New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-26


place to give the substance Of his speech made rom
the rOor on the evening OF May 80. lie said
be,rtilv coucede perfe,t candor cOn,cientl0usncss
and sincerity 10 he q Union Seminary In the
action which uNv hay. taken with regard to TIE eaco'
~ th,, seminary n the assembly. some Of those d.
r,o,,-s am proud call personal friends Many
y them h~r names which have b~en associated through
generations with what b"-t IN ChnEchs history ana
yet after Ve-y O"st saf most concentrations t'ous'
which have b,cl ab.c through months TO give To THIS
subject am satisfied they haze committed grave erForS
,,,fetnt ha, been m1ie liernt"d and reiterated upon
the roof ~ t.s Assembly ant through ne pioho press
f9r mouths, the paper offered by 'n'f seminary III
1870 contained only proposition which "as ,S""'"n'
,, generous gft III" Is- Of TIE seminary ana "",h
could DE- any recalled do not 50 interpret IL,
let me rad rho closns sentence Of Ito par pnN"
bv TIE dlrc,to 81 that seminary
w d. h,reDy agree II TIC said plan shall be- adopted
~ p. General A-,crnhly"-Wha was that! IL was tA'
,o,ai q, certain powers that General Assembly hau
,.r MANY Of t~ scuinar-s und'r 10 CONTROL now, sc
Tho director, ~ -non. Il tho General N--"inpN "''
80 ,t ..-co OF tho.- uowcrs do osrec to confirm the
Sara ,ian " tho Union Seminary IN 80" fofN o'"' "
mis- r.spcot on rle snme ground WIN me "u'
,,.o,oycl .crnnoro, o. thr Pr byt"ran Chn.'h.
Wa not there ovid pro quo given by Ne 'h'Fch 70 '
,nuary f,r bringing it'f PARTIALLY urd"r IN" 'o"''' -
~. Assembly, DIG nos Tia" Assembly a. Tire'."''",
-. Pre.b,tcan church Iay IT, Ir'0 D'a '' h'' P'l
, ,vood ,oyo.atoni pd i not remit rs con'tNtloA1'
o,,rol over ,los. o'l.r THEOLOGICAL -'hlnr''Ni Has ~
mo p,yr 70 recall that control without he consent %
ond not mon N'iliaA' "'''''
,n,, .,,,,.c,f Now 10 s'oms 70 re mat lbs salient
Int, MN which tie Prc-l terrain CrrrR sr" 70 lh'i''
a.. e,ri,,cc in tho paper which Dr. BnSnsy ''i' j" "l'
accent h,ortlly ludor-e tf't paper. in1'',e "'
r.o, int the Vport Of tl' 'oHi'"''' uuV 10 '
me ,,.t in 20 Ear a. We Simplify aid mako br''f our
,rflol UPON this .r'I@rt. Lat nNlh VIII &C '"'"u ~
no adjudication q TITS matter
4 sKElCu or THE PREACHER.
DR. Young was born at Danvliie. Ky, April ~
ts42 I. was graduated from centre Coiieg" ana
ILL.,. U.uvllr Seminary. II" spent gear u t'"'''.'-
ard two years in general reading ana 'r"''u'"s W.
tv.ccn hl, college and seminary courses III i7''
h ia. n.an ed TO preach and after snort d"
c..f l ,,. fo,nte hr wont TO Europe. spending
y,, c,r,,d In lso4 be- went farther East, visiting
-, ,I,iv Land while absent Ills paso'at"s nave
,..r ~ c,ylnrton ~. Madison. Ind. the ful"r'oA
,y.nu. Clurcl Of chicago and the central '"u''h
,t Loul. vile. lie has been president oil centre -
lcec slrcc 1875. ,
pr Yo,ug preached Yesterday morning upon jesus
rtrf., iu In, character Of a Divln" Teacher Ills
,, ,ros. d. Never Man spoke Like TINS Man
.t.n, vn 20, The theme developed with ms
outline: ~ The originality, u1thiulnes' ana "',''"
mo-, - TO toachmg,; t2l th" power WIN VIII" "
zen. delivered and 90 tie hcr"i'"nt ana comforting
,,,racter Of the message. The following Is an o'-
line of thu .cou:-":
" ,,. thus nr,ueht directly before rs subject
-, o,r meditation u.is morning, Jesus Christ In tho
character of n divine tcoCh.r ne not ti' ''i'''-
uI. In I'M, DOCK whose ''"TN "'i I'''
" On. ,e-v nina of tcd. ne :, presented to ~ under
other and far different charac'cr' We are tod no'
.,tv and ONLY that Re messenger to reveal
,no u, the way to Heaven, but llo came also 10 S't
before NJ the example Of perfect io ana over ana "'o''
ali a. our rcprescnaty7 substitute, to obey all TIC re-.
,ulston, and sur.r all the penalties OF Gods law ''
our room aad ,tod. Indeed, strong Is our nsi'iiA'
mon IN. point that, many Of You know, It -
iavoric charcc agaiv,t by tnltarans Nor""s l'r"
l,r.,i,o. a. t,cy love 10 thensciv., thai our
,,e undo tluIf l. .
value II Christs teaching work. need scarcely say
,n,, ,b.rs i. not syllable trun in that sanderous
charge
orIgINALIT'Y or CHRISf'S TEACHING.
Tine text limit, largely our thought to-day Tn
Jc,u, Christ teacher. And We remark IN t' nF't
,,c uat ~ pre-cm.ncnt superiority over all other
teacher, H. manifest when We consider the originality
ant IN S. and ,sodnc-- Of what II taught Originality
, a Quality which in Itself has no moral chlracD"r what
ever II j, rooi or BAD b.achccnt evil. simply ac
corlrc q, Che thing, taught false; the
objects olm,d helpful or harmful. 1t wa the
cou,tic crticn think. Of Sidney saith upon book,
the advent q which had ben widely hrIa.dod, that
c,cr,ihinc true IA IL Old and cHorthns new In 10
MA. l,,. lh. large measure Of all systems
Of human philosophy. It. Is true IN large measure OF
every system of religion except That tlurt In this divine
boos T. Wa, the crowuius glory OF Christ a. teacher
tiat wns upnt thn-, lie TAUGHT were wholly
ORIGINAL. everything which h. taught was infinitely
b.c-cd and tsuc. Familiar as We are rom NANCY "ith
Tie great ruh- ~. Christian religion. LIVING IN an age
aud ald t.c Civilization and ' rtnie Of when nave
rccn built ufoa and prrca'i 10y these truths Il -
limos ibl. for IN" II t' most brilliant hdAhtol
10 pictu.c himself how thoroughly original were these
truths WHOM nrt clLnelstcc Is Jc~u, thi rake Tor
cyamplc wha, lc thought eninc God When Christ
began 10 teach the knowledge Of the true God hal
almost d.aplcarcd fom the earth. Nearly e'cry great
popular leader civil military and literary vas an aNowed
,,cltr. Tn, great Of the common people was sunk
in the affect d.pths doatry ignorance and surcrs
ton Even among thc jews. GODS own chosen people
the convention OF the Defy had largely ccs,nerated into
the idea Of a local GOD. satisfied vita Outward forms and
cercmones-recarGfgl Of Israel but Indifferent II not
hostile TO all the rest of the earth.
How amazing II to world holding these views
to b. taught that that lie spirit; that
un cnr1an.d aeep earne.t. loving resari lor eyeI