The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-08-09
IN BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY.
Lecture Inst Evening by Bishop Fowler
Al 81. PAuts Church.

Lecture Inst Evening by Bishop Fowler
~ 81. Paut's Church.
Tho lecture by Bishop Fowler last oven
ing in the NJ. L.. church WINS we'll attended.
The lecture was prsfaced by some songs.
given By the Rev. W. A. Spencer. who nc
oompauies the bishop. Mr.. Spencsr's voice
rendered in a very Effective mannsv. Col.
Sanders, with a few weli-chossn words.
introduced tho bishop who spoke in behalf
OF tho Hontnna Wesleyan university upon
the subisct Of education. lie said IL was
the Qfoateat tnstFument in tho hands OF
man TO uplitt society; that 1t was generally
diruaed throughout the land at present,
transio nation had been effocted in
tho land since forty years acc; that schools.
aeminsriss. colleges, and the hill crowned
uLtvsrs!ty Wero spread oil over the land.
Child,cn of tho present day knew more,
said the bishop. had moro general infor-
nation. knew more OF science than did the
Teol lie OF ancient Greece in its best days.
BY means Of electricity the world 10 q
united whole; there arc NO back commu-
n~ities." 70 foreign lands. AZ the problems
of life come up they will be Rrappled By
these coming scholsrs. who are even now
lifting cou%ntenAuoes OF intelligence to the
great light of the future. The speaker
VA sAsnb ~ sGO AO4oi . ~
house and senate. q college man had forty
times the chances of success against others;
that nll might be self-made men. but these
used tho best tools. There are ten times ~
many teachers. and twenty times Go many
writer's in our land 40 thcre we're citizens Of
body OF sdnontors held an power
within its hands Of pushing right and loft
and onward.
The great application Of all this knowl-
edge, ana all these forces, according to the
speaker. was the defense OF the Christian
faith. He then spoke of the various great
enemies of the faith from the times OF the
Old Testament down to the present, be-
ginning with the struggle OF Polythsism
agn!pst Aonotheism. and how the latter
prevailed; later came tho Greek Pantheists,
the Exekists. the Aerstics. ana each was
answered In its own tims and on it's wi
plane. Then came the dark ages. in which
no thinking. Then came the revival Of
learning. with its dangers. answered by
Cram or and others. But it has resolved
upon our age to mako the most bitter az
sauit upon Christianity. Intelligence
trained to the highest degree, made
the attacks. and the Issue must
be fairly and squsrely met, and
AZ on the same grounds. 1t must be intel
leot and learning against intellect and
learning. True. the great body Of soldiers
would fight pom simple faith in the word
of God, but some great headlights we're
needed to answer argument by argument,
as religion that could not stand keen soru-
tiny wSs not worth having. Men must he
armed against infidslity with equal wsap-
ons. And these must be maintained by our
schools and universities; and nowhere could
an institution be placed TO better edvan-
taQs, spread broader branches, send down
deeper roots. thar in Montana. Tho bishop
concluded with en- eloquent tribute to the
state, and especially to Helena. which he
pronounced one OF the brightest and most
progressive cities he had seen.
Tn discourse was scholarly. logical and
practical, Astounding in nnecdote and Wit.
%lectual. his delivery easy and graceful, and
the close attention of the audience showed
their appreciation.