New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-10
NEW PUBLICATIONS


Tho .ic, frant views preSontedin these diac0uTses
mart from the remarkable intellectual power OF
tLc;r execution afford such striking illustration ol
,c,itu ecclesiastical features Of the times as TO NaI-
,a,,t uoti,, I'm "a secular journal. They set forth
,"cioo of Thought which though certainly lot prey
aicnt to any considerable extent IN our community
u,ust be regarded rs of representative character;
'Tbis mrthod probably affects greater variety Oh
minds than are distinctly conscious Oh MS influence
Proceeding from vague unrest IN tine u1dli0hs q!
the past IL seeks for new disclosures OF tIrth lI
duty IN the munitions Of humanity when are is',c.
so be Of higher than human oilsli' Dl'"hi's -
from the doluaii, TEACHINGS OF every sect IL linus
the ultimate standard Of faith M The Slhi' "I man
Thus Nj buckingham here announces ms H" ln,n H.
confidence iu tls organized measures % me u.Iui;
nation of which BE- has boinc the name. ,t'ti IN
CHRISTIANITY does not flourish here 1paIt id H.
m W;iIi.nStlrc and 1t never became big enough 10
die: in YoukcIs, and there, under Mh"t 70 -
70 be very favorable circumstances III fi1o and
ua Gaze and constant ad, n dI;'es Oh ;+L diSso
nrecariols cx>,tnce annually tiredtehcu VII
futiOn Ina NcW-lOrk city 10 HaS SuO3 -" , "
rnany years through the force on It' kI,ig oi,aa
eleuet: but 10 is manly ssi2lne ny NAV II
Nor does be believe taal nS Ia ,t U n American
soI And al present the new loIin, uots HOt lOss's9
the intellectual clcamess nc eoclI co,iIscte fs 20
g. rTos, lytisp. Fer himself accordingly. ne taxes
&c nositCn Of an outsider or "come0uter, lhIesau
a. t6e working organizations oi ms sect Coheout-
erism however. hc maintains Is u hccV'1dil s1.P
an the order Of Providence. IL Is avery o!d iulns'
and n very natural thing. The most i,uEI.u irgt
rCmrua of nature show 1t 10 uS. Inc HNc uCC iiIsu
n,,sLes amt "A shoot thietS forth stem thth ciolhtS
,,s.lf with leaves which IaI OH when JIt\ can mona
ON no larger aud help mg kc new soil toi ldut uttS'
'The family also lives q continued ana progressive
hfe The children quit the old hearth-stonc' ana
make now homes Every institution mus lls ne
nv successive SEEDLINGS Of life When the idea be-
comes too large for the old fom It puts oil shoots
New England was the brlmnlng forth of Old IN
gland The little band in the Mayflower carried the
overflow Of English vitality To another continent,
aud were more English than the mother country
herself. , 1901. On ,-,,ir. ont ie NOT an
Sgrccahe process Come0uters not apt TO be ageea-
bc people The wouud. where the separation taxes poe
lleed. and gals them There ls sore spot Wch teI
,annot IL; alone t heals They apt To be Grabbed
end cross and crude in appearance teope caeu l,Tll
odd, orotchcty. queer 1mpraS th9A WIN leIt DC
saiisied; they must always have something new they
.ne Tcw noyemcmt pushing at some principle.
They will break away, and get outside somehow Wen,
the leaves will fan FROM the trees and the 1Flt VIII
mot DO gatheredi Must there sometime come genera
lon when the children shall not be- married or 60 away
sut when all shall stay at home ~ they die Inc leaves
that the wind sweeps fn!theS SUI pear III Iuel S
vie wu s nave the old life I'm them and no other The
people who forth with new ideas, men with their theO-
fes of government, women with their equal suffrage
movement, bear with them in their EXTREMIST positions
the vitality of the stem from which they proceeded ana
instead OF destroying that stem extend it. IL was be
forth such sudden and long shoots.
Like the old Hebrew patriarch, who left ms people
IN the North country because the growth of his faith
would not allow HIM To stay with them any longer
the comeouter goes forth without knowing whittier
lac goes Moses pushed out into the wilderness OF
SINAI where there was neither shrub nor fountain
and Jerusalem the result Luther did not toresee
the path in which he was TO tread. He only knew
that he called 10 go out lie had no pfesage OF
Gle devils the hOuse-tOps of Worms, OF the soldiers
Of the WartbUg, the tumults among the PEASANTS
or the marshaing of armies for the Thirty Years
War Neither Claiming nor Theodore Parker shook
the tree which they planted TO find out what fruit IT
bore. They waited till voice, babe them GO and
then went out knowing not whittier their path led.
The TefOrmer marches blndly toward his reform This
change that would effect in society, this abolition Of
slavery, this emancipation of labor this extension OF the
suffrage TO black men, tins admission OF women 10 the iran
Chsc an Experiment. the results whereof he cannot at al
foresee He NAV pnngng on into anarchy for aught
he knows. He may be lOosening the bands OF respOs
distinctions between classes, orders, secs races Oh men,
the maintenance whereof Is necessary to the CONSTITUTION
spheres in most disastrous way; he may be nakng
inTodueiHs into the conduct political affairs
of ignorance passion, and immortality lac may be throw
rag sanctuares TO thieves ana mudeIeIS nc may DC
exposing the domestic and social and civil life OF the com
Msity TO ieafu Isoruer, ne may G iSieautE 1no
popular mind, ana eoITuptng thc popular sentiments
speilng women, and not benetngmen he may be setting
npwat should be set down putting power what should
De held IN suigecton releasing Nhat should Oe kept last
bound. lie cannot tell: nobody can tell. The cOnse-
suffrage cannot he conectured. There pre-
ccdeuts appeal TO- The past throws no light on the
problem. The measure may never be carried, or II
Ied may entirely diSappont its advocates Before 1t
reaches the point Of practical adoption by the people,
soactiOn may in against proIniscuous liberty which
shall sweep the reformers doctrine swiftly away, and
6ring III temporary rule Of conservative ideas or,
having reached the point Of adoption, may give rise to
evils that could not contemplate with patience The
pagans aud but II the call comes to HIM, if with
Ss p snSc he listens To- n he must obeV and not
count the consequences He need not force the summons
nc need not grid himself 10 follow il unt il compels
hn he may wait till fairly takes him by the ears and
pushes him OUT his clnging affection for his home is
hot against him the tenderness of his old associations is
SonTroaeh TO him; but if the summons to him,
obedience is imperatye-gO be must.
II is the same with the receiver of new ideas in
hRoD. The Comeouter from established cTeeds
kvaOxr who Inc lint Inn haya no.
ptop The future OF liberal faith is enyeloped IN
jmpenetTable clouds
speculation with all the rest Of Chrisend0m behind us,
standing there because We have been hidden 10 stand
there because were placed there. with shaded
eyes try 70 pierce the misty depths before all seems
dark 70 We know not whittier going. We may
DC going steadily fuller glory Of truth which
shall break in successive shocks Of splendOr
may be going steadily toward dimness, doubt nm
certainty which, when II further viii bring on
the truth by tremendous reaction that will confOund
and convince us all as Paul was convinced and COMPOUNDED
on hissroad to Damascus We may be plunging into
the regions OF science ON our way TO join the company Of
those who reducing the universe 10 a few chemical
elements which are able TO dispense with God and who
tast making the world appear outward demon
srauon OF lmponderahe and persistent forces, that
sweeping all creation on toward destiny that has no
promise Of Immortality for individual souls in which
ease are simply going into the bleak spaces Of mmen
0ty where the spiritual nature Of must gasp and die
driving just the opposite way into the regions OF pure al
,a neo my tisisn ana sentimenaisn, into the
Ahd OF vague aspiration and mpalpable dream where
excessive brillancy makes all things dark We NAV be
holding intercourse with specters Knocking AZ thc doors
of mediums 10 get information which we ought TO get
through our own powers; putting aside reason, udg-
Tnent science, knowledge common sense and wisdom in
hope Of obtaining revelations Of God and man from
shadows which, suppOAng them 10 exist be present
20 be ia communication, probably tell more
than know already ourselves: and I'm this case we
should simply abandon altogether instead
II rationalsts become rratiOnalists.
We may have before the dismal reaches Of per
getua negaton which will tempt further and further
sway fTom old beliefs without bringing to
ONES ~ We have before the pastures and
sweet rivers Of tranquil conviction where spirits can
wander IN cAeerulneSs rest peace, and the lofty
Iinfeiands t. which God Himself is and
Inc paths mat stretch out in advance Of may
ouet s 20 the purely human work Of social REFORM to the
~ baye