New-York tribune., 1870-05-30
RELIGIOUS.
,prr REIIGpON-FORMAL STATEMENT BY Mh'
FROTHINGHAM.

nron 90 which his Society is devoted, than has hth
eTto teen formally presented The phrase, Free kei-
,ior he said, accepted IN the senses 10
.ope IL meant the free communication OF
religious idea TO all peoples s-an untaxed
religion That is not my view. BY Free Religion mean
the freedom Of relgon-an untIammeled religion; tree
times and places the freedom Of religious sentiment TO
fellow it own laws the freedom Of religion to deal with
has always meant "bOund always meant some
sort Of tralldom Dogma means slavery bi dJ ,,Us d
sentiment. ChriStandom is divided up into pent0ds'
each labeled with the name Of party. Each pray alike
work aike think alike. In the FIRST place, We say take
these fences of. pun down these walls; Inc Spnnt
protest against sect that gave our Free Relg-
ious Association birth. We protested against thls
spt that divides and separates that changes ruth INTO
opinion this spirit that mutples petty popcdoms ana
calls into being cor1s Of small infalibes that MAKE
war against each other instead OF asaS. p pru eoIit @
jealous spirit that enuuciaeS anathemas against nueHS
when should put infdey TO the blush the sIr t one
of whose first pIincpleS Is NOT 70 10. WiI w tnr uucn
about its ncichbor-the diScneenuous spirit we , know
snsTf Amid the Pharsces Who were the preiudced
Pur ,ans times; the saducees the elegant gentle
Quaker. He belonged 10 them all He was Of them
an and above them an. lie reprS'Tmcui S smpN,
ali must meet who would cau themselves sons of God
certain great religions. OF the population OF the
earth 2coup0Wo are comTcheudcd ln CHRISTIAN
o0000Oo0 There are 5.OO0,0O Jews, and Mohammedau-
ism claims 9G.Oo0OO. Outside OF these reuslohs
there are lOO0OOO0 souls who worship the objects of
Mature animals plants etc Each religion Is an organ
lied thing Each has ITS dominion and it, subjects and
has own genius peculiar formative idea, and
each succeeds in holding It's own IN spite OF an Inr
rest II ls % remarkahle tfhg 10 rent 'hluvr I
tblt gTcat superstition has ever ucen put
down Those old faiths preserve Stl thelt Wd cha1tlc
Oualtc. And again uo faith has been pure that
II prevailed universally. Buddhism has It's missionaries
mined workers 10 its cause hut the old religions are Stl
uucOuquclcd-it makes scarcely any Impression upon the
' Jas of yisioNarics maintain We fTd that
lffI ns-
croelc Clr,tiality is it not" they ask, "thc
iciou Of the rational and ntelgcntf Look at the
standard Of lis cardinal virtues al its glorious tiumpls
M di uEi>raun and culture. Take IL Drama on Re
dcLpuou, iu which every race plays part LOOK at
it, saints, its heroes its ethics, spirtuaeS, morates
and compas,iou> But now comes our brother nom the
Eis, Who call, himself a MOammedau. He SAYS: stand
aside 1on Sly mat your iath &nnI'cs tne ] mgne,t
-niue Africa. Yours claims the noblest souls-mine
brings ui the darkest TAX Of your ritual and your
grand tcWI.cN-lAc ISHmlS PidNs ItoIl Ms ms hoar!'
alone in the desert Chrisandon gorgeous with arc HI
lecture and >ouE-l>iamiNm issime and severe. Iheh
Hebrew friend advancing says, MY religion has
lived before Your Christ born. See how il has
Hs"irsd We have no diSTiiutcd perSSTaliiy Int
Of the cartlpne law Of truth and Justice" Shall We
not listen 10 these voices and knowing they
aud sincere stand in respect before theml Buddhism
has virtue i'm which we are defcent-fal love. re-
slco for age wisdom and experience Confueius IN de-
Inning fal love. said that the ciid stccS its parents
He may demonstrate with them, hut gently He
need not abandon ms convictions, and he must
not his reverence II they lay penalties upon him he
must not complain MOnauuCddlllSln mas cardinal
virtue in which Christianity is sadly dehcient-truth,
honesty integrity. read in the Koran such sayings
prayer;" and this When good deed is done the Angel
of Light writes II down ten times hut wien
TO tie Angel Of Death sto-wait seven yeaIs- may
bc that the man Will repent and ask forgiveness"
A Mussulman coming 10 q town in the evening after
The shut left his merchandise in the desert
Mi he stolen r. stolen" answered the merchant.
there isn't Christian within hfty mikes :" Taking
speak Of the brotherkood of faths-we
say. AN children Of religious sentiment Take
hands, be decent, be courteous he respectu Disman
tie your ar>ena seek another in love. Don't spend
In finding aeTeemenfs When You can't agree agree at
least, TO differ Throw the whole field Of faith
Open. Take Jesus your type. 4 jew who
hi, the r,rrsseptatives Of All faiths Not a rrmke fell
those sweet lips any professor of ANYTHING
Going the idolators he gave no rebukc 10 their
idolary but their narrowneSs." We have princi
pes-we don't propose 10 minge all things, but
TO extract the best Of all; And what We want
which We may find the finest spiritual thoughts
Christian Bible is undoubtedly the grandes record OF eX-
peTonce in all the world but have met sayings in the
S hd m so rTe S tf IoSsb %e % o j jesus Es' Te e Ve
passages Of such exceeding oituess that moth
pose YOU cast out of the Christian Bible |
The great deal that is local obsolete incidenal-those
passages that modern spiritual nature hide from
brnr iT he sayi1-s Of Confncins and Mencins fbc
Ved the Greek poets. the great songs from the Latin
hards and let IL have Bible all read with no page that
noble pure, enlightened souls require 10 pass such
a Bible would effect spiritual evoutOn-it would make
us feel that Truth utrnscally true, that all Gods
children were deserving 10 bc Ills children. Then, al
last, prejudice would disappear We have principle
this: Religion Is permanent fact Of human nature 1t
II the same all over the world differing only III s reNe-
latiOns. That every religion claims its own revelation
proves that none have IT,; God speaks hut once. !
there he Light and when he said |
Let there soul 80 There necessity saying
Let make separate religions for Greece, Rome,
China. for the East and West :" We Tel gO,
soil, the spiritual world We at tie heart Of things
We not missionaries. II We are, there |
Z44rpn ~ uUu4 NfEf.r
Responses come from over the Atlantic and Pacdc. |
In Berlin Sr1sbourg Milan, Paris, Naples and Geneva
there societies like our own. NJ. DE Pressene, the
evangelical Liberal says: "it Is in the of liberty
that religion has always gained it, battlesw Liberty
meant liberty means nov. 1t is a practical work |
that are doing. We wish to make the world better
TO reconcile its prcjudices. In every department
Science solving the problems of the world We say
leave the scientific method to itself Our part net to
but inspire brace the will 10 its duty:
u Science, 10 Literature, and To Art, Go solve
yuur problems and receive our benedctions'" Mr. |
Frothingham remarked that he had not put
these views before his Society before because
deserved s.As a religious society concluded Mr Froti
ingham, Eve must support religion We can't support
Of the human heart that religion that is simply the spirit
of truth
KR. BEECHER on THE OBSERVANCE OF TIE
SABBATH.
Despite the storm of yesterday large con-
rTegation gathered at Plymouth Church Mr Beecher
preached found IN the 5Sth chapter 18th and
18th verses Of Isaiah 'If thou turn away thy from
doing thy pleasure my holy day. and call the Sabbath
a deli cht, the holy Of the Lord; then thou shalt delight
thyse in the Lord will thee tO ride upon the
high places Of the earth" He said Every house Of any
consideration has init best II Is usually furnished
with the choicest things man can afford Whatever
there Is that stands apart from common uses, the parOr
receives II j. the OF honor. Now, what the pdrlOr
l. 10 the house is Sunday 70 the rest OF the week The
week j. house ana sunday i the hst room III NJ lts
giJco twas 10 he memorable II was declaration
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