The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-19
lord KELVIN'S JUBILEE
tccOrNrOF the GREAT EyENTN
uuIcH DIR. HOGE PdRTICIPiTED.
~ mr.. w W. Moore-Dr. Hoge's subject
Was One which Called Forth MS
Best Gifts-Other Addresses.

GLASGOW, June Is, lN5-ln the ~
gala Room of Edinburg Castle on my
way TO Glasgow. had the pleasure OF
meeting for the first time one Of the most
intellectual young men that the sou'"
has producod since the war; Professor
Woodrow Wilson. OF Princeton lniVerSl-
g.. "a former fcllow-studcnt at Dawson
COLLEGE, If my present fellow-traNe
49,. Pev Alexander Sprunt lie toio Us
80, bf. vav to Glasgow. too. for
H.. ,,,,r,oee of rsprcsentng Princeton IN
49, Celebration of Lord kclNins JuNiee'
,-,.t. ,..t,ran professor Who thus COM
,i.,os aftv years OF service as te"' ner
i'm tho University Of Glasgow anu VIM
lax the way. like $50 many olhet
makers is "A Scotch-lrishmln' mas i""s
laen rccoeuiZed as one or the il"'1 '"''
uont scientists Of modern tunes anu w
greatest OF an electricians. ~ Ii'i''o'
William Thomson he first won reho"h ny
the wonder which he wrought i'll a""'.'
lating space hy enabling as 10 'eles'n p"
scross tho Atlantic ocean. for il was he
who solved the difficulty when III ls'o
threatened TO defeat AN the plans or the
late CYRUS W. Field just as he seemed
about to realize his g.gontic dream OF
uniting two continents. che signals pass
inl. through % long submarine cable We're
found 10 drag" so much as TO make IL
ur.t. tilauv useless Thomson discovered
the law governing the retardaton and IN
vented the "murcf instrument by wEich
all tho delicate fluctuations Of the varying
current could bee interpreted. 80 sensl-
tive is the arrangemynt that on one oc-
casiou "a signal WAS sent 90 America ana
back Though two Atlantic cables win
the current from toy battery made 90
"a silver tnimblc with drop OF acdulated
water and grain of zinc by means OF
Thomsous magical apparatus. ON August
18th. 1855. this message was flashed from
shore 90 Shore. Europe and America are
united by telegraph. Glory 20 God TN the
highest. ON earth peace aud good VIII To-
wards men" For this success he was
xrighted. In f~2. after many other sue
cessos. De was raised 20 the peerase. The
submarine telegraph is not Tire only iuycu-
fion which connects his name with the
-aa. Bv substituting piano-forte wire for
the oll-fashloncd rope De made 20 possible
10 measure quickly ANA accurately tile
depth OF water 100 amy spot under nov
lne ship. when Dr. Toule was visiting
Prof. Thomson De noticed a bundle Of this
uinn0-f0rte wire. and. inquiring what it
WAS for was informed hy Thomson that
he intended using % for sounding pur-
poses. "What note?' innocentiy inquir-
ed TOuio. 10 which Thomson promptly re-
piled. 1.-THE deep g." But Lord Kelvin's
most valuable aid % navigation IS the
adjustable compass which bears his name
and which ls now used on every first-class
ship in the world.
So nmrrou. and useful are his invcn-
ti0ns that there is am establishment at
Glasgow devoted colely 20 the manufac-
ture Of his patents and employing nearly
TWO hundred highly skilled workmen and
N STAFF Of electricians. Ills home in The
precincts Of Glasgow University was the
first house in rho world 10 De lighted with
elcctricity II Is not strange, then, that we
found tine whole city d0ins him honor ga
our arrival. and scores of scholars con
venel t0 offer the congratulations OF other
institutions in every part of the world.
The Kelvin Jubilee came To a close soon
after the Pdn-Pros byterlan Council OPEN
ca. and the latter speedily absorbed the
public attention.
ADDRESS OF DIR. ROBERTS.
The opening address Of President W H.
Roberts % which referred briefly in my
former letter after noticing in suitable
terms the death since the last meeting
OF Or Watts. DR.. Schaf. Or. McCosh
and Or. Chambers. affirmed that the
churches Of this Alliance as Reformation
churches stood for four Scriptlral princi-
pies which were fundamental 10 Protest
autsm: /. The sovereignty of God In
salvation, =. The severe. gnty OF the word
Of Cod over creed aud lie. 3. The
sovereignty. under God. Of the individual
conscience in matters of religion as eN-
pressed In the declaration, God alone is
Lord of the conscience and T. The
sovereignty of Christ iu his church. and
the consequent right of all believers 10 re-
cOenition as members OF his body. and
entitled - am appropriate share In all
church privileges. Among other things he
said: Gathered from every continent and
from the isles of the sea- tho council IFS
representative Of the reformed and
catholic church throughout the world.
There is ID Roman Catholic and Greek
Catholic communion. but both are in the
bonds of superstition. and with the adj
vance Of man and the unrofusabe de-
mands OF human welfare. both must lose
In numbers and power. and be at last
either transformed or disintegrated. There
is an Anglican communion but n does net
increase BOO numbers or influence in pro-
norton 20 the growth Of the English
speaking or Engl.sh-governed peoples.
among whom 10 is located. In 1904 An
cMcans in Great Britain and her colonies
were 90 per cent Of the Protestant popu-
lation to-day they are scarcely 50 per
cent and I'm the American republic they
are. both members and adherents. but
per cent The churches OF the Reforma-
! ton are steadily increasing"
PAPER OF PRINCIPAL DYKES.
one OF the clearest and strongest papers
| presented 10 the council was the one by
| the Rev. Principal Dykes, Of London. on
THE Anglican View OF the Church OF
| God" Referring 70 the Anglican view
that the Christian graces manifested by
members Of Episcopal churches were
| due to the occasional. exceptional, I'M
covenanted mercy OF God. he said that
| Gods blessing upon our churches was
neither scanty nor occasional. IL was
perennial: IT was widespread II was
abundant. HAD Lutheran divines done
less than Anglican for modern theology
/ or Hmcuenot France contributed fewer
heroes 10 the noble army OF martyrs thar
| Anglican England? or Presbyterian Scot
land reared a pcasantry less God-fearins
than her Episcopal sister? Were tho mis-
sions OF Baptist or Wesleyan or Congrega
tionallst the barren spots on the foreiei
! field? one was ashamed 10 ask such cues
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