The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-13

the Irregular but the pest part or human
history will never be written. The best
sermons are not printed but only the SEN
sational ones which try 10 destroy the
Bible Hence good sermons are the COM
mon thing "
In closing his admirable address DR..
Applegarth touched briefly on the attitude
OF God and man with reference 20 the
'"rhe common people are not common
with God" he said. The day speeds
when all these things may be effaced
Nothing is common in Gods sight, be-
cause every man may become In a meas
ure divine. and nothing is common 10 tho
man who sees in a proper angle OF vision;
not from the angle Of vision that men
take. but the angle OF vision that God
takes
AT the close OF DR. Applegarth's address
Miss Thurlow sang delightfully."- the spring
song. THE Swallows by Cowen, after
which President Faunce was introduced,
and before entering into his theme OF the
evening. he dwelt in a reminiscent strain
upon his cordial reception by the Baptist
Social union some four or more years
/ ago when he began his laoors at the uni
versity on the hill
THE SWEETEST JOY.
] 'gThe sweetest Joy in the world" he
{ said" is TO have the confidence of good
] people, unless tnefe IL SoHclnlHB pegohu
\ II 10 deserve IL.
81 have talked so much for the past
/ four years" he said, facetlously. that a
/ should like TO be silent for the next -four
1 years"
Taking for his subject. Arbitration in
/ the Twentieth Century Or Faunce then
gave a most eloquent. logical and withal
a thoroughly optimistic view OF this oft
discussed subject His views regarding
ha I'D
day and the relations between labor and
capital we're especially logical and timely.
In part he said: Shall the great prob
lens Of the Goth Century be settled In the
beasts way or the mans way2
There are two realms In which the
question OF arbitration is at the pres
ent moment OF urgent and vital tmpor-
tnnce; the world OF Industrial enterprise
and the world OF international relations
and In both OF these sealms we have had
startling object lessons in the last iew
years. which have set us all 10 thinking.
The great question r., Shall the problems
and labor OF commerce and transporta
ton, OF diplomacy and statesmanship be
settled by the primitive methods OF saw
agery. or by appeal TO reason?
'The problem Is entirely changed In
modern times through the rise OF tho
new and mighty power which we cal
ont form r. wholly new power In the
worlds history.
owing TO modern means for the trans
mission OF ldeos and feelings. owing q
the network OF railways that covers cul
tivation. the swift ships that furrow the
foam. and the cables that pierce every
sea. public opinion has today acquired q
unity and consistency, an ease OF forma
ton end a swiftness of action. which
were never before conceivable. The mod
ern Paul Revere does not mount a mid
night steed. he goes 20 the nearest tsle-
sraph ofrice and the news arrives In Ser
Francisco three or four hours before the
facts occur I'm Massachusetts.
"The battle OF New Orleans. IN 1914
Vras fought two weeks aIter the treaty
of paace had been signed. In the last 81
\ years the world has acquired n new ner-
vous systeni. Our entire country can
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