl5OO00, aud then there
should be another S5O0,OOO added
and the board OF instructors should be paid
more literally. They should not be worked
so hard as they are, for the sake of the uni
versity as well as their own. They should
have more leisure for investigation, for self
improvement and development, in order
that they themselves keep pace with the ad-
vancement of the age. There should be an
additional force. There should be thirty or
forty professors instead of seven or eight,
that the young men from all parts of
the state may go there and receive
complete instruction professional as
well as ordinary literary instruction. Now,
you may think thas am
PUTTING IT RATHER STRONG.
L am not. The Northwestern Christian
University, OF Chicago, to-day has an en-
dowment of 50, ,OOO. 900 in productive and
unproductive property, the most of it pro-
ductive. Yale has an endowment of ever
81, 100000 Harvard has an endowment of
over So 100000, perhaps larger than that
The Wesleyan University has an eDdow-
ment worth over $1,000 600. Therefore As
buy University must be advanced.
Unless something of that kind is
done by the people of Indiana, Asbury
university must take a back seat. Thank
God, this has not been done yet. have been
proud to hear of her rank. Wherever have
been almost have heard Asbury ranked
with Yale and others, among men who had
not attended school there and who mad no
Interest IN the Institution. Once in a while
would meet with man who had never
heard of Asbury-had hardly heard of any
thing. Laughter and applauss.] 1 believe
that Indiana Asbury University has done
more good work in the community and in
the country than other institution
in the land. heard a gentleman in the
House OF Representatives remark that
Asbury had sent out men much more prac-
tical than any other institution of our
country. He asked why it was answered
him, for thought had
THE PHILOSOPHY OF IT.
/ answered in this way. The great proper
tion of young men who 60 there are poor,
and go solely to get an education and having
nothing else in view they do it well. A
large proportion of the instructors In our
college are Methodist preachers, and they
have an eye single to the glory of
God ana the good of the world and
they educate these young men
committed 10 their care for purposes OF
usefulness in the church and in the world. |
ha hot cd
cation is something to be acquired for God |
and humanity. My colleague, Bishop |
James, will follow. He can speak more
and wisely than can, but thank |
God he can not speak more earnestly.
have given fourteen years to labor in the
and as long God gives me
strength / shall labor for the institution,
IaDplausel for the good it has done. and for
the good, under the blessing of God, that il |
will do in the ages to come. [Great ap-
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