The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-01
REY. DR. FAUNCE'S ADDRESS
OF BROWY UNIVER-
 SITY SPEAKS TO TALE MEN.

He Discusses the aIOOted Doctrine ofths
 Survival of ths Fittest Ministers
 Should Tell What They Know of. God
 A Very Powerful sermon.
 At Center church last evening took place the introductory graduating ex- ercises of the senior class of the Yale Divinity school. Occupying seats in the pulpit was pr. Hadley, and at his right were seated Rev. Dr. Faunce, president of Brown university; Rev. Dr. Arthur Little, of Dorchester, Mass, and Professor Stevens. of the Divinity school. Seated to the left of Dr. Had ley Were Dean Sanders, Professor Por- ter and Professor Baker. The audito- rum and galleries of the church were occupied by members of the senior class, their relatives and friends, mem- bers of Center church and visitors to the church. Members of other than the Congregational denomination were also present. There are about thirty mem- bers in the graduating class.
 The baccalaureate sermon was deliv- cred by Rev. Dr. Faunce. His subject was "The Finality of Jesus" The rev. erend doctor assailed some of the phil osophical teachings of Spencer Huxley, Darwin and others whom he classed as pseudo-scientiSts, and in a vigorous way contrasted their deductions with the euphonies of nature and the harmo- nies of the cOsmical law. He gave es- pecial emphasis to the refutation of the popular idea of the doctrine of the sur Yival of the Attest, and said the suck ling, delicate infant may be more fitted to live than the robust man, and a sparkling intellect confined to a sick chamber may be of more benefit to the race than sturdy bread-Winner. He said if the race were to crush the weak and sick and let only the strong sur- vive it would destroy human love and those finer sensibilities of man the pos- session of which alone sometimes make life worth living.
 He deprecated the need of armies and naval armaments as accessories to the conquest of the weaker races, and threw out the suggestion that foreign missionaries would live more in con- sonance with their faith if they drew their strength from the divine inspira- tion rather than their power for good from the strength of the government of which they are citizens.
 The speaker instanced Helen Keller's first message to Phillips Brooks, in which she wrote in childish, simple way to that great divine: Please tell me something you know about God" Drawing his lesson from that simple epistle he impressed on the students the imperatiVenesS of their telling the people among whom they will labor what they know about God-not what Bunyan, Beecher or other great leaders know about Him, but what they know. If a young man starting in the ministry could not do that it would be ebetter not to enter the pulpit.
 Reverting to atheistic dogmas, he said the best way to meet half-truth is to affirm whole truth. This could only be found in the living and preaching of Jesus.
 The reverend doctors address was quite lengthy and the earnestness of his utterances was as interesting as the purity of his diction was charming. On the whole, the sermon was able, lumin- ous and strong, and greatly impressed the congregation.