, 1877-10-23
RELIGIOUS.

THE AFFAIRS Or ClItCAHu UNIVERSITY DIS.
CtssEn At srnlNnrlELn.

" SSEH At SIHtNHFlEkFs
Special pt.pasrh to 1At khtcaoo Tribune.
srn1yariELn, ILL.,, Oct. s1.-Thc Baptist AS
ISOLATION rcasscinutct At gtn. nj. After deyo-
tionnl exercises, tho Rev. Dr. D. 3. Cheney, Of
Chicago, spoke with re.arl 10 tho University of
thfra.n. Il sentiment obtained III the Stato
outside OF Chicago that tic management
was qtlArrt ling, and ttlat the Trustees proposed
IL repsldiulc debts Of the institution; TINT lts
Baptist character was possibly doubtful. "1icre
Is now" continued Dr. Cheney, "no auasrcllng
in Chicago. There nrc now uinc new pasturs In
Chtcngo, and nowhere OH tho Continent wherg
Dautist pastors are 50 united. Thscc-fourths Of
tho Beard Of Trustees are Bapttsts, aud of the
Exccmltye Committee tline Of the fourteen arc
l}aptsts. The purpose oi the TRUSTEES Is not To
nuke dcnomsnationai school Of 1t, but Ia char
actcr as catholic as its charter. Wllat is needed
is college Of sufficient standing TO keep onr
Western young men from going to Eastern
uniycrsft!cA.'
The Trustees hal no purpose Of repudiating
the debts of tho institution, but as 1t had lost,
partially, the confidence IT tho denomination,
II was now proposed TO hayo
ANEW ADMINISTRATION,
and to renwakc,i tho interest formerly fclf. As
to Ills acceptance of the Chanccl1osshlp 10
which he l,ad been elected, that In d degree
depended upon the actton Of tho pastors ansl
l4yman Of Illinois. We ncel educated layncn
sncnt VI strength, aluos,g tho CongregatIunalie,s
In this country. The pastors must help tho
institution along with their confidence II It Ia 10
SUCCEED. a.nf IL will never 60 out ot Baptist
control 10 long o. baplfsts Of the Northwest
desire to keep 1t baptist.
in behalf Ut tho Chlrnco University, Dr. Cheney
saltl tint. 4 tho Indebtedness Of about sl7ooO
was pruvilch fur, the back salaries OF near
$ANO0 paid, nnh current expenses arranged, nn
endowment cu,ild he sccuftd. mud the UnIrcrslty
taka tho rank It was entitled to take n,uong tho
scholastic and theological Institutions Of tho
country.
nR. sroSE, or BLOOMINGTON,
sail three things werc nee.tcd: 1rst, new aff-
lnfnIstratiDti, Which would bc effected II DR..
Chcuey would ucecpt the haneelorship; sec
ons, unity With rrsIcrt to the institution ~ tho
promising Vi funding tho largo debt. No dis
honor would attach to such compromise: 1t
was . commercial transaetlo1t regarded rs hon.
CRADLE ut all times. lIc appcalcd to tho Asao-
cla,ion tn encourage Or. Cheney, wlo was
naM Of cxee,altvv mud financial ability, and
woui,l plan tic institution on d FOUND basis II
he wcr1 accorded tho support he Was entitled to
datna1ns.
Ths Kcvs. Carnalan aud Cooley and DR..
lid Dr. Hewitt.
stated that tho UniyerAty Rs.n,1lds having been
.let.tral by senator Douglas to tho UaptiAt de-
nomination, could teycr pass from them unit,
they gave it up. JI1 a11etl TINT tlle University
was under obligation to the murtcaEc-!,olleT,
III Elstern illsuraneo company, for indulgence,
especially as tho interest lah not Ieou paid saws
for tew years. lie reviewed tic tuanc!al
difficulties ot tho University. but urged pay"
,,cnt In fuil uf tho l0an, Bnt was opposed to
repuiattnn OF compromise. Taklng exceptions
to the inettnatlons Of other speakers to the ron.
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