Rev. H. A. Parker of Cambridge addressed the St. Paul's Society in 17 Grays last night in the place of Rev. Edward Abbott who was prevented from speaking by illness. He said, We are most of us out of harmony, here at least, with our religious surroundings, for a large part of the students and many of the authorities of the college have opinions entirely different from ours upon all such matters. The worst part of it is that many people feel that it is not worth while to discuss religion and that it is immaterial what a man believes. This is a most demoralizing and hurtful way to look at a very serious subject. No one who stops to think will deny that it is a matter that comes near to us, and one about which we must learn the truth if it be possible. Truth upon the matter must come to us largely by faith. We can give no mathematical proof of the existence of God, but still we are sure of it. We are conscious of it just as we are of our own existence. What we must do is to struggle against the spirit of the age which is inclined to agnosticism. The spirit of the age is constantly changing and it is more than probable that at no time is it headed in exactly the right direction. There are a good many men who sneer at religion because not much of it can be strictly proved. Such men stand much higher in their own estimation than they do in that of others. We cannot prove that prayer is directly answered, or that there is a life after death, but in faith, unquestioning and sincere, lies the real essence of all religion. This is a fact that is especially hard for young men to appreciate. They are accustomed to question everything, to take nothing on faith; and in the practical affairs of life an investigating nature is a very valuable thing, but in religion it is a very different matter, "Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."