The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-21
EPWORTH LEAGUES MEET
ADDRESSED BY DIR. DIYIDSON OF
THE AMERIClN UNIVERSITY

,uda Half Miilioms-A Reception.
A meeting of the New Haven group oil
the Epworth league was held last even
ing in the First NJ. E. church. There
was an excellent attendance from an
parts of the city and surrounding
towns.
DR.. ]. e. Adams took the chair ana
was given the Chautauqua salute. Ale
opening prayer was offered by Rev. "A.
T Smith of Grace church. The next
meeting was announced for September
to be held either in Derby or Ansonla'
IT was announced that Bishop Hurst
had been unable to be present to denver
the address, but had provided SUD-
stitute.
The usual collection was taken, AFTER
which Dr. Adams introduced Or. w. L.
Davidson of the American university as
the speaker of the evening. Or. DaVlo-
scn smoke substantially as follows:
| Dear friends: feel have your sym
nathv and am confident that you have
mine. You have been looking ror
bisbop who could not be here. 1t IS
a sore necessity which detains him. me
bishop was to have spoken TO you Oh ms
ten years work the American unlVer-
sity. Let me say few words on the
Bible. how to study and use IT, theh
will speak Of the university.
When Sir Walter Scott lay dying his
attendants heard him whisper Read
TO me-" When asked what, he replled'
"There is but one book-the Bible.
This book is your text book where we
learn Of Gods love. In nature we READ
of power and strength, but not OF love
We see here q malignant god of plague
and cyclone, and If we look 10 nature
alone our conceptions shall be very one
sided Let me give you now rev prac-
tical suggestions as to Blple study
Have a Bible Of your own, with your
own name on the title page. 1t is very
good to have a family Bible, but the
Rible love more than my mothers BIZ
hle is my own Bible. Have second
copy. a por table Bible. If not the whole,
at least a book or q testament. How
much of our time goes unimproved In
RAILROAD trains and In street cars we
could use the wasted time in reading
and learning the gospels, DO NOT Dc
afraid to mark your Bible. Mr. Moody s
i Bible was so thoroughly marked as &c
+, be unintelligible to others. Look upon
the Bible as Gods letter OF you. This
| is not our abiding place. we mus
look upon God as father at home, writ
ing to us of our every day lives. Wher
! we come to realize the relation between
ourselves and God we Will look upor
the word with tenfold deeper interest
Ask God to help you to understand the
Scripture The Scripture was spiritual
n ly given and must be spiritually discern
ed. With the naked eye we can SCI
but few thousand of stars but with
!, telescope we can see millions. Unaidet
> we can understand much Of the Scrip
lures. but with the telescope of spiritua
help we can know an infinite amour
more.
Read your Bible with a view Of livin
1t rather than learning it. 1t Is good t
commit verses to memory, but niue
better to let it get down into your hear
and live 1t out
DIR. Davidson then spoke OF the Amer
lean university as follows: With the eS
: ception of Yale and Clark universite
- there is no real university in this cour
~ try where post graduate work Is nc
| connected Will NbiiVtsit WIZ
~ to supply this need that the America
n university has been founded. Its hea
is Bishop Hurst, the most cultured ma
~ in the church. He has the most Wor
I. derful private library In Washingto
-, and loves his books He saved Ore
-, ~ seminary. After this he was sent
=, Washington, where, under great pre-
- sure, he undertook to build the unlve
- sty and went out 70 look for propert
At the end Of two weeks he found min
-, ty-one acres at what is now the mort
W. west end of Massachusetts, avenue, cos
A. ing 100000. For two years Bish(
Hurst held the property of the unive
Co. sity: then a board o Trustees was a
~ pointed The land which cost 500, 900
" now worth $1500000 The first buildil
-n is The College of History, costing slI'
49, 600, built of white marble, OF fort
4 two rooms, as yet unopened. the la
q, general conference promised to reco
~ nize us as soon as we can raise $500o,0
We have $2700.000 now, and a tho
sand applications for membership. III
~ is to be a university, none but gradual
i" with college diplomas are to be adm
Nv ted. Its plan is to furnish the ample
US facilities for the broadcast and hight
Wy work in professional, original and spe
ial studies. Women are to be admit
ioi on equal terms with men,
We are planning to have our buildir
named after states. We have S22
on the building for the Ohia hall of &C
oV- eminent, where we shall teach diplon
eel cy. There shall also be an Illinois h
en- of Languages, and Pennsylvania h
MS of Administration. We have select
IS washington as site for the gr'
en- scientific collections, the Compression
lity library and the Army and Navy Me
ifs, cal Museum, the best in the woi
any which are all here. We expect to OF
and the new century by endowing and ecu
loid ing the greatest university of the VOL
rem The time has come when American S
nan dents shall find in their own natio
IL capital the advanced learning they m
will soe1 TODAY in the sceptical centers
no European countries. We have asked
young people of the church to build
| in Fpworth college of Literature. The
lrch opportunity for the growth of the lea
light Is TO attach its interest to some br
to work like this May God be with yol
ilh- all your work
rks, After the meeting an Informal rec
ack- ton was rendered to the leaguers p
SON ent by the young people OF the churc
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are THEIR COMING OUTING.