New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-11
DENOMINATIONAL DAY.
wHIy RELIGIOUS BODIES FRATERNIZE.
DR. BUCKLEY AND THE QUESTION BoA
ORDER OF DEAcONE.sFs-TnE NEW CLASS
BUILDING At CuAUTArorA.
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BUILDING At CuAUTArorA.
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Chanauqua, y. y. Aug. 10-Chaulauqna ~" -
opportunity to he wholesoued and hearty u''' "
be In the congregational singing. Hall the "''"
Of Holanders would sing down the Amphithea''e ""S'
ence every time Even the spirited leadership Oh IN
Palmer and an excellent choir of 400 with the "rVah
ably handled by Mr.. Flagler, does not move tie a
encc 10 the grand Of song 70 be expec'co rom
g. 900 or 5000 persons. The weather. however mo'c,
no chance TO distinguish itself. and after the pV
temperature of sunday sent scOrching neat e4
fully relieved TO-DAY by heavy rain.
Mrs Emily Huntington Miller. at the Worn""
Club this morning. on the subject OF Onr Neehoor'
referred to the work done by college settlements
nelg5orhOod guilds. and eetcleanng as5oca''ns'
and 10 Hull House, In Chicago beautiful home III "o
Tenement district to which the young ho-te>a' '''
Jane Adams, welcomes as friends her lowlier 'es"
borS. Women come for convcr,atlon-to tax "''"'
TO be talked to- There also classes for T,"S'
reading and Instruction in the arts of home -ihah"S.
beSider good music and addresses on nt'r"r! "
scientific subjects Mrs. Miller suggested that 'choo'
houses be kept open beyond regular school honrs lot
the recreation and instruction Of young and ol'' III"
indicated the gracious hospitality which every homo
circle may extend. especially TO young men,
Dr. Joseph r Duryea's lecture on "A Comparison
OF the Instinct and Intelligence Of Animals WINS hsS
interesting The speaker said the instincts III Soi-
mails are more remarkable than >any manifestations
OF Intelligence which they have yet shown. lh'y
have all our senses, and exercise all inc po"''N VI
the human mind except one. They have the Po"c
OF comparison and classification. OF Induction ana
deduction. but they have not the power to res''h
In the abstract DR.. Durvea gave n number Oh
Incidents illus ntIng the Instinct and intelligence Oh
animals which he distinguished from the average
magazine and newspaper story as being "orfsnai
ard authertic.7
The members Of DR.. Richard r. Ely's college class
IN political economy have organized club for the ais
cussion OF popular economic subjects OF the CAV, Vi
which T. II. Harris. Of Brockton. is president. MISS
slocum Of Granger Place School Canandac7n, and Dr.
H. g. Davenport OF south Dakota, are vice presidents
and Mrs. l.. e. Fuller. Of Buffalo. secretary Inc
work done by this class Is scholarly and profound
The club and rl weekly conferences are adluncS 10
the regular college work. and indicate the g""lhe
interest in social science questions "Coopcra"""
was the subject considered by the Climb today.
IN. Question Box Is old Chauauana ins''"'
ZION. Dr. Buckley this morning answered ohhahd
ooeries on subjects relating 10 heresy orthodoxy higher
criticism spirunlism social science. faith cure tom
perance literature infant baptism. pneumatic tnVfi'
cookery and woman suffrage. The married freedom oil
Chsu,auqna from flies prompted question which was
witty referred to Dr. Duryca.
DR. Dmcmus in his first lecture described u"
scientific conception OF the chaotic state In the sc'ohu
the production n light and the different forces ana "f
thcr correlaions and H. the third lecture the forna-
ton OF nebulae and the production oil the SOFA, S.sto
This evening the closing lcctur OF the series "hs
oven Various phases the earth has undergone lr'"'
It's molten condition to the present day, were h"''
tr,ed with descriptions Of the many forms OF He ~
the sncce,~ivcly appeared In the different sr"osii
orr, and IN. conditions necessary for the NE Of man
mon earth Impressive experiments were performed
illustrating the pressure OF the atmosphere the dnni"h
of It's constituent gases and the PROOFS" oil COMBUSTION
and respiration while on large chart hir'y-hVe ie''
in length prepared especially for these lectures were
displayed the geological strata and the various forms
Of life known paleOnolOt>ts. These lectures h'N"
hcen among the most notable ever gwen al Chah'
touana the experiments being conducted on most
liberal scale. carload OF apparatus has been uS,a
In the SORES Dr. Borcmus has been ably assisted oY
his son, Professor Charles A. Dorcmus
The Rows Congress will follow tho example ~ inc
National Congress and adjourn on THURSDAY heAt'
An executive session held this morning Tor ths
,ransac,io1 of business In connection with the closing
session which will be held In the Amphlthcatrc 10
ssy is Dcnoninaional Day" at Chautanqus. when
each denomination the grounds discusses SUBJECTS
related TO It's Interests here and elsewhere Iwoi'c
religious bodies gave friendly recognition
10 each other In the Interchange Of their usual places
- ros.ung The Church Of the New Jerusalem dis
cussed Swedcnborg's attitude toward education. Al
other meetings evaneelistic work and proposed ne
nominstional headquarters at chautanqna denahoed
attention At the meeting OF the Me'hodlsts deacon
work considered TINS snbJe't i now at'"'t
ing much attention in the denomination. Tie aueh'
ton of the Church oihcially directed 10
I, some ,our wear, ago, when the General Confer
ence authorized the cs ablishment Of homes. RAPID
prouess has been made nearly thirty hohc'
having ocen opened IN dus Throughout the 'hltn
states uorc than $50 dcsconesses arc now ~ "orh'
The mission Of the deaconcss"s IL ~ n cmSs u"us"
their work la largely among the poor. They take 10
salary The fifth annual conference Il now In session
| RIsur. from twenty homes
are present Al the business sessions to-day. j. "
Gamble of Cincinnati presided Bishop Ihoburb' "'
Indiana where many dec0nesSs are already Al ""h'
made the address at the dcnominstlUhl meeting. lhr
business Of the conference has been largely rVu'ho'
but several questions Of great Importance to Inc
growth and pcmanance 81 the organization. have bcen
Discussed The sessions are 10 be continued through
,,porroy when the most important business win be
transacted.
President Srhurnan, Of Cornell In bis treatment Oh
Free VIII versus Auomatism,r In the Hall Of PhoS-
ophy to-day said that while free Will was In the past
denied BY materalists II is now denied In the name
OF science also. 1t is chained that mans movements
are Ill automatic and rncx, and that men are but
con -cios machines. This conclusion. which Physioio
Tho declare that no other view " compatible with the
Qvst modern law of the conservation OF forcc INC
Speaker held that thought consciousness. mind-eail
Y nv whatever Damc-is M real the physical uni
verse and In last alays sis the sole reality Is ,p,,
and matter is its mode OF expression. In conclusion
pr rSurman said ." sm persuaded that in som.
TORN or other the doctne Of necessity Is always based
on materalisrn. though Its advocates may be IN
Conscious Of IT, aud MATERIAL suc philosophy is an
snsc hronsm since the time Of Bishop Berkeley
An occasion OF great interest IN Cbnutauquahs was
the formal transfer this afternoon of the new T. L.
e. class building recently illustrated IN The Tribune
10 The Chautauqua Assembly. This building was pro
posed nine years ago Joint headquarters for the
rsarIy graduating classes. Ten classes have con
;rhuicd 10 the building fund.- and these have e"cn
6rawn a ROOM for their use The class badges aud
S"wrrs worn by members Of classes from o6 TO ~
added TO the fesuvity. Tho building, while r1ny "r
Is vet finished. II cost nearly flO-
600 Dr. Frank Russell Of New York, made the pres
entetion speech 10 which President Lewis Miller No
..nonasd fnr the Assembly. Among other ChautaIqia
oohhicais present were Dr. J. L. Iiurlbut, DR., W ~
Xnncan George F. Vincent, Miss Kate +. Kirnbai, ana
A. NJ. Martin
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