The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-06
REV. DR. LYMAN ABBOTT
OCCUPIED THECoLLEGEPULPIT
 AT TALE, SUNDAY.
Alluded 60 the Coal ssriks-speke of True, Christian BrotheFhood-A sim. Pifcity fin Religion Advised-Spoke Earnestly to the Students.

Plfcity in Religion Advised-Spoke
 Earnestly to the Students.
 Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, of New York city, occupied the college pulpit at Yale yesterday morning. The chapel was taxed to its utmost seating capacity with students and townspeople. It was expected that Dr. Abbott would allude to the coal strike, and in this regard the expectations were not amiss The reference was very slight, however. and the greater part of the sermon was de- voted to a general discussion Of the text, which was taken from the seventh chapter of Matthew, the 17th and 18th verses:
 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit; a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good ] fruit
 Dr. Abbott spoke of reforms and stat ed that they might work from the out ward inwardly, and from the inward I Oht" dldIgb .IIG lOlGL' Ol Lllc 6utlIuSidSl1 aroused by various persons in their ef- forts to improve the conditions of the people in some of the large cities, and claimed that the only lasting reforms were those which came from the heart | and from an inner desire to better the condition of the individual by acquaint- | ing him with the great objects of broth erhood 'Tf an enthusiasm in behalf of the true principles of brotherhood" said Dr. Abbott, "can be aroused, the ques- tions of wages and hours of labor will settle themselves. Christ said nothing | about wages or hours of labor when He was preaching the gospel on earth, but He did say that to have the fruit good we must have the tree good. If we are to have man right with his fellow-nnen, he must first be right at heart with | himself
 "A few days ago heard a prominent New York stockbroker say that if a man is virtuous fifty-one times in a hundred that is enough. That is stock-market estimate of virtue and character, but it is not the estimate outlined by Jesus Christ. Neither is 1t the basis of a true Christian estimate. l Lne DIE coal SIrlke IS one or the greatest problems of the day. We are confronted with the question as to how a people may work out their salvation in such a crisis, and how we may so legislate that selfish people will be com pelled to recognize that selfishness cam not exist and an entire people suffer as g result. At the root of all social prob- I lenls is religion, but it is not the relig- ion of the man who goes to church reg ularly, has been baptized, partakes of the communion and makes lengthy and effective prayer. Christ never measured man by that standard The man whose religion counts for some thing is the man who acts justly, loves mercy and walks humbIy. The trouble in the land to-day is due in part to the fact that the church has locked religion in one closet and ethics in another, and left ethics entirely alone"
 In closing Dr. Abbott spoke especially to the students and admonished them to make thelmost of their lives by ac- quainting themselves with the great principles of a true Christian brother ,I hood.