Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1889-07-19
The Christian Lectureship.

large delegations OF ministers to
attend the Christian Lectureship
of Missouri, which convened here
Monday evening. The exercises
were held in the Christian church
and opened with an address
by II. W. Everest, Chancellor of
Garfield College. His theme was
"The Supreme Imperative" The
thought throughout was on the
personal Ought" as being behind
all responsible life.
Tuesday MORNING G. W. Longan
delivered an address on "The
Ground of the Christian Hope"
He showed that we have better
ground than those who depend up
on any transcendental faith. That
the Christians hope is of value
only as il is predicated on the
New Testament conception of the
Messiah. He then argued why
we accept Jesus as Son of God
and Savior Of men. The lecturer
went back to the very beginning
of Revelation and traced the
Messianic hope down through the
family of Abraham. His argu-
ments from prophecy, were sue
cinctly stated, and his review of
Prof. Huxley's arguments on
Historical Gospels, was especially
able.
In the afternoon the symposium,
The Needs of the Pulpit, was pre-
sented by j. II. Hughes, j. A.
Lord, and Alex Ellet. These ad-
dresses were brilliant and spark
led with gems of thought.
During the afternoon the
Press received a severe castigation
at the hand of one of the speakers.
At night there was free discus.
sion of the afternoon symposium.
Wednesday morning there was
a free discussion OF the two pre-
vious lectures beginning at $50
and ending at $50. II. W. Everest
then delivered lecture on
phases of Christian Unity" He
showed that there must be more
than a sham unity. 1t must be
unity in which there is follow
ship in the fullest sense. He ar
gued that church unity excludes
all those who refuse to bow to the
authority of Christ, and that the
divinity of Jesus and his official
relations to the Father. the Church
and the world as the Son of God
must be recognized. The lecturer
took the position that the New
Testament settles the question as
to what should be accepted and
what given up in order to church
unity.
Wednesday afternoon sympo-
SUM "Revelation-It's Transient
and permanent Phases" was pre-
sented by ]. J. Haley, j. G. Rey-
nolds and B. c. Deweese. J. J.
Haley offered brilliant paper.
Leaving to the other writer's Of
the symposium the matter of
definitions, he drew a bold and
mastery contrast between Juda-
ism and Christianity showing how
imperfectly God was set forth in
the lives and acts of the Jews, as
contrasted with the perfect Reve-
lation ID Christ Jesus. The paper
was full of fine hits and exhibited
and energy of thought not usual
in such productions. A free and
full discussion followed.
On Thursday morning w. W. |
Hopkins of st. Louis read paper
on "The Law of Spiritual Intprac-
action" This paper was subtle in
its nature as its title would seem
to indicate. Contact and commu-
Mon between the Spirit of God
and human spirit were thoroughly
discussed.
lhe symposium, protected Or
unprotected Christianity. was pre-
sented Thursday afternoon by
Geo. S. Bryant, Geo. Plattenburg
and Alex Proctor. This was fol-
lowed at night, as usual, by a
discussion. At the close of
Thursday nights exercises the
Lectureship adjourned to meet
next year in Shelbina.