New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-20
AT WILLIAMS COLLEGE.
TIE REV. DR. GLADDEN. oy THE CHRISTIAN LAW
OF LIFE.


Wnlla,ns'own Mas June 10 (Sp"daD.-ln the
alseucc Of President Carter the scimju to The gfadn'
ing class Of Williams College prcachcd today by
the Rev Washington GLADDEN., D. ID, Of Columbus,
ohio. lie chose as his text the words: "Who,ocv"r
shall seek To gain his life shall lo5c il; but whatsoever
shall lose his life shall preserve it, Luke Avii :J5'
lie -lld IN part
the .principic Of contradiction which sir william
Hamilton declares 70 be- the supreme law Of Thought
na' a '9"s r%""e en &c. "2 D S % and %as%
which employ In dealing with thing ib.irloi ara .i
nanmatc applicable when We are dealing Win iie
and character. 10" statement i alsurl.
It must be- admitted that the tendency Is strong u,
subject all knowledge TO the laws Of forn, I0Hc ana
70 bring all events under "a" laws OF pS 'l'Hi ,a',i
ton. The prevalent scrptT>m has arisen nhn i oa,
hws. They cannot bc explained. The natlrc ~
friendship cannot be found Ia physics or chemist,
M s"miH Of aonoT pn 1S' tue a P r esu aoG 10
derived. by tho most exact cacnu' from me tables
lions Of nature but faith hope ard love no more
weighed IN the scales Of an apThecary. Indeed. 80
soon as we pass from the inorganic 10 the organic
"o Tnip T aa also follow the samc law M mans
private Interpretation Of the universe Is Of any con
my own pc, notions and thinking NE th2nght thot
.nmc law Duty IS not an iilivdualstic conception
j can no more isoIie myself in binding duty Than In
rbetrica II paradox, It is tc exact statement Of
Of tho deepest laws Of lite. i has not however
been generally regarded by Christians themselves
as a prnctlcable rule. In the family and in the
church we have supposed that II might hive some
limited application but in bnSincss and In politics
there has not been yet much NOR" room for the
Christian law than there was FOR Christ himself nj
his advent In Bethleien. We hnv" held that The
ONLY rule which will work in all the larger affairs Of
NE IS - the good old rule Of Roo Roy
THE simple plan
That they should take who have the power,
And they should keep who can
II must be doubted whether this rule IS working
perfectly The condition Of the social ana political
world is not n that could be desired. In the midst
OF ahonndlng wealth, there Is still bitter poverty
I'm All these Opulent cities great army OF honest
and willing workers vnInY asking for work = earn
their daily bread labohne for wages which VIII
scnrccly keep them In exlstcncc
We have been saving, 10 these many years, That
Chfist's law would not work ~ practical NE Certain
I. e. That he law Of that klnriom which He TO
overthrow is rot working very we'll Might II not bs
worth while 10 try the Law long discarded HAPPY
~ the stone which the builders have rejected were
made the hcadstonc Of The corner, We should sc~ the
scattered fragments gnihrrng, ~ II mr"d by divine
mIsic and should behold the wills rs'u. ~ rat fair
CITY ~ Gh which Is 20 stand nj IN" latter day np2n
the cnrtii -.
Christ is not II foolish ruler. u quNotic leader: Ills
worl is the Illuminating word His WAY Is the living
e hard f,r a brave and clivalrous young To
cat.i, the spirit Of this law Does II not at once
come home 10 him that selfsurrendcr to lofty ideal
* The tries self mastery that he who loses himself
In site devotion the highest good he knows
must surely find himself Cling fast t. this con-
vlction let 1t not go; keep It, for IL is yOur life.
Join yourselves mot with those WHO seek 70 ieyx