Article December 14, 1907 Issue

In an address to the student-body of the University of Pennsylvania...

Philadelphia North American.

In an address to the student-body of the University of Pennsylvania, at Houston Hall recently, Justice David J. Brewer, of the United States Supreme Court, assailed materialistic views. He dilated on the joy of knowing places, persons, and especially the infinite Being. He said in part,—

No matter what scientists may say, we know of God's existence. We cannot see, hear, or touch infinite Being, but all of us feel that there is an essential difference between God and matter. A brute may feel affection for its master. but differs from us in that it does not worship an unseen being. Scientists may sneer at Providence, but the teachings of history attest the existence of a power which regulates human affairs. I believe it was not accident or chance that brought forward such men as Washington and Lincoln just at the time when they were needed to meet the exigencies of the situation, but that it was the working of infinite Mind. It is of infinite importance that our lives be like the Master's. When you grow old you will not look back upon the millions you have made or the positions which you have held, but upon whether you have made those around you happier and better.

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