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ciety for Religious Inquiry wa delivered at
the College Street Church. Sunday
evening, by the Rev Alvah. Hoycy.
d. D.. President OF the Newton
(Mass) Theological Institution. the
auditorium being flied with large and at
tentiyc audience. Alter an anthem by the
Arion QuartCttc, selections from the Bible
were read by the Rev. Charles n Wilder, OIL
Essex, n. Y. who followed with prayer al
ter 4 second anthem by the quartctte The
President Of the Society, Mr.. r. W. Bishop
then introduced DR.. llovey.
DIR. HovLY's ADDRESS.
| Dr. Huvey commenced by saying that he fell
| some hesitation in coming here, on account OF thu
pre-, sure Of other cares but that after listening e
| the afternoons address and -eeinS the heluiilu
| city. he considered himself we'll repaid. EeliSlol
| is lou n,ed on the nature Of Cod and mans
| resemblance to him and his subject would he Mar
and his likeness 10 God. There are moments whet
| every man feels strong desire to know hmseit II
il OF the great problems Of existence But there
are many sources whence may obtain this know
| ledge We may look into the operatlonsoi our own
| spirit. We may review own life. We may IN
spect the conduct Of other men, acting under the in
tuence Of definite motives amt watch the effects OF
| certain courses Of action upon our friends Nemsy
! y.
| all these combined can got less knowledge
of man than f:om the bD!e. ms
| does not put the instruction II
| gives N human nature in scientific form.
| Ii speaks 10 tbs conscience much oiteuer than -
| the conscience. But the facts it makes known are
not the less certain. According to the Bible man
| nature is COMPOUND, being composed OF soul and
| body. Some scientifc men reject this testimony.
| ella min. that man is wholly material But all
that is really known at present IS that brain is
| necessary to thought and yolition. In no way can
| the identity Of mind and matter he proved The
| kernel of mans Existence must he the spirit. God
| created man from dust and hreathed into him the
| breath of life and Re became living man. The
body shall return to the earth and the soul to God
Mans likeness 70 God is rather in the soul than
| in tho body Among the features o. the likene 5
| are Man is a rational being. The Bible ascribes
| vast importance 10 Faith. 1t is inexpreNsibly
| beautiful and powerful and il most reasonable
act of the soul. Man is a moral being. 4 religious
being. n social being Religion is of a social nature
and includes TALL helpful intercourse Of man and
man. Man, finally, is an immortal being. lie is
| able to choose irrevocably his own course, dark
ness or light. The eternal life belongs more espec-
tally the future but is not wholly unknown here.
| Not unfrequently foretaste is given on earth.
In all these respects ths testimony Of the Hible
agrees withithe instinct of man. suspicious of i'm
mortality visited poets and philosophers long be-
| tore Christ, aud the mere conception raised them
far above thu horizon Of this transient li!e
The musical programme was as follows,
the first three selections being rendered by
the quartette and the closing one being
sung by the congregation
|. Nenitc. Ihoinas
?. 81 cannot always trace the way ".--......-Dow.
1. hymn 299.