Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-20
CREED BOUND
GOD GONESAYS
HADLEY
BACCALAUREATE SERMON
BY YALE'S PRESIDENT
Declares That Each Man Must
Judge for Himself as to Char
acter and Attributes of the
Deity Today.
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} New Haven, Conn, June l9.--The
baccalaueatc sermon to the Yale
leraduatlng class was delivered today
! by President Arthur 4. Hadley.
Ills address in part follows:
Thank God. gentlemen. that YOU
are born In an age OF faith ana into
a land of faith. Many good people
viii tell you that this is an age when
iaith has dccayed; an age when tho
human race has lost its belief in the
things that are most necessary to It's
life here and hereafter. This is a
wrong view.
I'VE have lost faith in some things,
but we have gained faith in others;
and the faiths that we have gained
are greater in number and Importance
and inspiration than the faiths that
we have lost. We have lost faith in
signs ana portents and supernatural
manifestations of power, i'm certain
dogmas and formulas once supposed
to be essential to salvation. We have
gained in their place faith In man.
faith in law, faith in the truths Of
nature and faith in the God OF Justice
I'VE must not, indeed, disregard
the feelings and prejudices of those
who were brought up i'm the older
faith by unnecessary denial of their
premises; or disregard OF their OBJ
servances, but we may thank God
that our faith rests on surer founda-
tion than the completeness Of the
evidence for this or that miracle. or
than the verbal authenticity of this
or that Scriptural passage.
But do we see straight DO We
face things as they are? / wish
could think that the world today is
as sound of head as II Is OF heart The
n tsn su f,4,r
need among our good men is intelli-
genoe.
There are several classes OF mis-
takes 10 which the present age is es-
peeially subject. our faith in man
may lead us into an easy going toler-
ance that is neither intelligent or
Christian. Our faith in society may
lead MS to continue the mistakes, II
not the eXccsses of socialism, Our
faith In science may be carried to the
point Of scientific bigotry. our faith
that God is fighting on the side Of
right may blind us to the responsible
tiles that we ourselves have in that
fight.
There is no field--I say it rever-
ently--in which it Is so necessary to
combine Intelligence with faith as in
our idea of God. In former years we
were bound down by creeds that de-
scribed In detail Gods attributes and
Gods wishes. You accepted him as
he was pictured in those creeds or you
rejected him altogether, Today we
try to judge for ourselves regarding
Gods attributes and Gods wishes. OF
all responsibilities that go with the
exercise Of private Judgment this is
the greatest.
you call your God the God of JUS
tice; sec to it that your faith takes
such shape that you could worship
him only by doing Justice. You call
your God the God of love; see to ii
that your faith is so shaped rs 70
make YOU give love instead of merely
trying to receive ii. You call him the
God Of battles; see that your trust In
him is an inspiration to yon to take
your part in the battles. both with
courage and with Intelligence"