The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-01
OVERYALUE ACHIEVEMENT
REGARDING THIS MORE THAN
 PURPOSE OUR DANGER.

President Hadley Breaches Opening
 Sermon at BattelI ChapeI.-says the
 Achievements We Can See Are Not
 the Great Ones But Those Which Are
 Unseen--Our Mistake in Regard to
 Real Purpose of Christian Life Simi-
 lar to Jewish MiscOnception.
 The first Sunday services of the year at Yale were addressed yesterday morning by President Hadley. Battell chapel was crowed to the doors, and there were many citizens as well as students present President Hadley took his text from Luke 17:2O. "The kingdom of God coneth not with ob- servation.' He said:
 For centuries the Jews had dreamed of kingdom of God, and looked for a leader under whom that dream should be realized. AS they cast their eyes back on the splendors of David, or out on the wider glores of the Roman commonwealth, they never failed to pray for the conigs Messiah who should bring to the race of David an empire greater than that of Rome It was the hope that sustained them in their afflictions; it was this hope that brought them back from their disper- sions. In this new kingdom of God power was to go not to the unscrupu- lous but to the righteous not to him who led the army but to him that kept the law.
 One of the first things, and the very hardest thing, that Jesus had to teach his disciples was that this historic and splendid dream could never be realized The Kingdom which he promised was not like the kingdoms of this world The greatest man in that kingdom was not the man who held the highest office o1 could point to the most splendid achievement, but the one who had the cleanest heart and the most unshaker | purpose. Even the best of Christ's dis. ciples were slow in comprehending this
 
 quish their homes than to relinquisl their dreams It was easier for then , to endure hunger and cold and perse- cution than to give up the expectation of getting tangible reward for their endurance and being able to rule over their less worthy fellow men. When Peter thought that he saw Gods king. dom on the point of being attained, ht was ready to fight against hundred A few hours later when the vision ot earthly power had passed away iron his eyes, he was ready to deny the very Master whom he eft all to follow When should the kingdom of heaven come? Who should be it's prize minis. ters? What signs should be watched to mark it's advent? These questions and others like them, showed how slow were the disciples in understanding the message of their Master or the charac- ter of the service on which they had entered.
 Even to-day the disciples of Jesus have only partly learned this lesson We continue to make, not precisely the same mistakes that they did but the same kind of mistakes, about the req meaning and purpose of the Christian | life. We do not insist, like the disci- ples of Judea, upon seeing an organ ized kingdom; but we do insist on see ing our efforts for good work out ir definite shape We do not like the sons of Zebedee, lay claim to offices ant honors as a reward of goodness; but wt do nearly the same thing when we art ambitious that our goodness shall have some sort of record to which We car
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