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and more young meu Hu0 Ilau gone out from
under his instructions at Princeton, only four
were skeptical, and three of them were after
wards converted and became preachers of the
Gospel.
There was never decade, we presume, in
which the same fact could be stated Of Prince
ton or any other college graduating an equal
number of students. Amy college in which
the atheistic doctrine Of development Is
taught would turn out squad Of inddels
indignant denial Of the charge against '' our
best sc1,ools,'' he added just the exact truth,
saying: IL do not oppose development, but
an athefstic development" The atheistic
doctrine makes intidels. It Is not taught at
fidels. The atheistic doctrine is not taught
In our best schools, and they do not make in
nels. ....
At the meeting last week of the Young
Mems Christian Association at Rochester,
Prof. Norman Fox preSellteda paper on the
among young men, and he adduced testi-
mony to prove that there Is no reason to be-
lieve in any decadence OF faith among the
colleges.
President Anderson, OF the University Of
Rochester, in private letter, writes:
I find no weakening Of Chistian belief among
young men III our colleges. There is undoubt-
cdly less reverence for the mere scholastic and
dog!natic forms which were OF old identified with
Christianity, but believe that young men are
Us responsive to moral and religious motives and
considerations rs they were when was in COL
lege Moreover 7t;e believe t5at The tone Of
was a: student Or young college officer. The
foes of Christianity have put on new faces, but
they are no more Sig1lant, nor dangerous, nor
successful, than they were forty years ago.
do not believe that Christanityis is losing It's hold
Of the educated mind Of our day.
Chancellor Howard Crosby, Of the Univer-
sity of the City Of New. York, writes:
l think the present religious thought and life
standard Us they were twenty-five years ago. I
think Christian faith is growing In our land
there is less cant end more reality in our present
reliEiouB life. Christians understand the Word
of God better. This Is my v1ew-
Chancellor Haven, Of Syracuse University,
says:
It is my deliberate opinion that never before
in America was q larger. proportion Of college
tians than to-day. So far us my observation ex-
tends, Christianity has as large proportion of
believers now among college men Of III! grndes
rs it has had ut any time for the past fifty years
And Prof. Edward North, Of Hamilton
College, testifes:
In comparing the present religious life In col
lege with that Of the past, my memory goes back
over period Of forty years cannot recall q
figious life and thought were more activo and
healthy, or more in the ascendant than now.
Prof. Fox concludes BY saying: "Coi1l-
cident with the foregoing testimonies are re-
Gently published statistics showing that, in
stead Of there being decadence OF Christian
faith, there is a larger proportion Of pro-
Tossing Christians among American college
students now than there was twenty-five
years ago. Christianity, which has been
steadily advancing for eighteen hundred
years, is still making triumphant progress"
These are cheering and reliable Testimonies;
mt in harmony wifi the general 0nini0n of