Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-01-29
! RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Heur, Ward Beecher on OrthOdO1y.

Henry Ward Beeeher on OrthoooNy- |
The N. Y. Ez0miner (Baptistl has recent
" taken Mr.. BEEcHER TO task pretty sharp ior
appearing in course of lectures in Boston, un-
der the auspices of THEo. PARKER's congrega-
ton. 1t is argued that the Distinguished Ortho-
dox clergyman of Brooklyn has in this way
given counsenance to the infdel doctrines
preached by Mr.. PARKER. To this serious
charge Mr.. BEEcHER makes reply, IN an article
of some length, in the last Independent We
have not space for the whole, but cannot avoid
reproducing a few of the best passages OF an eiO-
quent and happy response; .14r
If any BODY does right he ought to be applaud
ed IfMr. Parker does well he deserves the
credit for well-doing. If the young men OF ms
charge do well, they deserve all the "lustre' OF
it. Or shall we take the ground that no man
who is not of sound orthodox faith IS 10 nave
auy 0lustre" for practical virtues! Must NOBODY
be counted ethically right until he is theologicai
Iy soundl Such a doctrine would be monstrous'
Every lust and generous man IN the community
ouobt 10 rejoice in the good conduct OF every
man without regard to his speculative or theo-
logical afinlties
If man institutes q temperance movement,
must 1 refuse to help him, because, beng Uni
versalist minister his zeal and fidelity In that
cause would tsrehect lustre" upon him and MS
sect If man would establish and endow
bosnital. must I refuse to co-work with hIm be
cause, being Unitarian, its success would re-
feet certain lustre upon that faith!
When, in the pestilence in New Orleans, the
Sisters of Charity did not count their lives deai
to them, but nj yht and day. fearless OF death and
defiant of fatigue gave their utmost being to the
| care of the miserable sick, must |, Protestant
refuse admiration OF fellowship for fear "cer'
tain lustre" would shine upon the Roman Cstho-
lie Church.
! liza Jew does nobly he deserves the lustr'
which right-doing ought to confer II an atneis
OF an infidel live virtuous and act nonoraoly' ht
should have the "lustre" belonging to virtue anc
honorl
| Does the Erapsiaer think that we do not carr
for our own theological views! We care goo'
deal. WeshaII Weld them to no mans dietation
We shall not endorse any mans theology Whlcl
differs from them. We have enough OF the ole
disciple nature left to feel very desirous tina
folks who will cast out devils, should do it in ou
train. If they wont,-why, then, we will he'll
them to do SO in their way! But, if we wer
to help an Episcopal movement for general be
nevolence, would any man say that we endorses
Hioh church notions five were atfectlonatel.
and urgently-invitedI to Princeton, to examln
the senior class in theology, and give them som
tender cautions on parting from Turretln an
entering the life of realities, would anybody ,
SO cruel as to say that we believed in high Ca
vinism, or were Indifferent to all the woes
: conscience produced by that energetic system
Bishop Hughes will never invite US to speak
his new cathedral and we will not promptly al
cept it. But we affectionately appeal to th
Examiner whether, on such an interesting ot
currence, he would think it his duty to Plere
US with such remarks as are now Puncturln
our peace from his words.