Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-18

idea Of growth itself and the conception Of he
primal cause were still Unexplained The prouf
OF evolution in the history Of growth b vritteu
ON The tablets Of the earth. Certain OF sbsss
pages are. Yet back Of all this We find unex-
planned the principles that bring about hero
Ism. self-sacrihce and all the essentials .thst
rase man above the brute-will. conscienco
ana all The only wRy 60 explain all this h
by returning to an infinite and eternal reality,
IN whom we live and move and have our being.
The heN. n. l. Ziegenfuss. u. H.. was born
al kresgeville. Monroe county, Pa, November
), isis. He was educated in the Morsvian
school At Nazareth, Pa. and entered ~ fresh-
man Pennsylvania College AT Gettysburg Pa in
1862. He served for a brief period in the
mon army during the summer OF 1858 and
was graduated with the second honor 81 his
class IN leo6. After the completion OF his tho
illogical studies at the Lutheran Seminary in
Philadelphia he was ordained 60 the Iuthcr.n
ministry IN 1869 and became pastor Of the
Third Lutheran Church st Rhinebeck, where
he remained until ls72 when he applied for
orders in the Protestant Episcopal church. In
1873 he admitted 20 the diaconate In thas
denomination. and. after few months service
with ST. james Church. Hyde Park. went 70
Christ Church, poughkeepsie. m 1874. OF which
he was almost Immediately unanimously chosen
rector. The period during which DIR. Ziegen-
fuss has been IN charge of Christ Church has
been one Of very marked growth and proc
peri;y for the parish. In 1857 the diocese IL
New 4 ORR was divided INTO archdeacOnf1ee. ana
nr. Llegenfuss was nomnsted by Bishop Potter
and unanimously confirmed by his brethren
Archdeacon of Dutchess. In 1880 the degree of
DID. was conferred upon Arcbdeacon Zeigen-
fuss by Hobart College. DIR. Zeigenfuss IL an
able preacher. In very close sympathy, both
IN theological and ecclesiastical sentiment with
the present bishop of the diocese. he represents
theb road church tendencies OF his denomina-
ton. and both rs a clergyman and q citizen
the most progressive elements IN the life OF .
COZ of t..l h..
of the most influential members.
SENATOR EDNuSDs SAYS A rrw wonps-
AT the conclusion Of DIR. Ziegenfues' remarks
IL was ascertained that DR.. Worcester, the hnsi
speaker Of the evening. wac not present ana
Senator Edmunds announced that voluntary
remarks were now I'm order. In his desire TO
say few words as layman the senator had
handed IN has card to the secretary and was
thus the first speaker. His remarks were few
ana brici He spck he pleasantly of Agassiz No
noble ard gocly man, who he admitted had
resented eyoiu'lcn but only that evolution
that regards God Rs everywhere at ali times
ana ~ the sane time a. nowhere thus shutting
us away n ON the possibility of our ever reach-
ing Him at al. senator Edmunds also spoke
OF frcf. Baird who. h. said, had in converse
non With HIM orc time remarked that he
agreed with the eyoluuonists. with Darwin,
with Com;e and the rest They had proved
that our horse had grown out Of a smaller
hoise and that horse ont OF a still smaller
horse, but when they came back TO the first
cause that had given TO the world the original
horse they had nothing whatever to say.
OTHER BEIEF SKETCHES.
When the Senator had finished he read the
name from the first card handed in. Ii Was
the name Of Vim. Wheeler Hubbell. president
of the White Cross University Of the District Of
Columbia. He took his ten minutes 20 prove
that evolution was absurd as u was impossi-
BILE and that the true secret Of life was 20 be
found IN the theory of termination. President
Hubbells efforts were received with some
laughter and applause, even If they did not
carry much conviction.
Brief addresses were made by Rev. DIR. Pew
ton OF Buseytown, Nd, and Rev. Mr.. Hum
phrey pastor Of ST. Johns Church. Havre do
Grace, Nd. After the reading of several an
nouncements and the singing Of America"
the congregation dismissed with the bene-
diction, pronounced by Bishop Dudley Of Ken
lucky.