Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-07-16

Bass. Mr.. Fuller, Mr. Wbeelock L. NJ
Read. orcanist. The music included. in sd-
dirion to the hymns, the anthem, Il vii he
ylad''-and the sentence Fear them not,
both by S0uthard.
Celebration OF the society for Religious
inquiry.
The church was again crowded Sunday
evening. at he celebration of the venerable
Society," .ur Religious Iuquiry, the Oldest oil
the co. lee ,ocietieS Mr. o. 5 Bastord, OF
the graduating class, President OF the So
eiety. orcuYied the chair Rev. J. IL Won
eester j.. A. chaplain of the occasion, Of
fered PRAYER rhe discourse WIS by Prof.
E,bert { Smyth, of Andover Theological
SeminirN.
raag- SMITHS DISCOURSE.
Asat.xt tor hi> address. Prot. Smyth,
had selected inc words OF Paul TO the CORN
thian-. i.ctlren be MT children IN minn.
,af in understanding he men.
Ist Cor XIV 20. His theme was Inc dddpfd-
non offhe higtc.- truths Of The Gospel 10
1,,..J,, ,I. ffrHy of ulad" Dividing The in
strncrjar,s of the Bible into the elementary
teachinsS % the cxiSter C, of God, OF sin. OF
redemrtioa, a., and the higher truths.
sueh a. the Ligh priesthood and pre- exist
ence of Christ, his expiatUry death and now
! :, mad rp-~i hie nc rgiveae-s Ot sin the
eternal counsel, the rrlune God. and other
mysteries of revelation, the speaker noted
/ that thee higher truths are bat deYeiop-
ments of the lower Thus the church does
/ not have one teaching for the learned and
| another for the ignorant. There Is no high.
/ or fruth than that which Christ announced
/ TO the poor Woman of SImaria Tod Is a
Shirt No truth more fruitful than that
/ contained ia the simple words: the ora
Z became 4 .>h In these fundamental truths
/ are hidCen all wisdom and knowledge. lie
called attention also 70 the Thought that
| the lower teachings have reference 10 man
| in bis deprayed condition, and the higher
! to man a. fec@eaigi, regenerated. Pro-
ceeding t. consider the fitness of The highe:
/ truths % produce maturity Of mind. he re-
marked that the ,tuiy OF them requires pro-
/ foupd thought on nan and his destiny.
| Rut there must be tru-h a. well a. thought.
/ Merely speculative thinking either dlscour-
/ ages or puf- ny. - Illustrations OF the
! effect of the two he alluded to Byron and
! Milton. The earlier Efforts Of Byron glOwed
| with an Intense and lofty fire. But how,
! for want ut exercise on ennObling truths.
was this strength dried up. till 1t degeno-
rated al yi.e last t. childish folly. Compare
with this tse growth and freshness OF the
mind oi NiltOa, unfolding under the con
/ temptation of great religious truth until the
youthful hard became the sage and prophet.
/ Again the AIsher revelations give matu-
rifv because they present supernatural Oh
/ iects. rle great ideas ct right. justice.
| datv. cau .uly be spiritually discerned, and
| in regarding them the spirit Is elevated,
! and lii. invested with awful interest.
The G flaci of d material philosophy was
/ illustrated by the ease Of toe Chinese nation
/ whose philosophy ard ethics became settled
under THE teachings Of COniucluS, $50 years
/ before Christ. OF d purely utilitarlan basis.
/ Asa consequence Chinese CIVILIZATION be-
/ came materili1sd, and as 4 result OF its
! workinS through seventy generations. the
/ Chius~. people seem almost dead to higher
considerations with abundance of worldly
wisdom the, are selfish. sordid. prOsaic.
| fraudulent. immoral. The student cannot
WALK safely amid the intellectual contests
of this intellectual age by avoiding cl!hcGl-
/ tie. or sighting any truth. by earnest
contemplated IL the mysteries are not SOiv-
ei, they wIIl at least cease to be objections.
Inc N.Y. u all remain but not the IL
credibnitv. TIE rcpo>e of mind - gained
~ ..r.-, --.;-,t,sl truth. ofrrJ also
the strongest motive To practical piery.
Never Do we 50 realize the i'll desert OF sin.
a ~h'h We yoe ~ i'''i-' H., ~ - csn ' as
re 1ereTsrcd only hy che INFUSION into IT,
lite. It. literature. - business. streams OF
holy trutn from the throne OF tod
There are those who t.:ak they sec clear
indications that this period of great actiyi-
" OF irrsh-iou- speculation l. to be follow
Cd by oDe ct great spiritual growth
neither ,t ne 30 or ho,, II : gnDu&m 'I' ;,
10 a1I ',rne,t sctlon.
Toa society like thu. >lii Prof Smyth, in
cio>in-r. W1nli -ly b. inn>t >tulI'uS OIL
~ a. .' -,-''- - ~ s-,b
Prjz, no truth, you cannot reduce to prac-
ice in sodiine,s. In Your religious etadles
am hisi' ""t DC slte u am ps 'oe "a ,no
n,Tiae tcsraer IN whom are hidden ali the
tre4>ure~ %; Auowi,lse |; Is a law OF the
realm of thought HAT Joe who would reign
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mucn spir'' ana Inc fns't' Inc exercises
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mama Band oi Boston ,a' Oi'y nan Honu'y
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than sustained Rs reputation d. one % tue
first eornct players OF the coantry' ana Mr.
Goerins. N the hate solo from fHfS'enau'
anu MI NOY-- !" '-'U NiN' ''O' '-'7'0 U
80. mud ,,..,s M commemorative of
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w. ''-' ''''-,N - 90 r;,b
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Military DrIn
on tho Unive-sity parade ground east OF the
Colleue buildings The students fell into
line AZ tho bu :ie call. and were drilled by
Can't. Robinson. I : A. Professor of Mill
tary Tactics. ~ THE pre~enes of the Cover
nor ami trustees of the University, and /
spectators They numbered some
seventy or eighty muskets. The |
drill inclaGei the manual Of arms. |
-. 49, 80, 4 ~, l.,,l;,,, 10 column ny com-