Show judale at a meeting of tte oplie cral society ange king was welcomed last even ing by a fau home of students and town people at the B Y academy who turned out to hear his excellent lecture on religion as applied to social problems of which the follow ing is a summary there is a spirit of pervading the social circles of today many of the reat philosophers of today and the past have realized this and have labored to eollo the problem which would sweep this unrest from the minds of men and set the base of civilization upon a foundation that will be as eternal as the stara anat liberty is there which nations can give us if the society aa we see it cannot bo freed from the problem of anarchy under which we rest the people of this philosophic age are as unstable as the winds there is noth in given us in a 1 the literature and the scientific inventions of this time to bring us a little nearer to that supreme being who rules the Is there an answer to the social problems that lay at our boora in all tha darwinian ism that man baa written no and none who follow him will give it Is there that in our government which will give il no and in all the boasted strength of our great republic still our position is not as it should ba will our government live have we any assurance of its perpetuity or will it lik thosa great roman institutions of old sink to rise no more there is only one way to tell and that is our connection with god our philosophers must leave their vast speculations and turn to our god for it is only in him that we can find the inspiration for the glorification of our civilization that will rive us reet and peace who are the leal statesmen that we should honor Is it those who hold the senate spell baund with their glittering sparkling language no but let them ba those glorious men who lay at the very root of society as those great men who are to be found among the hills of pennsylvania the of those good eaines who helped to found this western world Is it necessary nece seary that because we are among the romans we should do as the romans do no I 1 dont believe in being in darmory with the world it is only through cabango that progress is made and it is those men who look only to their work and not to ane world that help us their work is original not affected in the least by conventionalities and it is such work that come nearest to containing the food that the human understanding seeks more than any other what are the questions discussed at our socials socia ls Is it those things that concern the progress of the world the sy sterna that lead lo 10 the lest of the human heart or those things that bring our god nearer to us you all know that one who even tries to broach such buba acts is a bore while he who comes with chit abat and sparks that die aa BOOI as lighted Is looked upon aa the great man ot the day but it is not to the governments of human beings that we must look to for tha settlement of those questions which make a tumult in the greatest understandings but to the king of a greaber realm above what can the world give us to dolve questions we must measure our lives by the relations that we have held with our nation and our god not by the years that have swept over our heads all that the world can give ua is of no benefit when we take into contido aaion the glorifications that fall from the hands of god and 60 let us live and have our bing in him he is the only ore to whom we should look ajr praise and in BO doing we will always achieve greatness the world can give us nothing junices it lead us in the direction of heaven and this is the great end to strive for even the eyes of millions turn to us in ee cation of what civilization calls greatness men and women let not your aim te t e to win worldly praise for that I 1 B not what will lead you to greatness do not try to chine before the eyes of men nor climb high upon the ladder of fame seek not to gain the approbation of men by doica aa they hava done but rather turn all the energy of your bc bogs in hunting for the revelation of righteousness ness and be assured your reward will ba ane gift of the kingdom of heaven life is not worth the living unless we live for god |