The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-09
Science AND MORALITY.
Does Higher Education Tend
to Elevate Mankind9.
rnr LAW Does NOT REFORM.
- Ssvs Mr.. Condif-A sfrikinE ser
mon Delivered Before the ssh"a
I..s xsshf-Crifscism of Christian
E.Aeavor Societies brings Out
spirised Defense OF Them-hs
u..,u~ss for she Session of Today

b x,....a Defense Of Them-The
u..,n~.. for the Session of Today.
In higher education potent factor III
tbe civilization Of mankind
Z rns an.wer to iris question. a. found
IN an address delivered last night before
The Presbyterian synod b. Rev. E y. Cor
dit. is In the negative. DIR. Coaast's theme
was aFIlzhcr Christian Education" In
the course Of his address. be declared.
with eloquent force, that nsn are not
made better through knowledge--thst sci
enoe Is not a reformatiye agent and that
abe Law does nor purify mems hearts and
souls.
Afr. condifs address was held by those
VINO heard IL 10 he particularly pertinent
ii this time. when a question similar IN rs
nature has beer agitating the board o. re-
gents and the faculty Of the University %
wasbingson for several months past. AMI
IN Which the issue was raised. whistler
christianity ought to be allowed to tinse
sle TEACHINGS u one Of the professors, Or
whether metaphysics ought 10 be stripped
OF ali ideas or personal God. In tho
course of his address the speaker said;
..vrhaf ran be done to sacmfc a larger
spsrit III power ii the Christian ministry
Many thlax that the loss ~ poEer y due
40 tie inferior quality or the college men
nho 20 to our theological seIuinariss. ]
mink this II a mistake. These men who
!. enter the seminaries are OF a higher grade
Than ever in the history Of the church.
among them are our best college grad
yates
The theory Of secular education Ignores
The existence and functions OF conscience
defining conscience az belief IN a per
aonai God and the dread OF Divine dis
pleasure. and reverence for Gods laws.
If you reject this idea OF education and
religious conscience. yosl place virtue an
der the dominion of the passions. con
froiled by the tickle will and passions
rather than the intellect dictate. The
great mistake OF the Christian church Is
that she has allowed her sons 70 be train
ed tn secular institutions. gaining no ac-
qialntauce with Christian fact and Chris
tian methods that lead 70 the holiest 81
Christian activity and Christian duty. and
altogether hostile 20 those powerful Inn
pulses which have more IL do with the
succeas OF the ministry than all the train
ins Of the semlnaries
The Christian church ought 10 en-
rhaetzs the fact that II does not lie in the
power OF education 10 purify or reform
men. Science may enliEhten. but IL can
not elevate the human nature, which Is
sinful. There IL nothing essentially re-
formafory In knowledge ltHeif"
The speaker referred 10 several eonspic-
uons figures In history. including Byron,
Burns and John Stuart Nni. the famous
authority on melAphysles The Hsex a.
f&e A.
knowiedae did not convey purity.
Modern science, az taught in most %
Our secular institutions OF iearning--there
are few notable exceptions aitogeth her
eliminates God from His creation. as veil
~ denying 70 man his moral nature. The
church ought 70 arise Ia her might and
By the munsficent end5wments Of her own
institutions provide FOR the development
of scientific thought. by a leadership that
would conduct science To the altar Of
Christianity where she may De baptized
IN Chriaiianlty's spirit and with authority
and power from on high
The stability Of our government Is
founded on the moral convictions of the
people. not simply Ga thelr Embellishments
The statesman assumes that the stability
OF eur country IS due 20 the genius 81 her
laws, His theory II that vice grows oiil
Of Ignorance and that virtue springs IRON,
knoxledge. and these come ont OF public
justice, which IN turn grows out OF "A wise
Hnd liberal government. All history proves
The contrary. for the law has nc e.anent
OF purtncatlon As law. whether divine ar
0hnman, Else every prisoner in our pcnl.
tentiariea would be A yirtuoue citizen and
ever lest seal IN he'll an angelic spirif
The hesf raeu have been proaured under
the Eerst forms % government while IN
wisrst governments have given iife n the
siiest men Witness the apostle under
Nero and the pnrliaAs under she Stuarts.
fho Bible Is The foundation head Of the
moral convictions Secular education IS
Sood az far As q goes bat 4 does not 20
fNr enough, and Il expects stability whlle
II nesleetS The cultivation ~ the rserai
convictions 81 the people oGs 81 which Il
grove "
nr. q. William Cheney delivered most
tefethle and eloquent sermsn on "s's SITE
matte krneIeence.' preceding Mr.. cen
dit
Al ,aaays session two most Important
matters vii receive attention from the
synod One Is the recommendation q ihs
eeinmitfen oa aid Tor colleges. 10 which
was referred the matter az the pronaess
removal 81 Nhltweeih college from sum
nsf 20 Per- Townsend. 1t is stated Thar
hDR hotel builllug and seven acvee of
around worth soea has been offered a.,
e9llese. provided that the sum az S. sea l,,
raised ~ the sypod y Is said thar tho
proposition Viii he fsvcrahlv sctei anon
The matter 81 THE abolition - the afFrs
81 synetical missionary. now aiod So shle
hy .nr Gum, wiii Dee brought up coda.
'nn sf the preatfN feries has recommends
thar IL Be abolished Tae matter wiz lik--
y occasion spirited debate
The Proceedings az the svnad rearss %,