Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-01-31
PRAYER FOR ooLLEGEs.
q. Ob.ervea a the semInary.

meeting was held in Marcuand chapel, at
which large number of the students and
several friends Of the seminary assembled.
Prof. Lewis O. Brastow presided over the
meeting, and after prayer was offered by Mr..
Frederic w. Macallum, he made few intro
ductory remarks. The following gentlemen
gave reports of the religious life and condi-
tion of their respective colleges and Alma
Matters: Mr.. Kevork d. Kazanjian reported
from the seminary at Aintab, Turkey. J.F.
Wood represented the college at Ceylon and
spoke of a convention there led by Mr.. L. D.
Wishard of the inter collegiate Y. N. g. A.
McGnn university of Montreal was reported
by Mr. F. W. Macullum; and Ernest W.
Dustan presented tho claims of Harvard uni
versity. Then Mr.. Edward Fairbank gave
an interesting account of the work done by
the Amherst Y. N. G. A. Mr.. J. Wilbur
Eegleston of Waterbury, Conn.,, spoke of the
religious condition Of Wesleyan university;
and Mr.. O. w. Barnes gave brief report of
the work Yale is doing. Bates college was
represented by Mr.. Jesse Bailey and Mr..
from Adelbert college. Carleton college had
its representative in Mr.. Henry z. Wingate,
and he was followed by Mr.. George P. An
derson of Whitman college, Walla Walla,
Wash. Mr.. Anderson is son of President
Anderson Of the college, and he made good
report of the progress of Christianity In
Whitman college. Dospisha college Of Kioto,
Japan, was represented by Mr.. Tasuku
Harada of Kobe, Japan; and the last report
Kansas. Only a small proportion of the
colleges represented in the seminary were re-
ported, as there are ffty-two different
schools represented in the seminary.
Recitations Omitted at the Academic
cal Deparsment-The Several Glasses
Meet In Dwight fer RelIglous Ser
vices-A Good Attendance.
Yesterday after $50 a. m. all the re-
suspended for the purpose of observing the
usual religious exercises of the annual day of
prayer for colleges. Meetings of all the
classes were held at II o'clock in Dwight
Hall and were addressed by different mem
bers Of the college faculty. The attendance
at all the meetings was unusually large,
some 800 men in all being present at the ex-
ercises.
Prof. Hadley addressed some forty mem-
bers of the senior class, and said in sub
stance: eve believe in progress and we
men who are here being educated are the
men to take the lead. Some men, as Rus
kin, believe that knowledge introduced into
religion has caused retrogression, and that
knowledge and progress are no use. Others
admit that the nineteenth century is better
than the sixteenth was, but say that self
sacrifice and obedience are, as habit, of
vastly more Importance than the philosophi-
cal reasons on which they rest. But "make
most of your brains" prefaces the verse. in
malice be child-lilze." The man who aspires
to lead and the man who is fitted to lead has
no simple duty, but hard and responsible
one. The power of Christian teaching was
in its adaptation by parallels for the lower
classes, but in Pauline epistles educated men
should learn deeper. In the gospels truth Is
eternal, the form Anticipated, and it has to
change us. The army of Frederick the
Great had to change it's tactics when it met
tween revolution and evolution. A process
of natural selection goes on in church. by
which the vitality of doctrine survives in
stead of hindersome capitalization.
Historically the vital idea of atonement is
self-sacri6ce instead of sacrifice of things.
What we need is to recognize the principles
which will best deal with the needs of the
constructive truth is better than destructive
truth. Agnoeticism is practical atheism. A
conception which is hindrance to us may
be of great help to others, and we should be
careful to distinguish 1t. Your knowledge
does help you and you can look deeper than
the uneducated. You are es responsible, as
the general who lies awake feverishly while
the soldier sleeps soundly, to lead people not
to the same details of knowledge, but to right
conduct.
THE JUNIORS.
About seventy men assembled in the pray
er meeting room of the juniors to listen to
the remarks of Prof. Goodspeed. Noyes, 81,
led the meeting. Prof. Goodspeed took as
his text the thought contained in the follow
ing verses: Eph. Nv: 90; vi: IS; Judges vi:
IA, and said, "The thought which wish to
bring before you this morning is, that man
Who wishes to do good in the world and to
bring the fullest blessing to his fellow men,
needs strength, and that strength is alone
found in the Gospel Of Christ.
thing that is within the power of
every man, and that will help him to help
his fellows. A man must have strength from
within or he cannot expect strength from
without. God said to Gideon, "Go in this
thy might" The only thing that makes
man power in this world lie his resources
from within. This is seen in college, in
business, in family and in every other depart
msnt of life. There is no other religion
which puts In name power. This personal
strength a. the gospel of Christ does. It
begins with "a man must be born again."
But some think we should remain babes
God made us babes at the first, bat we should
grow, and If any religion has the power to
make rs what we ought to be 1t is this TO-
ligion Of Christ. Gideon was the only man
among the thousands who had the courage
to go against the enemy. He was weak, but
God gave him strength. His was q divine
commission, and we, as Christ's friends, have
q like commission given us. Again God said
to Gideon Ego" and not to cit down sin thy
might" This personal power il therefore
developed in action. Every moral man fpds
himself In crisis of some movement wonder
folly strengthened in going forward. Az
religious men we are like the bicycle, whom
going 1t stands. when standing IL falls"
THE soPHoMoREs.
Mr.. George of the Theological school
spoke to the aophomores. About seventy
Ave men attended the meeting. which was
led by g. B. Hollister '92. Mr.. George said:
"On this day of prayer q great feeling of
tenderness and responsibility comes to every
college man, no matter how skeptical he
may be. For every man, If he thinks at all,
recognizes the fact that all the colleges
throughout the land are praying for him and
for his welfare. As these skeptical men are
especially susceptible at this time our re-
sponsibility In speaking to them to-day is,
therefore, especially great. My subject is
The necessity of growth in the Christian
life to safety the growing man. Just as we
outerow our clothes 80 we outgrow our
Christianity and become discontented, If We
do not look well to it. The definition Of
Christianity IL that process of thought which
we, made possible with Christ throughout
our whole beings, enter into and continue in
state of harmony with Christ.
The way to let our Christianity grow with
the rest of our bodies is to bring Christianity
into connection with all the new elements Of
our growing life. The great reason of our
dissatisfaction IL because our Christianity is
not big. enough for as. We must make our
will Gods Will, and 80 bring our social rela-
lations into relation with God.
THE FRESHMEN.
The meeting Of the freshman class was led
by E. R. Lamson, '93, About ssventy-five
men were present. Professor Seymour adj
dressed the meeting and said: 81 am always
glad to meet you out of the class room, and
am especially glad to have the privilege of
addressing you to-day on the subject of
religion. In general we Americans are to re-
ticent on this subject. We.do not like to
unbosom our feelings 10 the world, our love