The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-11-03

| and better to have risen from the
savagery of the forest, and the animal
life that preceded it. than to have fallen
from Eden. 1t is better to have our
Golden Age before us continually, than
to have left it far behind us.
Suppose one begins with the concep-
tion of God. Nothing that science has
shown US, compels us 10 lay it aside
Science has given us larger concep-
tion of God and bis universe. He who
wrote with his finger on the table of
stone, "Thou shalt not injure thy broth
er," has said by the law of gravitation to
each heavenly body, "Thou shalt not
wander out Of thy orbit" I say to the
man of religion, let us be grateful to the
prophets OF science, that they have given
us this larger knowledge, and these
greater conceptions of the universe The
prophets of science have shown us into
a grander temple; the priests of science
have taught us nobler religion.
We are beginning to see, as science
lifts the wells. that insanity and disease
are not the work of devils. The super
stitious notions were once held that
plague and pestilence we're sent by God.
Science says, these things are not the re-
suits OF divine anger, but the results of
human filth. Look to the heavens for
relief. but look also to your back alleys
and cess-pools.
The speaker ended with vision like
that of the Apostle at Patmoe, showing
the sciences laying their work before the
great white throne and declaring From
everlasting to everlasting, Thou art
God."
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The praise meeting at 9 o'clock was
led by Rev. j. E. Keyes, and was par
ticipated in by many of those present.
The Conference was called to order by
DR.. Cantwell at 10 o'clock. Prayer was
offered by Rev. DR.. White, after which
the address of welcome was delivered by
Rev. A. J. Garfield D. D., pastor of St.
Paul's Church.
He said among other things: "We
are glad to welcome all schools and
shades of opinion. Truth has many
ways of expression. This fact ought to
make us tolerant When Joshua com
planned to Moses that some were prophe-
sying against orders, the reply was a
uich hot oil ha oh i
prophesy. So with Jesus, when he was
told that certain men we're casting out
devils in his name, he rebuked those
who complained. There is too much of
tendency to belittle those who differ
with u.s. 1t makes great difference in
our appreciation of anything who talks
to us about it. We welcome every one
both those who believe in Applied
Christianity, and those who believe in
having Christianity to apply"
THE MINISTER'S COUNCIL.
This part of the program was under
the charge of Rev. Amos Crum D. D..
who made few preliminary remarks
concerning minister's Institutes.
Rev. DR.. White read paper on 1.-THE
Need of a Professorship of Applied
Christianity at Galesburg." Following is
an abstract of the paper;
The ministerial profession is the
most difficult of all, and demands the
largest qualities of mind and heart to
prosecute it successfully. No preacher
can lay claim to any modicum of success,
until he has helped some human soul.
A greater work than that of helper of
souls no man can do. The personal ele-
ment in the ministry is growing larger;
the servant of God is such because he is
the servant of humanity. The princi-
pies of righteousness must be brought
to bear on the conflicting motives of sin
full men. The preacher should study
the human heart, that he may be able
to enter into the human thought SO that
he may understand how the thought is
related to action.
1t is not enough to train the intellect
W q hdA W lOdCA uuLudu SOULS.
Success in the Christian ministry is
largely matter of insight. The intel
lect, emotion and will must be trained
but these are only secondary.
The times SO strongly demand a pro-
fessorship of applied Christianity, that
if we do not have it, we soon may not
have any Christianity to apply. should
like to see a creed formed from the
point of contact of human souls. l am
sure it would be inclusive enough. l
look at Christianity as the embodiment
of personality.-a life.
DR.. Crum then outlined the thought
of the three following papers as dealing
with "The Service of Worship - of
Thought-of Humanitarianism read
ing the frat paper himself on "The Ser
vice of Worship"
He began by criticising a certain d. ID.
who seems to think that we do not need
the service of worship. He said further;
some of us "old fogies" are not equal to
the surgical operation of cutting off the
service preliminary to the sermon. I'm
der present conditions, the service of
worship is on our hands. The prepara-