Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-08-24

being essential for what is being ac>
oomplishcd thereby-the spread of
light and liberty to the ends of the
earth, the unseating of thrones and
prostration Of bigotry and supersti-
ton, we must from logical necessity
acknowledge the necessity for New
England practice. And necessity
knows no law and caters to no pow
er, except the law and power of that
God who works in the minds and
shapes the deeds of men to His own
purpose for mans ultimate good.
Accordingly, the Boston scholar
builds up a magnificent school, him
self the well paid head. The prac-
tical idealist and reformer lectures
the people at fine salary, or writes
dearl y copyrighted books for the
million. The philanthropist sends
abroad his missionaries to labor in
noble works, who sell bis books of
instruction in wisdom and goodness.
And surely the motive that pro-
duces these good ends should not be
criticised, however much selfshness
appears at the Boston end of the
lever. Therefore, the money making
Puritan should be credited according
as he doeth good, and no account
taken as to his professional income.
AS the very cradle Of infant Amer
lea, Boston is known to every stu
dent, patriot and reader of history.
The eye of all Americans naturally
rests upon this ever illumined spot
where the future undying light of
human interests must long continue
to linger. Though our notions of
perfect life are not purged of material
grossness, there is perhaps less to
censure here than in any large city
in the world. 1t is plain that prac-
teal life and the accumulation of
wealth are the studied arts above all
else Of human thought, and that
whatever stands in the way, whether
in theology or science, must bend to
these monarchs Of Boston and of the
world.
The mention Of theology and sci.
ence suggests further notice of these
foundation works of God and men.
The old theology OF the Puritans
stood in the way Of the practical and
wealth acquiring turn of New Eng
land. There appeared irreconcilable
conflict between the salvation by
grace and singleness Of devotion to
Christ as doctrines held by the faith
ers, and Boston practical enterprises
for the accumulation of fortunes.
Hence, the very general resort to in
vention for theology that would be
| consistent and harmonic with most
liberal construction of the Scriptures
and the widest range Of the money
making arts. Selfshness must be
reconciled with the christian stands
ard, and in this view very enlarged
systems Of moral enterprise were
combined with the christian profess
sion. Colleges, schools, missions,
tract societies, sewing societies, hui
manitarian schemes, and d thousand
other means Of benevolence combin>
ed with money making were started ;
and many of them proved bountiful
harvests Of income to the projectors
and effected vast amount Of endur-
ing good to the people. With the
dissemination Of knowledge among
the people, these patont inventions
haveled many and compelled millions
to think and reason deeply upon all
that concerns life. And the myriad
results are everywhere to be seen
from all standpoints, by land and
sea, and beneath the earth and deep
waters. mo country upon earth, !"
says that late astute traveller, Dixie,
''is this day equal to America in all
that administers to human greatness
and happiness.
New England theology is largely
eliminating in rationalism, as COM
piled into system by Theodore Par
ker. And what remains of enfeebled
church organizations Of old school
theology is being sponged up by the
Beechers, who are rapidly kneading
the forlorn orthodoxy and fitting 1T
for the modern bakery. And what
are to be the final effects upon the
New England stock of q theology
with no hell at all, or very mild
one, of machine salvation without
new birth through a Christ sacrifice
| and atonement, of a faith and works
confined to q superficial Christ and
| deeds of benevolence for money max,
ing, no man can foretell. God alone
can know, and doubtless He orders
these strange currents in the stream
of human affairs for wise purpose,
surely for the ultimate good of man
and the glory of His name.
The works Of art and edifces
erected ages ago in Boston have
been well preserved and are rever~
enced There is indeed moral beau>
ty seen and felt in these halls where
in The rights and liberties of the peo-
pleIwere debated and defended ante
rior to the revolution.
Yesterday, August -, l visited
Faneuil Hall, well known to the
reader of history First built, as [
notice from card suspended upon
the wall, in 1742, burnt in 1861, 70,
built in 1868, in 1875 taken by the
British and occupied for a theatre
till their evacuation, remodoled in
1905. Within the platform OF the
hall are the old fashioned arm chairs
and tables in use long before the
revolutionary war; and tine.paintings
Of early Bostonians decorate the
walls, and also oil paintings of the
Massachusetts, statesmen and soldiers.
Paintings of Washington and Lin
coin are the only reminders that oth>
er States have produced any great
men. This venerable hall, dedicated
before the revolution to liberty and
justice, and never since polluted by
the voice of stakeholder, tbs said,
seems to command silent thought
IN the visitor. The listless step is
arrested, the careless voice is hushsd,
and the genius Of the place presides
ia silence.