The age-herald., 1901-10-21
New Haven Bedecksd in YaIe's CO|Ors and Presents a
 Splendid Spectacle AN IMPOSING ASSEMBLAGE
Vast Congregation In 6atteI Chapel After Te Deum Sings "i Love Thy Kingdom, Lord," Writ
 ten by Timothy Dwight.

ty began today the celebration of the i. two hundredth anniversary of the found- ing of Yale College with ceremonies especially religious.
 The city had bedecked itself in Yale's colors and presented splendid spectacle. The principal streets had become arch ways of blue, adorned at intervals with pictures of President Roosevelt who on Wednesday, will be Yales guest when the Universitys honor degree will be con ferred upon him.
 Within Battel Chapel where the bi-cen- 'tennial was inaugurated the services were participated in by an assemblage as im- posing as the exercises were simple.
 On the rostrum sat President Arthur Twining Hadley. At the right was Rev. Joseph Twichell, D. D., of Hartford, the preacher of the bi-centennial sermon. To his left was Thomas G. Bennett of the Yale corporation. Next to Dr. Twichell sat former President Timothy Dwight On one end was Hon. Henry Rowland of New York; on the other Rev. Charles Ray Palmer and Bishop Fellows of the University corporation. All wore the gowns of their offices. Below in the choir stalls sat a picked choir of stu dents The body of the chapel was occu- pied in the center aisle by distinguished delegates and guests who wore academy gowns with hoods of many colors.
 Services Begin at 1o:30.
 The service began at 1O:30 a. m. A chant by the choir was followed by the Lords prayer President Hadley read a lesson from the scriptures and after the Te Deum the vast congregation sang Psalm Mo- 65. Rev. Joseph Hopkins Twichell of Hartford. the senior fellow of the corporation, preached the sermon.
 The closing hymn was, "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord,' written by Rev. Timo- thy Dwight. D. D., ILL D.. president of Yale College from 1795 to 1877. Then was sung the doxology and the benediction was pronounced by Rev. Timothy Dwight president of the university from 1886 to is99
 Meanwhile special bi-centennial services were held in other churches of the city and special sermons were preached by Rev. Newman Smyth, D. D., in the Gen. ter church; Rev. Joseph D. Anderson D. D., of Waterbury in the United Church and Rev. Walton Wesley Battershall. D. D., of Albany in Trinity Church. All of these churches are located on the his- toric green adjacent to the college prop erty and for many years the college com mencement exercises were held in Center Church.
 The Rev. w. W. Battershall in the course of his address on the "Old Faith and the New Knowledge" said:
 BattershaII's Address.
 'The world today is facing problems which perplex it and appall It. which start up from old savageries which it dreamed 1t had battered down with the veneers of its civilization which shake the moral pillars of which its ciyiliza- tion has been built, which confound its smooth tongued prophets and one-eyed philosophers, who tell it that humanity for its orders and well being and it's de- F velopment into happy and contented life, needs belief neither in God nor immor- tality; but only the spur of selfshness, the restraints of the police and the pru- dence and the hope of clutching the prizes in the human scramble. If this doctrine should gain large percentage of con- verts, like those who burrow and plot in subterranean Europe, like some of our recent importations, like the one who month ago struck down the President and sent wave of horror around the world, civilization would collapse like a house of cards. A man may think that he can fulnll his life without the church of Christ and the tremendous forces which propagates in the conscience and con- duct of the world There will be time when ne will discover his mistake and he will see that the great world. if it keep it's hold on its most precious things. must nave religion that puts the voice of the eternal behind the social morali- ues ana the lamp of an immortal hope within the sepulchre"
 Yale's Relation to Theology.
 This afternoon at o'clock Rev. George Park Fisher D. D., IL. D., professor off ecclesiastical history and dean of tba Yale divinity school delivered an addrass on the subject of 'Yale Uniyersitv in tts Relations to Theology and Missionsn tJa said in part:
 AS to theology within the precincts or the university in the last four or five de- cades, the period is too recent to be re- viewed at length on the present occe- sion. It is a period in all enlirbtenad countries of the concentration of thougbt and inquiry upon the historical fourda tions of Christianity including the life the person and the work of Christ r. has introduced a new epoch in Biblical criticism, which compels a reconsidera
 
 authority with particular reference to the inspiration and authority of tbe Bible. Moreover. the state or philosophv and new teachings and theories of nat ural science have called for reconstruc- tion of the foundation of the ism They have necessitated a new fortifying of tbe citadel of all religious faith
 "It may be said with propriety that Yale has been neither indifferent nor silent on these cardinal questions of worldwide interest. It is proper to mem tion that in the field of apologethics the forte here has been to deal with the new problems in a spirit of candor, with mingled fearlessness and discretion. Few writers in recent days have made more timely. fresh and effective contributions pertaining to the grounds of theism than of our honored and lamerlted the- | ologian. Dr. Samuel Harris. AS to the | questions grouped under the head of the