, 1874-04-16

lib fuuuGlGo 10 LILO Gn1tAr1An N0DtrlHot anu UY
tho unworthy and o1travagant laudationa III the
pulpit md through tho proas Of ono WHO is
known not to l,avo believed In tho Christian
religion that is to any. TINT Homo tlmo In tho
winter and during succoaaivo daya ho Was nd
vcrttsod to lecture In tho City Of Chicago IN MD
ofn Unitarian Chapel erected in memory Of tho
late Mary preo Collior, aud that ho did lecture
III aiil Of Aaid chapel, md In doing 80 aIdoa In
tho PRONUNCIATION Of tho horosy Which doniea tho
Deity Of our blosaod Lord" Prof. Swing is hero
accuacd of two things 1at, 1audation of Mrs
Collier, which Is pronounced unworthy and
extraYagant; 3D. looturing In Did Of @ Unitarian
chapel erected in momory Of Mrs. ::Collior. It il
atBo alleged that Airs. Collior was not bolievcr
In tho Christian religion. Wo cannot SEQ that
NO hayo misapprohendod Prot. patton at all III
Our romarlsB upon tie indictment. Tint portion
Of It which accuses Prof. Swing OF lecturing in
did Of n Unitarian chapel may be juatl1able In a
tions. which condomn Prof. Swing'a laudation Of
Mrs. Collier, aid Which aAlrm that eho waa nota
boliovor in tho Christian religion, wore the
points to which our criticism was directed, Tint
Prof. Swing, in common with all who were no
fortunate as to know Mrs. Co]lior during lor life
time, entertained wasm admiration for her, will
probably bo admitted without proof. That
Ills 1audation Of hor Tas "oxtraYagnnt,"
VIC respectfully deny. That It WAS ",,unworthy,"
wo npprohond tAo prosbytory Of Chicago will not
concedc by the voto which they shnll give. Nor
do we SEQ auy reason why 1t should DO alleged
that MrB Collier was not boliovor In tho
Christian religion. Bho was not believer III
tho 11ohammedan religion, or tho Buddhist re-
ligiou. and she always o1aimed to bo believer
In tho Christian rollgion. It WAS not necessary
for the purposes of Tho Indictment to allego
anything more than TINT ahe was not believer
in the Presbyterian faitl, or that sho tons be-
liovor III tho Unitarian faith. To say that sho
was mt believer In tho Christian religion,
therefore, was m unnecessary slur upon her
momory.
: We embrace this opportunity to ropublish o
short poem writtcn by Prof. Swing upon tho
doath OF Mrs, Collior, 80 that the full forco Of
the indictment against him naay bo seen md
felt:
MARY PRIOE COLLIER,
NJ uAv1p EWING.
Upon thy Rravo adorned with tlowora swee4
Whose leases are bursting tn this vernal air
The atranGer comes and drugs inhunau feet
Across tho tears aud lilies mingled there,
Tho hcart TINT moidors in that tovly bed
bhanseH tlAe rude mortal on tho clay above.
6he followed ony where her Savior led,
Hcs lips no tarrNg aiscord, but Love.
From wreath Of girlhood to tho auowy shrouo
Tho natchlcsu beauty ct That life to mo
Spoke forth each day III accents deep, not loud,
And now comes baok tu holy memory.
Tho Christ unknown where dark accusing word
ttllH Gods own temple with wild, savage strife,
BurHL from this heart, musc Bwectly hoard,
TIN Mntin md tho vesper Of her life.
They that have loved ure they tint shall not dIc,
Souls cold and harsh ,neu hasten to forget,
The winter uight comca soon, the summer sky
bcams OIL III glory though Its auu has set.
When ttnnes hAvo como snd tmes have gone again,
And God haa called tho unfeeling mind to roas
In grave unlovel and all unknown Of men.
Fresh tears will still be failing On her breast,
A word seems to bo called for by tho allusion
to Join Stuart hill. Our correspondent says
that D1r. Hill would not hare regarded tho dea-
ignation "Athcist" unjust aa applied to him
solf, tins lie clearly aVows tho negation known
aa Atheism in Ills Autobiography" What Mr.
Mil aaya in his Autobiography ia that, concern
ing the orlgin of things, nothing whatever can
BIO known. He then adds that dogmatio Atheism,
ia absurd. Now dogmatio Atheism is precisely
the "uogation" to which our correspondent
refers. It is the donial Of the existonco Of a
God, aud this 1s what Mr. Mill says that his
father md himself concurrod in holding to bo
absurd. Ho waa ns far from denying the OK
lstenco Of Il God as ho was from affirming it..
OF course It Ia not pretended that ho WAS q
Chrietian, but VIC may reasonably iusiss that
Indictments shnll bo drawn to express facts, and
it is not a fact that hlr. Mill was an Atheist.