Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-10-21

the Hebrew, religion. but none of
these things brought emancipation to
the Individual. We must get our
emancipation through love for the
highest and best In life. things spir-
ttual and eternal rather than tenn
roral and material. We must make
progress toward larger and more
comprehensive social consciousness
There are Indications that we are
now grippcd by the love OF power ana
wealth, but mans life consists not
IN the abundance Of his goods But
there is no other pathway Of progress
than that OF love OF the right things
This IL the straight and narrow way
and it is one thing to blaze the trail
and another to follow II. We have
been doing little more than blaze the
train for the past 1900 wears but 1t is
f good trail and one that Will lead
to great things for the race in the
future
The emancipation of the race to.
ward truth and knowledge and free
dom is what the American Missionary
association is working for. IT'S
"'hools ca-i colleges bring freedom TO
the intellect, its churches freedom to
the soul and It's manual training free
dom TO the will and through all is
the influence Of Christ known and felt
There are. however. three realities.
persons, facts and principles. There are
honest persons, facts whict must COM
form to reality and principles which are
universal The object of all study is 10
! know these and 70 understand them,
though all facts end principles are not
equally important for moral aud religious
purposes.
Freedom is not license Cor the ind-
vidual to do whatever he pleases but 1t
is intelligent obedience to law, 1t Is
/ subjective rather than objective, Freedom
depends upon the attitude Of the man
toward the world in which lie lives
Another question which arises IS as TO
the nature Of universal truth nnd this is
also one which cannot he completely
answered. Truth must be concrete ard not
abstract The only answer which We
have IL that of Christ when He said,
II am the truth" The Master was per
son'led truth and in that filled the great
. reed of the world. for truth In the
abstract could never make a personal and
erectiNe appeal to men. Motherlove in
the abstract arouses no enthusiasm.
abstract truth about the great first cause
may stir the intellect, but personiNsd
truth siirs the hearts and so Is effective.
And obedience to the commands Of truth
VIII bring about the freedom of man
KIND. Christ taught the truth about God
and man. The world may be studied as
Tho expression OF Gods thought and
| interpreted as this Hence, the great
development OF modern machinery has no
| meaning If II is not to nroduce bette,
| ana happier men and women, instead OF
| n few more bales Of cloth or bars Of iron
A better manhood and a better woman
hod should he its product in the final
| serse.
Jesus was the perfect and concrete
| revelation of God to the world and al
| our knowledge Of Cod comes through
Him And. moreover, Jesus reveals al
| men TO us and tells us our true relation
| 70 them. But this revelation should be-
| received directly; there Ia always tht
danger installing form for reality ant
| the visible husk for the everlasting spirit
At the conclusion of his sermon pr
| Woodrow gave short PRAYER az n httinp
end for very able sermon. A collection
was then taken during which the iuh,,et
Nuartette from Fisk University OF Nash
VILE Tenn, sang Tennyson's 'Cross,no
| the Bar" communion service was ,ner
| conducted by the Rev. BENJAMIN sw,s
Of Vermont and Secretary George n
| Hall Of Illinois.
The arrangements made by the tw,
churches for the reception of the guest,
600 most admirable The general com
| -ittee which has had the oversight O
matters Is composed of the pastor Q