, 1874-05-25

We claim Tor ourgolros. Tho want OF thla spirit
on ha ar d9hG ,I, much i to %Ht the s.
liz punlshment Of mon for their opinions;
mistaken Wow was, crime. n
tue liiotlne OF tho apoator he had soon rellgi-
or with common courtesy; standing apart, like
pugists WHO weighed ouch otlor bof,ro enter
ing into . hgllt, instead Of ,rushlng lnto ouch
e.orn nrns Ike hfotlora 4, in ohrst Al thiA
thing OF tho spirit Of intolerance. Il waa shown
by tho. attitude OF the churohos toward
tho Liberal Christians. Such mon ~ Robert
uo!iyer AlId Dr hydor woro Welcomed In overy-
charity, aud humanity; their noble voicos we're
gladly heard in tleHo intoresta; but no minister
daros} to invite thom to his pulpit. II ha should
DO 1t, thera would ba anoshor horeay trial. The
speaker did not moan to say TINT this was wrong,
but thst II was lingering remnant Of the foel-
ing that diGoranoa at opinion was 4 crime.
Prot Patton undertook to damn Sooratos and
pono!ope; BaptiHt proachor cana all tho way
to hell aud, because Abraham Liuculn died In q
theatre iuatoad OF q school Of theology, many
good people thought 1t not woll to say much
about his future state. Oh, how our hearts ro-
would not abolish accta, throw down, theological
seminhtios. aud burn up libraries. 50 long ~
the human mind differed, men would gather
around ideas, and build churches aud schoola In
Lu1tl hApFaihs LUIS HAa hl4 TlKlts WHerO the
paths ran together, let US walk In love; whero
tho roads dvergcd. lot Us part In peace. Waa
thero auy roaaon to believe that at truth had
yet boen touohsd7 Higher aud tetter uutlor-
standings Taro to como. Tho Bible, like tho
book of nature, had not given mp Ill its trutln.
No ono would have monopoly OF truth.
Religion was \ fountain, tho nible living
straana, to which all could come.
In the Swing easo there had been valuable
In hal osrrN
way In God'H Church. DR.. Patterson took ground
for individual soui:llherty. Months ago ls aud
others ha!l said: "Les Swing alone. 10 ba suro
5 tSst fs e ia aot sSt sso hs 5 R faanss Ia hs
gone or stall go little outside Tho liua, hc'll
olthor Ret baok, or etae preach himself wholly
outside . very quick" II Vas grand thing to
handlo-atl gu ono utdo. lie waa full Of logic
and The Cateohiatn: no ona could dauy
his ability; but lle lacked tho aympathy and
poetry and humanity which came from the prac.
she man to FOLLOW people around, and toll WHO
was orthodox. II was not fair for Patton to
follow Swing about in this way; and the rreB-
bytory sata 80 In plain terms.
Dr. Thomas wAH sorry TINT Prof. 8wlng folt
tbat ho had to 70 out Of tic Presbyterian oh99roh
NotLlng Was gained to hbesal Chrlhtihuity Il we
had to toar down one church to build up another.
The gain waH to 20 out into the clay banks and
make tue bricks. SO lnto tho forest and how
frcsh timber, with which to build aDsw. II
thcro wns a tendency toward liberalism,
there was also an evangelical tendonoy
among tho liberals. In this city,
the Unitariana woro signing for moro Of Christ,
and more spirituality. Ho was sorry living
won't out, though ho could understand how h0
dreaded Patton's remorseless oritialam. It WIS
ono of the grandost things when tho prosbytory
uttered its robuko to herosy-hunting. Swing by
going out could not atay tho agitation. Ono Of
tho host Of the Presbyterian ministers had said
rim body il ohiosgo, was 'committed to frof.
Swings gronud. It was to be hoped that ho
would como back, not to haed what might bo
suid Of him. bnt to preach from his heart just as
mhe man bseas prsaahep ho wes t. b
himself, snd answerablo only to God for his
work.