The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-21
SERMON BY REV. DIR. SMITH
E4CHED AT THE SPECIAL BE-
 CENTENNIAL SERVICE
Held at Center Church Yesterday Norm inS-A Largo Congregation Filled the Church-Many Guests From Out of Town Presont-A Summary of Dr.
Snyth's Discourse.

A special bicentennial service was
 held yesterday morning in Center
 church, the pastor, Rev. Newman
 Smyth, D. D., preaching the sermon.
 The~church was filled with large con-
 gregation, including many of the bicen-
 tennial guests. Dr. Smyth preached
 from the text One generation shall
 praise Thy works to another" a. DOT
 tion of Psalms 145:4 The following is
 a brief summary of Dr. Smyh's ser l mon:
 In September 1884, an officer of this church in a meeting of the town of New Haven said God is about great work in the world, and hath guided MT. Pier pont to preach those things that are suitable. Among the suitable things of his ministry were his efforts in found ing Yale college, It is fitting that the
 bicentennial should begin on a Sabbath, for Yale university is itself part of that great work which God was doing in the
 world It has it's place and rank in
 the kingdom of God. How shall this historic place be kept? pr. Smyth spoke of the following particulars in which
 Yale is to fulfill it's history and to be itself part of the great work which God is about in the world:
 First-In straightforward pursuit Of its own task Yale is teacher of laws, but it is not a political organization. It Is a master of science, but not an employment bureau It is an authority
 in morals, but not police court. It always has been and is a servant of God, but it has no religious prOpagan- da
 Secondly-In a reverent liberty of in- vestigation. This freedom has already been won for us; our question is, not do we have liberty, but how shall we make noble use of it? The Congregational cIergymen who elected reverent lay man as president can be trusted to maintain academic liberty; it is to be used, not lightly. but as sacred trust.
 Third-In a, noble passion for truth. Dr. Smyth dwelt upon the grandeur of the passion for truth, and what 1t has wrought in history. In this ennobling passion Yale is to keep It's heritage. It was one of it's professors of divinity Dr. Taylor, who said: Follow truth. though it leads you over Niagara
 Fourth-In intelligent sympathy with life. Yale is to keep its place and do it's part in the divine work by keeping it. self in close touch with the life of the people. No thinking can be broadly and profoundly true which is not in vi- tai sympathy with the thoughts of mems hearts.
 Fifth-In the power of profound optimism. The work of the university grows more imperative with the expan- | sion of our country. The perils of our | American life are the opportunities of 1 educated men. The alarms which we l hear are the bugle-c calls to our youth. Keep their life in our universities sour1 | and pure, and the country Is already | saved Dr. Smyth said that it was a grateful task to speak of the principles in which a university should fulfill its high calling, because these are the ideals which now reign in Yale. The life of the undergra duates is self purifying life. Fifty years ago Presi- lent Woolsey said "There are no seeds If decay in her" A great historian, Neander, in writing at the close of the same half-century of the conflict of the coming years, said that "of the cardinal virtues which serve love we need above Ill. manliness and wisdom" Manliness and wisdom-these are Yale's heritage md Yale's hope.