New-York tribune., 1875-07-09
CAZFNOVIA SEMINARY

sENi-cESTENNGAL ANNIvER~ARY or Al Old NFT1o-
Dl~r PREPARATORY sCuoyL-BI.Hor BOWMAN
oN lHF PRAYER GArcT.
lrHou SPECIAL ooEEE-Po>DENr OF HE raIBrSE.l
CAzENOvIA, y. Y, July The seminary az
this place Wa, founded ha!ia century ago aud l-.00O
students have h~u in attendance. and G'" young men
have been prepared for college The number O., students
last scr va, 16l Fourteen professors and teachers
employed All the grrdnate- have Deen invited L. At
tend tins ears anniversary exercise. and tner' Bog
less than 900 present.
IT, s,mi-ccnionnial reception designed 10 make
the firth anni.rreirv fi, tIbnte 10 lie ucc'ssfui
work of the institution bring cid friends together.
10 show tnem What -irid.- their Alma Mater had
taken the work Of education. and 10 obtain funds. for
thu lack which the niuen OF the school seriously
crippled These offerings are entirely voluntary. 1
unier. and that a large sum has alladJ been rs ed.
\ large has been erected ln the village Tia" cgor-
ci-os began Friday. tAa. being class ia The class
day EXERCISES were Of the mature those held At
coil -cs.
Ou sunday Bishop Bowman Of s.. Louis preached.
Casting ASIDE sermon prepared xpr'>sy for the day
he chose tor his text tin Nccnlh ~ the hth chap
ter ~ James "1hc ferNent. enectual prayer of tho
righicous avaicth much" Just 90 years ago thas
yer ay the Bishop said he delivered liz graduating
Grafton ~ the seminary. Oftn during th dis. curse the
memories Of otur day 0y,rcame hIIa II" began by
starut that prayer t. an in-ilrot of ia" soul, and
10 circumstance can chang the fact Men may
forget what prayer il almost, but always there
comes an hour when men pray. Men may
suecut and become ~hel ltirai m regard o prayer and
duty. ihat proves that prayer j. not instinct
~ education bo taught To endure gna, pain.
priyaon TO meet great sorrow. but this not universal
fact Ia danger these the first "a seek safety in
ur41cr. Good mon have HlW been men q" nrjj cr -
~ great the great Philanthrop-i-. Much
OF intLeu philosophy II prayer. and h'atifh phlosO-
ph,r. t9i-.t ther di-cipes to pray
Generally cie-ts d1 not deny the duiv "f PRAYER for
spiritual g..t~ but ior physical, an rousi-'eDry they
tut4 must settle Pro-. iNndall- Prayer Test
WIS .1f. .ting the West FAR more tiHn the East The
preacIt had every secular newspaper ia -ate
il tli, pfo,'iulfiau of the GONerIur. co.l' t Az
pointed ilv " prayer fur Tho riditnc from plrTe,
;nd il surprise 30 him. Tie q" tcst was ulseic1-
tIfc. nn Ae objected tJ n J,cJtse
T. ignores virtual large part of science. III" 'cl-
curi~ means physical science and gIorc- other scrures
cuo. the sci'nce o. evidence moral science. and tho
science OF Interpretation.
A. t. always uu-.iDufiir 10 take fact out 0f one ce
prrr'uf II koWirH e and test il by thr laws ~ uothrr.
Ill 81 J.. AWAY unsc. nte tO lake fact or phenon-
.non own proper condition and submit 10 tAe
a other. thou n il Ac In the saiac departments
~ knowledge.
" Il proposes an experiment under disturbing causes,
so tlat IL would De imuos blc tell win 70 oi several
power. rt, ted the result. suppose t"n were put hero
and there. VIII TEL whether tie ~ck hero
have the constitutions " II power. have been ia tho
same ~urial clements. lave the same huo5 fath, a.
tho, there thai th, inciOr.' and nur-e' tho
same aud that while hundred pray ia 10. those
here an Christians IN earth and angels ia
and ilon Gods vail may eh,ct either d &th or life IN
either N.ifp.