The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-25
DIVINITY SCHOOL OPENED
4 NOTABLE INTRODUCTORY AD-
 DRESS BY REV. PROF. BR4STOW.

 Religious Life In Its Relation to the M in- istry-An Ideal Life Set Before the Standardization of the Minister Clearly Defined-Patienoe and Courage Two Necessary Attributes of Character.
 The Rev. Prof. Brastow gave the opening address to the students in the divinity school at o'clock yesterday, He took as the subject of his address "The Religious Life in the Relation to the Ministry" and said in part "The three requisites of religious life are conscious personal dependence on Christ; fellowship with Him and sub jection to Him. These produce relig- ious faith, love and loyalty.
 This religious life should be back of every minister in his work. The pc culiar virtue of the minister should be his unworldliness. He must fight the battle of his master over again. The religious life should be pre-emi- nent over all others. The secularized minister is an anomaly, Everyone likes to see an unworldly minister.
 'sAs men in the various positions of life represent some ideal, so the duty of the minister is to represent saintship in somewhere near it's perfect form He should have religious knowledge, which includes all knowledge which is religiously as we'll as mentally appro- priated. It is truth taken up in the nature of spiritual and ethical exper- fence. No one knows anything, bib- lcally speaking, who only has loose idea that certain things are true, but only those who make it part of their ethical and spiritual experience, hence only the spiritual man knows the truth Mental knowledge is itself in large part dependent on spiritual knowledge, and mental awakening in a man is often seen to follow his spir- itual awakening.
 Religious life and thought necessi- tates theology. Ethical and spiritual experience must have some mental ex- pression and this is theology. The sec ular mind canont truly know men. No man can know men until he knows himself; until he realizes his religious needs. Christianity is the only gift which can save humanity from despair and what Christianity has done for the inspiration of men can never be meas ured.
 Another essential of a ministers equipment is the gift of speech. In apostolic times this was called the gift of grace and I know not by what authority 1t has been ruled out from being a gift of grace still. Ministers are sent men with a message to preach of Christ and His grace.
 Power of speech is always condi- tioned on what is back of it in the preachers life.
 T'The faith that is based on principle is pre- eminently a ministerial virtue and the sympathy which the minister has for his fellow men should be based upon it.
 Fidelity is one of the professiona virtues of a minister's religious life. I'm people of this country need to be edu cated anew to the sacredness of publi' obligations, and it is sign of deca denee that people regard this lack O fidelity as they do and in not holding men more closely to their quasi offieia contracts In times like this Whe1 chalatans harangue the public ant seek to perpetuate the general unrest no minister can escape preaching thu word of truth to his hearers.
 "Other ministerial virtues are pa tience and courage. Patience to con fide in the Lord, and courage to fgh through to the end