The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-31

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bard called the meeting to order there
were nearly n hundred members OF
the association present, making 1t one
of the best attended in the history Of
the organization. Previous to this the
various standing committees Of the as
ISOLATION had met and prepared their
reports to DO presented at the meeting.
President Hubbard made 4 very inter-
eating and thoughtful annual address,
which was listened TO with the closest
attention. In part he said;
"grhis association ia formed to ad'
vance the science Of iurl'prudenCe.'
That sentence is not my sarcaSmi II 10
our constitutioni IL is the name We have
set upon our forehead. 1 cannot resist
the temptation " remind you oil tho
whole object OF cur existence as we
have declared II, The association Is
formed to advance the sclencO OF iuria'
prudence; to promote reform IN the
law; TO facilitate the administrator oil
Justice; to uphold integrity, honor aud
courtesy In tho legal profossioni to en-
courage thorough, liberal legal oduca'
ton, aud TO cultivate cordial intercourse
among the members oil tho bar
The promises Of .heEo six ininitlyes
were arranged, no doubt, in the order
OF their supposed importance, beginning
with the greatest, but when We look
through the decade OF Onr existence We
find that as to the order VI their tul'
tillment the order has been inverted,
and that while We have not even tried.
to advance the science OF the law or to
reform lie practice, and have done Tito
to facilitate the administration OF JUS
lice or uphold tho honor Of ourselves,
ia ministers, (Whose honor lot Us hope
did not need upholdingl We have faith
fully encouraged thorough, liberal,
legal education, and have fully succeed
cd in cultivating cordial intercourse
among the members oil tho bar.
allow doUs the advancement OF our
profession, general and local, during the
span Of this associations life com.
pare with that Oi other professions?
One Of the marked features Of recent
years is tho quickoned lie and rapid
progress Of tho profession OF medicine.
None Of the other learned professions
can compare with it in this respect.
This 10 manifest in Us discoveries aud
professional zeal as well rs in Its organ.
izations, its literature and the daily
practice OF its members. That probes
sion docs not stop at the study aud prac,
tice OF curative medicinei 1t SEXES and
solves tho problems Of sanitation, OF tho
prevention OF disease, and unselhshly
layishes upon q grateful world the
treasures discovered by its ardent re.
search, Filling the public mind with
the exploits OF its leaders, IL holds and
strengthens and widonH tho influence OF
the great body Of local practitioners
upon tho physical aud mental lie Of
their patients. 1t goes even further,
and somotimes %onctoaches OH tile do.
main oil the spiritual adviser, and the
physician IL called on to heal the soul
d, we'll rs the body, so that in enlight'
ened, a. II was in savage America, tho
medicine man Is both priest and physl'
clan, doctor ut once Of medicine and di.
yinity, IL not this due to some extont
TO the freedom OF individual effort in
that profession? Its members are not
bound by statutes or by tho Judgments
of tribunals other than their own. They
have no letters except those OF their
own forging. They are free as to their
purposes and their methods. Their
Possibilities do not excel ours. lhoirs
il is 10 discover tho laws OF nature and
70 ID and teach thor lessons. Ours IL
tn higher mission. not only 10 road
arI teach and enforce the known laws
OF Justice and conscience. but to give
form and expression TO those laws
though Legislatures and courts, and.
tn IS, IN ono sense, to bOcotQe tho MAX
er, OF laws. They may employ the
zeal aud a]cuienoss Of the d%iscovOror.
We have scopo for tho higher faculty oil
the philosopher,
%"Clerrymun, TOO, show in recont
years mn increasing influence over tho
community at large. 1HOir immediate
flock ina not DO any lnrGor in propnr'
ton, but their power over tho commun'
ity at large grows. On tho side bound.
cd BY theological dogma they cannot
| move far, IL is true, and but seldom
docs ono OF thom rot over tho donomi-
national fence iusido Of which his
spiritual lot Ia cast. The efforts OF
church organizations and socie'ioi Ia
tho nature OF progrens, such rs tic ai'
tompts at unity Of tho churches, scom
unsuccessful, audit may DO best thGt
thew should he An as long as tho minds
of m6n ,ate naturally different and
spiritually free. But on tho practical
aide, tho side oil humanity, toward which
ministers Of tho gospel arn free to net,
unroStrRinod by any hedge oil authority,
human or divine, great have been their
accomplishments In recent yeata.
MAnncrism has disappeared, tho ad'
yeutitious solemnity Of gRrb mud do
portmont no longer stands between tho
rospol minister and his iOllnw'man, and
today ho leaves his theology to lake
care Of itself, and goes about doing good
In public effort aud personal devotion.
IIG has become a follower ut 81 JhinrB
rather than Of 81. Paul. There Ia no
community but feels tho Influence Of
some such man, whether he be with NJ
to-day or gouo yesterday to his Father,
that spreads beyond tho walls OF lis
own church aud, like another blessing
of heaven, falls alike upon tho lust OF
hls own household Of faith aud tho un.
luBt that dwell without, Tho world
iools aud rcSponda to tho Individual
effort OF such NOT. ,
"f liayo not forgotten that tho legal
nroiC,BIon has made Ito forward
marches, too. but when wOtO thOy?
How long since Nutvlvorship In joint
tenancy was abolished, BinCO tho fcgla'
ttaiion Of dOOds wore provided Tor, since
tho VorbinRu Of conyoyNnclnp wa Top