The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-16
YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL.
THE ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES
 HELD YESTERDAY.
csting Addresses-Award< of Hooker Fcllowship-The Alumni Dinner-The N.44.t Reception.

Reception.
 The anniversary exercists of the Yale Divinity school were held at Batteli cnapel p, yesterday morning at l0;3o o'ciock, iresi- dent Hadley presiding. The exercises were opened with an organ prelude by Prolessor Harry Jepson. President Hadley then m an nounced the hymn Thou Grace Divine, En- circling All" which was sung by the as sembly. Prayer was offered py Rev Dr.
 The first address was by Charles Wocqtt Ms1Ea snbiaet was b T reseaf AS of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States
 Tt is with the present tendencies of this { great force that we are to speak, said the sRomanism to considerable extent at least, is a foreign element one great tioned allegiance to the pope. At least one { tenth of our population believe in these eX- x cathedral utterances.
 .sIf the congress of the United States should assert one thing and the pope an other, American Catholics would have. no voice in the matter. In this the civi! law S Is not the highest authority. me seconu reason why this church is m alien force is because of the abuses of the aurlcular con fession. The tendencies are to make the confession too light affair." :, < dangerous force is because Of the attitude towards the public school. Romanism has < confessed that she cannot live Tn the at- mosphere of the public school: over l'ooQ,- GOO children are thus taken from the pub lie charge. It is foreign education as one writer has said, and the Roman Catholic people are made foreign people in our land.
 '"rhis faith is hostile to the common law. The practical effect is that priest may pc q good priest and bad man. The heads of the church are in q position to con siderable extent to control the votes or their people and in many instances they, do not use this power sparingly The prople,m is, can they in this country sway the
 SMen like Archbishop Ireland have more liberal tendency than would be toler- The Catholic leaders are gradually and per haps unconsciously absorbing Americah- S ism. From the standpoint of the church, actions speak louder than words, And .il Tn z every crisis of the republic American Cath olics have been found among. the staunch, est friends of the country. The great need of the hour is education. Romanism Is one of the perils of the republic; on the other hand it has magnificent opportunity to work among it's people and to incucate < Americanism. It has done great work in Ing to do Christian work and yet bound hand and foot by q religious oligarchy.
 s'The Catholic church in the United States has been useful and its possibilities \ in the future are very great"
 Edgar L. Heermance, B. A., Yale, of New Haven, spoke on "The Cure of Souls" He said that minister must be symppa,thetic 2 and care for every individual in his con gregation. He said: Religion is the same for the poor and the rich and whether the clergynan is sent to. the frontier or to the fashionable metropolitan pulpit 1t is all the same in spirit"
 Ferdinand O. Blanchard, B. A., Amherst college, West Newton, Mass. had thesis h Influence of 4s the M Ministry n in Early spirit of the Puritan forefathers, admitting that they were narrow in many ways and worked under the limitations of tue day and generation, but he insisted that their Ideals were high and their Influence price less heritage of the nation
 George l.. Omwake, B. A., Ursinus col -canizations of the Church for Religious Ed ucition." His plan resolved itself into an effective method for conducting the Sunday
 Jay IT Stocking. B. A., Amherst college, Canton N Y, presented q thesis on the theme "The Old Bible for New Needs" He dealt with the higher criticism and the authority of the Bible.
 v At the close of the exercises 1t was an- nounced that the Hooker fellowship, the principal award at the annual commence
 The theses presented for the degree of z B. sD., are on the following subjects: .,
 The Nature Poetry of the Psalter-Wil- liam Talbot Allison, B. A. M. A., Toronto university, Toronto, Can.
 The Christian Use of the Psalms-Walter Conkling Blakeslee, B. A., Beliot college
 The Ministry in Early New England-Fer- dinand Quincy Blanchard, B. A., Amherst college, West Newton. Mass.
 The Messianic Element in the Psalter-- Charles Sturgeon Calhoun, B. A., Bates college, Lewiston, Me.
 PauTs Conception of Gods Relation to the World-William Evan Davies, B. A., Marrieta college, Scranton Pa.
 Alexander Campbell-William Loren Fisher, B. A. M. A., Bethany college, New
 Unitarism It's Practical Influence shown by History--James Francis Gregory B. A., Amherst college, Bordentown, N. J.
 for chareh Union 4 Discus Discus Day American Protestantism = Ernest Rutherford Groves, Hudson, Mass.
 Recent Changes of Opinion in Regard to the Heermance, B. A., Yale university New Haven, Conn.
 Christ's Relation to the Law According to the Teaching of the Gospels-Alban Der nard Hyde, B. A., Bates college, Auburn,
 The Teaching of Jesus Concerning Wrath -Charles Wilfred Jackson, B. A., Acadia university, Montowese, Conn.
 The Social Scheme of the Salvation Ar my--Anton Rasmus Larson, B. A., Yank- ton college, Villas. S. P
 The Influence of Christianity on the Status of Woman-Claude Percy Leach, B. A., Northwestern Christian college, B. D., Drake university, Moulton la. The AttltuQe or Llle BOOKS or JOD ana EC- sclesiastes Toward Belief in a Future Life Clarence Melville Lippincott, B. A., lWaynesburg college, Waynesburg, Pa. The Imperial Christ in Prophecy, History and Modern Life-George Requa Lockwood, | $B. A, Iowa college, Montclair, N J. z Christ's Estimate of His Works of Heal ing -Dorance Bertel Lothrop, B. A. Yale university, Pittsfeld, Me.
 The Moral and Social Influences of Chris l tianity in Japanese Life-Masukichi Matsu- 1 motto, M. A., Asbury college, Hiroshima, Japan. lsJi i&lsA ]
 History and Present Tendencies of the 1 Roman Catholic church in the United | States-Charles Wolcott Merriam, B. s., Amherst college, Springfield, Mass.
 The Problem of Christian Union--Henry | Herbert Moninger, E. A., Bethany college, | M. A., West Virginia university, Washing l tor. Pa.
 The Religious Education of Children-- | George Leslie Onrwake, B. A., Ursinus col | Ilege, Greencastle, Pa.
 Sin, the Product of Free Will-Phllip | Henry Ralph, E. A., Beoit college, New | Haven, Conn. The Days of Elijah the Prophet-William | James Charles Ralph, Chicago Theological | seminary, Somers, Conn.,
 The Moral Completeness of Jesrs-Frank | Milton Sheldon, B. s., Tabor college, Ia | Dor, Ia
 Cotton Mather--Jay Thomas Stocking E. | A., Amherst college, Canton, N. Y.