Litchfield enquirer., 1859-01-27

 encourage and help them. For men do not derive the right to do good from the Thirty nine Articles nor need they go to the West minister Confession for liberty to recover the iGtemperate, set free the bond, feed the hun gry, clothe the naked, educate the ignorant, and give sleigh-rides to beggars' children tfat never before laughed and euddled in a buffalo robe It seems to us 8 great deal better bu- sinesS for Christian man to encourage men in well doing than to punish them for wrong- thinking
 ...> Bat the Examiner thinks that tie success of this course of lectures will "ys,gsct certasm lustre upon the Twenty-eigith Congregational Society, aud upon the man whose in6delity is it's pervading spirit" Well, what then Are we to punish an ilifdel for his infi'lety by re- fuslng him all credit for personal goodness, for active bcnevolence, for practical humanity!
 If any body does right he cught to be ap- plauded If MT. Parker does well, he deserves the credit for welldoing. If the young men of his charge do well, they deserve all the "lustre" Of it. Or sha! we take ground that 10 man who is not of sound orthodox faith is to have any "lustre'' for practical virtues Must nobody be counted ethieally right until he is theologicaIy sound? Such d. doctrine would be monstrous Every just and gene rous man in the community ought to rejoice in the good conduct of every man, without re- gard to his speculative views or theological af- fnit;es.
 If man institutes temperance move ment, must refuse to help him because,- be- ing Unversalist minister, his zeal and fdel- .ity ill that cause would "rehect a ldstrc' upon him and his sect /? If man wonld establish and eudow hospital, must l refuse to CO., work with him because, being Unitarian, Its sacccss would reflect q certain lustre upon that faith?
 When, in the pestilerce in New O"lrans the Sisters of Charity did net count their lives dear to them, but night and day, fearless of dcath and defiant of fatigue, gave their ut- most being to the care of the miserable sick, must 1, q Protestant, refuse admiration or fel- lowship for fear d "ccrtain lustre" would shine upon the Roman Catholic Church?
 If Jew does nobiy he deserves the lustre which right-dong ought to confer if an athe- ist or all infdel live virtuousy and act honcr- ably he should have the iustrc" bc.ongiug to virtue and honor!
 Does the Examiner think that we do not care for our own theologic views? We care good deal We shall yield them to no mans dictation. We shall not eud'rSe any mars theology which differs from them. We have enongh of the old disciple nature left to feel very desirous that folks who will cast out dev ills, should do it in onr train. If they won't,- why, then, we will do it in their way But, if we were to help an Episcopal movement for :. general benevoenc,, would any man say that we endorsed Higl-church notions? If we were afectionatelY and urgently invited to Princeton, to examine the senior class in the .oiogy, and give them some tender cautions on parting from Turretin aud entering the life of realities, would anybody be so cruel as to say that we believed in high Calynism, OF were ill- different to all woes of conscience produced by that energetic system? Bishop Hughes will never invite US to speak in his new cathedral, and we not promptly accept it. But we af tectionatey appeal to the Examiner whether, OH such all interesting occurrence, he would think it his duty to pierce us with such re- lnarks as are uow puntturing our peace from his words :?
 If had gone to Boston to buy carpets or hooks or If had gone to Boston to help the Republican cause, no question would have been raised In selfish aud worldly interests men are allowed cooperation for common el'ds But if divest myself of all selfish or secular aims and rise to a higher plane of benevo- fence, and seek to raise the fallen, to restore the lost, to purify the viciaps, to elevate the ignorant, and to cheer the poor and neglected, Christian ministers and editors will not let me cooperate for such divine objects with every man who will sincerely work for them but 1 must pick for men of right philosophy, for men right in all theology Thus we allow selfshness to go with flowing robes and loose g,rdle We make her feet light, and her h.nds nimble. But upon reiigion we put iron snous and steel gloves. We burden her with mail, and underneath it all we draw the grt of conscience to the last hole. Then she goes slowly forth scarcely able to walk or to breathe
 have long ago been convinced that it was better to love men than to hate them that one would be more likely to convince them of wrong belief by showing a cordial sympathy with their welfare, than by nipping ald pinch ing them with logic. And although do not d:sdain, but houor philosophy applied to rcli- zion, think that the world just now needs the Christian heart more than any thing else. And, even if the only question were the prop agation of right theology, am confident that right speculative views will grow up faster and frmer in the summer of true Christian loving, than in the rigorous winter of solid, congealed orthodoxy, or the clustering march of contro- vcrsy.
 Does anybody inquire why, if so thinking, we occasionally give such sharp articles upon the great religious newspapers, the Observer, the Intelligencer, and the like ? Oh, pray, do not think it for any illwil It is all kind ness We only do it to keep our voice in practice. We have made orthodoxy study And by an attentive examination of the Pres byterian, the Observer, the Puritan Recorder, and such like unblemished confessors. we have perceived that no man is truly sound who does not pitch into somebody that is net sound and that real modern orthodox man, like