New-York tribune., 1871-11-23
THEOLOGY AND SONG.
TIE BOSTON RADICAL GLIB.

MIR In\C!EILOW, MR.. ALCoTT, AND OILERS
Eosro>. Now Give have III orthodox
IN riches ar,us preparatory services and II was per
hans ra.,cal rendering of this idea TO call to-
c,bc, select few in Mrs. SarGcnS pail0rS. the evening
IN ,-c thr Club We assembled IN the pleasant glow Of
,,aslisht and freight, 10 listen to an essay hy M's
Howe on Moral TriSonomctry Al the mysteries of life
,hapcd themselves TO her vision in transes. She saw
c,crvw,rs IN ilird power which, lk" the Key tone I"
the arch. and made perfect the Others. Between
l>crsu thcr mutual faith Law is the third in con
frlcts-kol,r /, rap, in friendship Between God and
main shall .y the.churCh. or the >Iri;Y ever! where
tn ystii' IL and INDISPENSABLE Third l"o@inG ahnut
"n the hu>h lt followed the essay. one had leisure
to notcc the VEL, kuown face OF Mr. James !. Fields.
ud not ar Mr.. Clark, Of lis Successors In the
lew rrn NJ ibC New Corner. Mr.. Crdvch. who wa~ to
rad u,N day before the Club had in from dining
with Tie auth,r o the "Bicow Papers to learn how to
sovc tho problems of life by moral mathematics Mr..
Skinner of Tie London NGHg AGrS was
rclr ue:,hhor To Mr.. Goddard of The Dos
Tn iGy",iac. Gen. Armstrong from Hampton.
Twli C. Townc lc hirc as mild ana easily rl'as'd as
II hs tn li u! kccucs of ai' g.. the N Samuel
IpI.filuw uG Dozen other mo- of LoTc or less vote
were scat.-, a,Ic aud there among women witty
and IA, h!cthrcn were wise and Wcllknown.
M,.to! this hi.nt ,Vhpany with uch welcome addi-
tousa, A. IgoI-,n Acct, MI Potter iI"m Ncw-Ecdiord.
ard ~ BLIto together .cdIn hCAt day. at No l.
Cstiu,,' a. the regular meeting of tie Cluh to hear
o
vh'ch poem had been substituted for essay, and
." the alton gave rise o some speculation.
What viii ticrc be 10 discuss in " asked one and
another. IN, IL suit proved that themes for subSc
ou"nt Gi>coui not wanting. Mr Cranch's title
The KId AID hc Bell" real h,Id and real bell
whch syGlio 2cd the theme grew the Gear music OF
r,;ufa rcii-''u and The brazcn Cancor of doGmatic
tacoogy. The poem opened with description Of an
early n,Ornu, of early Spring. IN Florence; III which,
Nahr from op the poet heard the carol Of bird, St"
aud ilcsl ina heart could hear il and 10 re-
'ic"A cIr' oi youth. AID hope. and >mins Upon THIS
r-Ir br!r ia, oIInur % b.aLcH bell, "yocd III mo
Ia'it ,y Eru:Hcd more"
"Cr '.iv. jstcrcd in the deal ol NIGHT.
N"'n GI,shosc towers HI chani."c pri'-tS ha'"
Ana t!ciV,.Iid tones med tanbicd in The hight
CT p'5c->.'
VIII" i, "in,, Ssaut peal filed III. thc,liy The Swc"'
l'rd-,mu..r drowned and -. and The ca;ris
bon scc'"cd u symbol ~ tie church of many lurd ms
c;irNod. 10 hc borne which drowrS Win th" m"no"nonS
t!o az s cic.Gs ard formulas the glad Spontaneous
~ the I..oli,: ~. sOul TO ils God. Here followed
~; 'ropir to the mighty 'ciurch-thc Church Of
DID, bat stil lOrncd with jewels of her youth"
81 C:d,c y.v in THIS wrinlcd bid", afInccd 10 the
b.!," tn nni,", not the mother Of ar-an uhwisc
LuI a., crhp-; and lettering the children in her
,airrc. wA ;Acsc great souls looked and b, youd
t.,ir il.oI walls, AM caught from the earth below and
tire sti- allow new >.cmior> ior l:'me'S tarn;'h'd
Gown. St.l. addressing this cruc4 i,-t,i riocr. hr
cI:ch:
~. thorc daring thoucht ton hat not crushed!
l. 'l':ca .c"'I"oo fuli tDou last r't CURSED
g. D,rk aorccrcss. whose Circcan emp lcrcr
M,i. Cf aI> fair proportions and large hope
TAy throne is built On darkness.
"trt tho,. our mother. ,rulyi None so bold
Y IT ny Vail, and show how hard and nt
T,a,, eyes %, iyranny-that mouth of quill
That L,w aud narrow biow-thc wtchorait of that
That subtic snilc, dcluiinc while it warmed"
Ap'iurc followed Of Italy struggling for her free ION
--jhcn Of Italy made free, wEilc
''1rc n:ions greet her some lovely guest
Arriving late. where friends pour out the wine.
Ave, W' around. and pledge her in the best
And yc Who love her most press near and twinc
nr iol. with wreaths, and In her large; dark eyes
Mr. CrLnch thinks that this church of darkness
lu to-day. when the sunrof progress is risen. But
Of today may not boast ourselves. unless
We arr. indeed SO sure our fai,h is best
That can dare to leave it large and free.
s,orlnr int! 'rance toward all who sec
WITH other eyes"
strviu. thus thrJu III trust n.God and and tocra-
tou toward all sincere believing. for the truth
"T'hc music Of the sonl can ne'cr he mute.
Whnt fnou"h the brazen clang OF antique form
Stop for = hundred years the angels lntc.
The arc"l smiles. and when the dcafenlnG Storm
Has Jca'cd along The axe, he sings AGAIN,
ClaItr and Aw,ctcr, Ike the sunshine after rain"
Dr. BaIto; followed the poem with rcminsccncc Of
Fijrcr Taylor, who went back TO his chldhoods home
an Virginia wien he nearly 20 years old. and asked
10 see 'ttlr JOHNNY" Thcyswcn ont and found old
sry haired lettering and brought him In. and that
va, little Johnny 1t made him think of this story to
looh brother Cranch, who had been fellow student
with lin in ,c diyiny school at Cambridge IS years
c liz ciad tO again. il not john Christopher;
a. Glad 10 hear Chrstorhcrs pocrn 1t seemed To him
t grea; question about any TRUTH "Can it be sung'
caa II lc sci 10 musc9" Tie words OF Jesus Of
Themselves hmical; they were song Of hope chant
81 cour: but tins test would make sad work Of dog
IulIc l"gN. W. should have trouble to sing Calvin
TN Feet i, uiusica H. everlasting punish
meat mcodous. Father Taylor once said in his pres
,ncc To H. Bushnell "Can Calvnist be Christian g.
'Of hc can" said Dr. Bushnell "Dont be SO fast
You say the L0r elects hhat is to say lie is pushed
inO heaven AT the end OF stick Now suppose, after
tenn Of gears. the Lord thinks it well to turn the stick
round and pun him into the other place. Would he be
sa,Sicdl Ii he wouldn t he's no Christian"
John Dwight that man OF music whose alphabet Is
e .lc remarked that to the statement that Calvnislu
cannot sang opposed itself the ST. Matthew Passion
Music of Zach Thdt Of the 10ftiest and most
IN lir,d ut;,TIncs of musical cus-s literally sing
Cayi.r in all its details. But, to he sure ii is
norc thar this for the something greater than all creed
.n II is Only the true which can he truly sung Mrs.
Howe praised Mr Cfauchs poem Strue poem, organic
aud vital. noble result of tiansccndentasm Let Us
can This ChIi. opr. of old, Christopher the Dis
co,crcr. for he has shown the world Of thc new
thoughts
Mr. Longfcllow remarked that in the issue between
nature and theology there indeed something to be
said on the ecclesiastical eide OF the question; but there
were enough take that sdethe Free 1elgioniss had
Given the nscves Nature were ready TO trust to the
ideas and emotions native to the human spirit. To he
sure IN some directions aoat but to be aoat is
what "a ship made for. IL we sink, II Is for want Of
f.lth. Mr.. Potter REQUIRED To DR.. BaTtOls statement
that Calvin IN could not be sung, and asked on what
shelf We were to put Paradise Lost" Mrs. Cheney,
with feminine sympathy for the weaker side, made
gentle little plea FOR Covinsn. Anything which had
,inpp sO al
it, r Hartu said that hc referred only to the dogmas
of Ciyinism Every faiN can bc sung. but not every
dogma; and the five points OF Calvin he found as unnu-
sl,,l IL the Five Points OF NcwiOrk. Mr.. Towne be-
that works and great truths sing themselves