The San Francisco call., 1903-01-26
EDIFICE IS OPEN
TO EVERY CREED
Chaplain GordDer DeIiv-
ers an Interesting
Address.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

oTANFORD UNIVERSITY, Jan.
A 25.-At the afternoon services in
@>A<A Memorial Church the Rev d.
Charles Gardner, the chaplain,
delivered an address which con-
tained much interesting refer
ence to the plans of the university found
ers. He said:
To-day we set apart this sacred building tc
the glory of God and the uses of religion The
cathedral churches of the Old World stand as
enduring monuments to the religious zeal of
ever monument to the piety of woman.
The occasion is one of deep significance, for
here to-day we begin an experiment freighted
the cause of religion in its relation to educa-
tion. In ancient days schools and colleges were
added to the church, for the church was then
the teacher. Here the old order changeth. yield
ing place to the new; church is added to a
But this is no afterthought; it is the con-
summation OF q plan. Stanford University
rests upon a religious foundation. Its charter
nefcent Creator; and that obedience to his laws
is the highest duty of man; The university was
mankind not only intellectually, physically
and materially. Provision having been made
for the physical and intellectual welfare of the
made for their moral and spiritual develop
ment The founders believed that man is a
moral and spiritual being And taking the
record of history as expression of human ex-
perience they recognized that the human soul
yearns for ething beyond itself. something
beyond the learning of the schools. something
more than the world can offer, something which
shall link man to the spiritual and the divine
STUDY OF THE BIBLE.
Here in the inauguration of this work II
the recognition of religion a principle in the
culture and education OF men, And. by and
by must come. to make the university COM
plete. academic department for the critical
study of biblical literature and history, and
the general science and history of religion
For the present this church has been added TO
the university TO conserve a principle which
was a definite part of the founders plan.
Religion is to be taught, not casually and
without proper place, but daily and neces
sary. vital part of the life OF the university.
The sons and daughters of the future,
whencesoever they may come. shall find here
taught. not only science and philosophy. the
knowledge OF the present, but also the funda-
mental principles of religion. Not religion in
any narrow or sectaran sense, but Christs re-
1gion-faith hope and love; the great uplift-
revelation of God in Jesus christ; the purifying,
ennobling principle of sonship; the fact of hu-
man brotherhood.
And Christian morality will be taught, not
a mere pale scheme Of ethics,' but morality
grounded in the law of God and finding its
here, God willing, we shall learn to worship
as sons OF God, with hearts Of thankfulness
praising the Creator in spirit and in truth.
This Memorial Church, erected by the surviv-
OF mans spirituality and mans high destiny.
If any motto were needed beyond the symbolism
and teaching visible all about you to convey the
meaning of its message II would be this: Be
hold what manner of love the Father hath be-
slowed upon us that should be called the
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