St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-05
SCARED C0LLECIANS.
Indignant Ministers Insist.
That the Whale Did SWal-
low Jonah.
Rev. w. S. Vail Espouses the
Cause of Threatened
Students.
Sealing Ladders to Heaven
Necessary for Soldiers OF
the Cross.
Ghostly Visitants Participate
in a Meeting Of Spir-
itualists.

There was large congregation OF
UniversaliStS at the Peoples theater
yesterday morning, attracted by the an
nouncement that Rev. w. S. Vail would
deliver an address upon a recent occur
renee at. the state university. A choice
programme Of musical selections was
rendered by the new and augmented
choir prior to the sermon. DR.. Wallis
subject was Religious Interference at
Our State University" and his text was
from l. Cor. kill, 9: ''And though /
have all faith, so l could remove mount
aims. and have not charity, am moth
Ing
text to modern life." said the clergy
man, lis to a very recent occurrence,
aud to subject that seems to me of
moment to every citizen of this. COM
monwealth. Our state university is.an
institution of which we feel proud. 1t
was built to meet want. Allowing to
sectarian colleges an important place.
we still need an institution where sec
tartan lines are not closely drawn, and
this we have i'll our university.s A band
of students organized society for the
purpose of hearing lectures. and in
fllCQ III. 0ltHiilOllS W duui CSo tilCui. LIZ
expressed sentiments not reliShed by
the orthodox ministers of the city, and
in their meeting they said harsh things
of the students and threatened
THE LIFE OF THE SOCIETY.
| charge these men with engendering
prejudiclal opinion. What is prejudice?
Condemnation without examination.
An unreasoned conclusion. 1t attacks
every new idea and inciteS the people
against every advance. Here it openly
declares that a minister should be pre-
vented from addressing the students,
and why? There are certain underly
ing principles which all Christians hold
in common: did he deny these? On the,
contrary, his hearers say that he ar
rived at the same conclusion arrived at
the previous Sunday by Prof. Fox, an
orthodox minister. What then was his
crime? He denied that Jonah was ar
historical parsonage, or that he was
swallowed by a whale. And for this
he was silenced. What pity that
tliumb-screws have gone out of style!
But these men are convinced. A good
word when properly used. Wrongly
used, it is the excuse of the bloody
tyrant, the narrow fanatic,
AND THE HEADSTRONG FOOL.
we endure hardship for sport? Do
we enjoy social ostracism because Of
our perverSity? Those embracing an
unpopular cause know full we'll the
pressure and injustice of this BURDEN
Social disabilities are placed upon us,
and many fall away to join the popular
company. TO withstand the pressure
one must be a tough-skinned cOmmoner,
with knotted bludgeon striking right
and left; controverSialSt deftly using
a rapier. bringing blood at every thrust;
OF martyr spirit without wavering
ami without pretension, saying like
Luther. Here stana, | can do no.
other, God help me" fthis burden is
heavy on mature minds. it is still heav-
ier upon the young. The \. NJ. Z. A.
imposes social disability. 1t allows
our boys to work in the rear ranks, but
prevents them from holding offices. 1t
places them on a lower plane. What;
ambitious, seif-respecting young man
feels called upon to work with that
society? And who can blame them for
desiring a separate organization? This.
is another display of the jealousy OF the
preacher who has
ALWAYS FEARED THE TEACHER.
The college was for long time min
isters' training school, supervised by
ministers and controlled by theology.
AS the scope of education widened,
theologians narrowly watched every
change, and science wert into the col
lege doors by the aid of sledge-ham-
mer.. Button, the greatest naturalist of
his time, was made to bow in the dust
before a theological faculty. Moses
Stuart claimed that biologists must
give up the idea of teaching that death
existed in the world before man had
! life, as evidenced by fossil remains, be-
cause this contradicted the: theological
! opinion that Adams sin introduced
| death into the world. Andrew ID. White
| stated that only 2 per cent OF the popu-
| lation of Berlin, Germany, could be ac-
! commodated IN the churches, showing
| that this was the result of battle be-
tween preacher and teacher. and begged
| that our policy as people might be
| wiser, with better results.