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Show INlYfcRSllY LtlVLHE. I'rcf. Cuiamlagt Npaaka ao lilt (iodt of drtece, Xbtir rratlvala aad Tan pita. I'rof. Byroo Cummlugi, of tbo Unl-vtralty Unl-vtralty fBoulty, delivered an lo .treating .treat-ing aud Inttruotiva leolur before tb tudeou and frlsoda of tbat Inatltutloo latl night an tbo Uod a af Ureeoe, Tbtlr Fvatlvala and Tempi, ii aald In part: "Wi grope blindly uow. W a but thrtaugk a glaaa darkly, ratohlug raya uf auullgbl bar aua mere In which we wanu aud cbeer ou reel vet, and then path ou lu where w tblnk wa aee oiura Ugh! aud a clearer almot-pher. almot-pher. Tbe guda are our ieuera. Thty at our guldee wbu poiol oui Ih iti-i ty whiuh w olimo lo mor lofty baigbtt, aud wbo then ra'o wltb ua ae w gel a mor oamprabeutiv view of In world al our leel. All racea ara rvllgloua. Kven lha moat primitive trlhea wurihlp tonif. thing. The Ueelr lo look up 10 aoma tu parlor blng, Ihodvtlre to own ailegl auo lo lotut mwr than morial power aeemt deeply Implanted within every human breaei; aud Ih character charac-ter ul IhlaoUJeolof a peuple'a devotion andwerahlpla au eauelk-nl luuex uf , th oharaoter of Dial aai.oo. Alau 1 never raaoh beyond their Ideala; aud raoea utver rla higher In the moral ur Intellectual auaia than thai upon wbloU lb object uf their worablp, their delllta aland. (Ureek mythology la a uultltuJa of mytbtor noriee taauded auwn lu tit ohUtly by lb Keta which tall ua wbu and what th guda ot th JieJIeulo UBtlon were aad eitplaln lha forma nf their worth I p, ft ou r aud Jietlod ere th obief louicea of our lufurma- ll-D. Tne geda of tb (irki were th per tonlflcatloua of naiur.l pbeBumLa, clothed wllb bumau ubarauleriallc, aud maJ living, aoliv baiugt. 1 buy ar glorified bumau beluga, poaei-aaiug all tu virluet aad tm uf th vluet of men. Z ut, th father of goaaati i tuvti," la th "-vy father," tbe al teolugouc; Apilla la the giid of J'gl.-the J'gl.-the tui.; Alheua la lU laar, kru' t tuer; anu Afiiiurali (Vuua) It lb m-'laiuro Ihu naea from tu aea. in chttf templee wer Ihoaa of Z ut al Uiympla, Apwilo al Dlphl, mo-1 of Atiieut tiu i'artheu u, ai Alhuiia, Tho grunt fe-tvala weiu the til -ut'ian gnme al Oiyiuol-v la tuuor uf Za-.li. Ibe 1'ythlan at Delphla In hoiioroi Apollo, the Itthanau at Corinth Cor-inth In houor of i'toeldou, and th 1'eiiatbenaiu aud Dluoyatlo ft-Hllvait al Aihuta la honor of Athena aua Ll u it'ii. rMiwo.tvrly. jjul jot, aiiuough Ih goJt and goddviwia wrio laueedingly butuua, uevariheieat w too through ai d la youd It. all tbe hand uf fa Iih rvafhlun oulatlar th All-'niber, tba ane ni'giuy power that rul.c lha uulverm, ihe houiiiaoiur and pmti ttr ol inaukuid. Yt goili f rtjc, to ! yot ao riill ot Would ii ynu .I'ouiil ipuek and tail ,tlia Ula Ot ai;ir )'iu vi kf"iJ upon. Thai ani'u r. Kraii'il r iimiua in.l'a rarar old-Muu old-Muu Kn.piun Mwru low. 1! tlit.f-ili UtfUt uf H une eicitllent iawa of Die tempi of Zeua at Olympia, th i'ariheuou al Alhena aud ataiuta of th guda ware fthowu. |