New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-17


family who had been brought To realizing sens sens
Of their and found the grace OF salvation ana sue
closed with the prayer nat all her friends mebt .n
md Jesus. Then in postscript, which every iu 10y
Wal confess to be the final of every letter. o
sreken down that we have sent him 10 the almshonse
That's the place where dogma sends the natural Look
al the state OF this country ana tell me VIVA, carries
An swfSl indictment Of the popular religion Here ,Te
have enjoyed free doctrinei 20 the orid mas seen
But in essential features they are cue mat we have
emily the excuse for their exs'enTTSb The tripersonaI
Deity. infinite sacrifice the bloT0 an only varied n
ne ~ o. n SSg proficiency OF the worshpers
Professionalism done IN AneIioa t TN fhonsands of
,con ns ne hours OF conference and service the
thriving people gather ia sp,ioS The bH,d"rs of
ooSSSe coz And there respond TO confessions and
pat ia sn pity and righteousness lies every desk
Indeed there's hardly room III al Che no,eiS
~ "''" If the faithful couldn't get WINK ,.S
of sleep away from home without it Has all tlls
ronaraIion OF evangelical faith checked the evils which
are peculiar this Republcf Who are the sinneisi
Nov many I4hdes Atheists Untsrans iree9 bich are
the prominent news items OF the DAY very lew anG
scattering the undOgmatic sinners. Does TINS result
depend upon the numerical SUPERIORITY 0l tne uos
the freethinkoFsf Doubtless there are mSe
does not explain why doctrnal system which has an
exclusive paieut OF redemption works 30 badly IL con
IL may save sinners but 1t has bad luck in reformiog
them IL not an economical eonTYance lhat saves o
wORsHIPMG COD AND HANMoN.
But n is no new thing in tins country that the
orthodox scheme begets an Obtuseness for the moral
aspects of great dangers This was so thoroughly
tested during the struggle Of ant-Slavery sentiment
with Southern politics that we have now no rght 10
expect 10 the Church showing interest in any moral
cause or question We anticipate the same indifference
and moral caousness which hardened the Bibles heart
into buwark OF slavery, advocated the sacredness OF
Immoral compromises returned the fugitive and stoned
with tex
thing. The church denounced its own preachers, Tue
few who ventured TO expose all the inquites Of the
slave system stands before this country church
which at ali hazards Will make doctrine paramount
that with few exceptions, which may be counted on
thc hngers- sadly recall one name that once lonoeu
your neighbOring city-but with rare exceptions the
swndlng this country contracted for by professors
Of orthodox religion, who brand the liberals as the only
dangerous among And 10 counteract the inhu-
OF free thought they expend part OF their ENORMOUS
profits to endow seminaries OF correct theology Inc
great defaulteTs embezzeTs, gamblers Rng-men, have
been brought in Presbyterian, Methodist and Eplsco
palian There they Ht responding 10 ltanles OF
penenee and confession trembling all the time, as II
officer tapped them on the shoulder with fear lest
their financial shifts ana vanies may not tide over the
tight place and keep them undiscovered Ihere they
in prayer and take the sacrament-the men who
sport In property, who speculate with poor mems de-
posts, who cripple noble charities Even the men VINO
FREQUENTLY under suspicion Of making false in,
voices and the like, whose books have 10 be examined
by exports clear or TO convict are the property
left castles make their raids on horseback and
an open day Our barons OF The railroads tine STOCK ex
changes, the grain markets, the appropriation BILL me
demurcy OF freestOne churches and ride 10 their
faso balances Tie way they their grabs is in
visible to eye their recked hearts TO
Jesus and be washed in the blood OF the Lamb. The
Evangelical scheme nothing but paper at the moment
Of pinch The adventurous spcoulator jumps through
It IKE circus rider through hs hoop ana leaves II
dangling But an Evangelical Alliance swliy provides
another for the next man who Is expert al Hdng tAe
two hOrses-GOd and Mammou.
THE TREE JUDGED BT ITS FRUITS.
Have We come 10 this. with principles, atonements,
and eternal punishneDts administered 10 human nature
fofI glOy
puuity by Catholics who adore the cruchX and kiss
those innocent feet great country infested by frauds
tlckeries that the whole intelligence to pene-
tTate and astonsh intelligence TO witness thousands OF
Christian cuprts dismissed WITH benedctiOn 10 their
gigantic thimble-rgging; and aisle vomiting forth
scamps brOadclOth TO play with the nations values
and nourish it, eXtrayacancies, 10 Nip away the
widows aud the Orphans trust gets rid OF flies;
20 deal IN paper forms hat have value TO set them
traps for the mechanic and the labOrer! Has II taken
prodeate as t6si IN the Heaven stop inviting
Sood II The draught thus scdrches the conscience Of
professors, aud puts the madness Of money into
Their veins. The Christian Is pretty well advanced
and the day is late. In Gods name, let Try
other way. Let us call the worlds morality into an
alliance that shall have no doctrine but righteousness
aud the hne which correspond; no adorable
object but the Trainer OF morals and duty, the
Alliance Of thinkers, scientific men and phanthropss.
occupy Itself with the laws Of nature and OF lnan 70
make facts her comment instead Of teXtual fances.
Let the word ue INC Dt
material opportunities, social and sanitary egisa-
ton; let the emphasis be made by sympathy
stonement be mutual redemption. When Tgndall
devoted the balance OF his ecurng profits TO the United
States In good viii" as he sweetly said, TO give
pupils the benefits Of knowledge he put cOnsecraed oil
MS head. and became prophet OF peace and good
Will 10 Expecting TO get no grace from God by
prayer but applying the grace he has y nature ne does
the gracious and religious act aud helps 70 make the
nations than KIN. This IS alliance. How
coud IN benefit America IL its whole population believed
the articles OF orthodoxy with an the suenuousness
which they exert IN making money III the AtOnelDent
nsetaphyscaly saves while the dollar muluiaIlOusly
dauus what shall 10 profit the believing soul at last
Forms OF baptism poor cleaners out OF cesspoOls.
There water enough in all the fonts TO wash
morals for creed that fOrmulaes the laws OF nature
for pupHs that cOngOmerate OF mems hearts, and
atonement red with all The blood that eHeaaies to-
REMARKS OF NORTH EILNGER.
MI Weiss was followed by Moritz Eninger extracts
from whose remarks are given below:
One OF the chief objects OF the Evangelical Alliance,
which recently concluded It's sessions IN TINS CITY, Is
Eaid 10 be combat the destructive influences of the
modern school OF scientists upon religion. Great ex-
peciatiOns were entertained by the friends and OPP
ponens represented by the Alliance, Of the
arguments that would be advanced by the scholars and
thinkers OF which that assembly largely composed,
against the position taken Dy the natural phlOsOphers
IL hoped at last than an attempt would De uade 10
reconcile and religion, or rather 10 ma some
spot which Christianity and science might meet
tremendously and without open CONNECT But these eX-
mediation. were disappointed the church, 10 seems, was
o. unable as ever meet the demands OF practical
reason. as Kant philosopher called II, aud pre-
senied to adherents nothing more than the
traditional eredO, which, however, unconselously
enough. n makes mp OF whatever notions 10 deemed
rious seCts. But what il tins religion
which claims tins superiority TO science, which steps
forth arrays itself against the accumulated wisdom
and experience of aud clothes Itself IN the garD OF
inalDle divine superOntyI In Tulh IL is nOusht nut
apart OF science the generalization OF the several laws,
principles mental researches into one law leading TO
lin Who has endowed with the faculty OF studying