ADDRESS 



BY THE REV. BURTON W. LOCKHART, D. D. 



I extend to you, gentlemen, my most sincere congratulations 

 on the establishment of the Institute of Arts and Sciences which 

 you celebrate this evening. The soul liv^es in truth and beauty, 

 and your worthy endeavor will be to minister to both, and thus 

 be a "helper to all who would live in the spirit." 



The changes of the last four decades are so tremendous that 

 one can hardly realize through what a wonderful era he has been 

 permitted to live. Darwin's Origin of Species appeared in 1859. 

 In 1869 there were very few who accepted the new doctrine of 

 evolution' by natural selection. But now, says Professor William 

 North Rice, " the fingers of one hand will more than suffice to 

 count the anti-evolutionists who are competent to have an opin- 

 ion on the subject." Thirty years have sufficed to revolutionize 

 the world of thought on this great question of origins and to 

 place the name of Charles Darwin side by side with that of Isaac 

 Newton, in equal immortality and renown. 



During this period Pasteur did his great work, forming the 

 science of Bacteriology. The useful practical results that have 

 come from this are beyond computation. Thus, for example, 

 what lives are saved to-day by antiseptic surgery ? What slaugh- 

 ter of babes and invalids avoided by the sterilization of milk and 

 the simple cooking of water ? 



In 1866 Mr. Field succeeded in laying the great submarine 

 cable. Now these. miraculous nerves of thought thrid the laby- 

 rinths of all the seas. Then came the telephone, and electric 

 motors and lights; and, just now, we have seen Tesla telegraph- 

 ing through the ether without a wire. Nor can anybody dream 

 what new births of knowledge and power may be near us in the 

 development of this new agent called electricity. 



Great improvements have been made in telescopes. In 1867 

 the diameter of the largest object glass was eighteen inches. The 

 object glass of the Lick telescope is thirty-six inches. The three 



