New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-11


Gol Cl,n..ne's soul vas nlled with the idea Of Inc
dignity OF human nature which, he th0iSh'' Oi''l'S
degraded Norton'5 mint res E.ci what nc cOis'uU''
the Illogical combination o Scripture texts 70 shS' u
iatolcrdulc theological theory. ChannhS HehSh'u "
portray tie felicoo al heavenly frame OF NINA; nor
ten delighted to exhibit the ieices OF accurate exee5S
Both were ,nastcrs of style but Claiming uaed MS
rhetoric 20 prove i!a the dc ;trines Oh Calyian Woio
abh0rr,nt 10 tic Godycn moral nature Of nNi; norton
employed his sOm1wha: dry and bleak pn' snlsh"tI
lucid powers of statement exposition, and logic 10 tno"
that his opponents deficient in scholars"l? ana
sOpAigca! in augmentation. ChauEinSS literary ierN
tation, which oycrcapcd all the boundaries of his Sect
was primarily duo lis essay Milton; hut Norton
could endure The theological System Oh when i'i"-
disc Lost based AMI Therefore lcugci az TIE poem
N0rtcu had little Of that imaginative sympathy WIN the
mass OF mankind for which Claiming WAS preend"an'y
distns uisAed. AM body who has mingled nGch "I'A
Unitarian diyines must have Heard their esoierie pleas
antry Is To- what these two redoub.ablc Champion OF le
Unitarian faith would say when they were ttGusorr'''
from earl TO heaven. Claiming. rs he looks uon TIC
bright rows q; celestial soci y. rapo'siy declares"
This gives me "a ncyg idea Of the al nifty OF human
nature; Norton, with certain pItrican eAC!uSiNehe
barn Of scholarly tastef, folds his hands, ana G'"-
ctly saws TO 81 Peter Paul. Rather misccilane-
GUS assenllaCc. Hrt on earth they worried to6ethcf'
each after gifts draw out all the resources % sell
tnent, scholarship and reasoning possessed by Sn'h
able opponents ar they fpuad in Stuart, Woods, and
Il ~
Gca Iohinsian form, gained increased power ny ihe
wholesome shaking winch Uultsridisu, gaze it; For t!dh
shaking bndad the zeal, flarcnd the intaeeis "tlhd
lated the mental ACTIVITY OF every professor OF 3 "'n.-
eccll fa;h EcitLcr Claiming nor Norton, i'll as'ai'ng
The statements In which the Cjlyilstic creed was ne
chanicaly expressed exhibited IN interior view - INC
creed as II ytly existed IN the souls of Calyinsia
Chsnning however. sill the leitmrtes r'ritn'l S"-
cessoP OF jonathan Edwards in Affirming, Win new ci-
phnes. the Fundamental doctrine OF Chris;iany' Tia;
God IL ia direct communication with tLc souls % 'iis
creatures. Tie difference is that Edwards holds tn
doors OF communication nearly closed that only th'
elect can pass n Charming hr1ws them wide open, ana
invites everybody t. be iluilncd in thought ald Vital
lied in viii by tho cyeI-fts. oupou.ncs o' cc eSt"l
light and warmth But Claiming wrote on human ne
ture "a tor; the void tenant Il j actual "r l"-
lc Cummings who r1eScs'l his cscy'onai d'ii"ncr
Of spiritual porcVfGu, and liz exceptional exemption
from the temptations Of practical lie lie w@s, - f'r 40
constant contemplation Of tie Dy'r0 projections wds
concerned, meitatiye saint and Lad lie belonged 10
The Roman C.,loc CaJrc, he probably would. on ;h'
ground Of his spiritual gifts, have been eventually can
onzrd. san. the scGHetlyc sIJcctyity OF his ROY ot
look on nature and hnin life tended To make to 1861
vidnai consclcusn.ss Of what vas jist and good Le
Inc sure o. Dl.ne ir-,ico and goodness and in some
mediocre iaiudi wh'c rs rc ious genius mf-Hcz'd,
this tendency brought forth di-tr,S'ns specimens q"
.iiiGal acntturna'i,y AID pioUs rortuc,s Tho most
curious r,sult haSy.ver OF ChHrniucs teH"hhrS was
tat.os sct bj their master. In The course Of single
gene r On some of e. uopt vigorous mia y among lr
Unta.iar, ;lact,cuS iha freedom ~ Thought winch hc
iuou.cliai IS aly, udc-d IA Theological Had''.'i
Of which be A,sor ccc-uI'd. lie Was iao iuteierli"
father %, Theodore Pa6o., ana tie intellectual f'id-
fa:lcr VI Ocayiul T. birmingham Parker AID ti",L-
hcbai both ,rauit iars bat students al 81 tAe al
vanced school Of critical thcociaus soon made Cham
n!'a hcrtsc8 tame wien compared with ;hc ior'~irs
they PROMULGATED The Free Reg,aats are The leeii!-
mate progeny 81 ChaAn E.'
Mr.. Wlipplcs rYcscl,;tton Of Emerson is TOO coal-
plnto for nhridcncnt, bat Our readers viii obtain an
idea Of fla scope and aptncss by single rrir'ct =
BIZ; probably lie greatest literary result Of tie Uni
tarlan revolt WIS the appearance IN on: itr1auc Of sn1
phc, inenun as Rilph Ta3o Emerson. lis ea'ac from
race Of ccr-yucI Doubt muca .: his ciof';ion 81
character and ,st.-c tsc 81 hc grandeur 90 the moral
sentiment j. his by inheritance; b" after oncilnE ire
ministry DC soon focd i!nt Gwen Unitar.ani-n "os "A
limitation % Liza intellectual independence g. "lc ic
could not submit; and, ~ the holudy NcV Fn-''"d
phrase .hc st No on his own account, Responsible
tor nobody, and not responsible 10 any body
HIS rad'calism penetrated TO the very r"
of dissent i,r FOUNDED TIE flea rat IN I'll or
garizatiol~ social political, ana religious, iier" mas ice
an clement which coctt The free c~c.c.s OF !utvanAi
oueLt; ana tls free o his innyi'ual ,in..n-
lie etif, should bc controlled b. nothing .I.tJic
and authoritative the planet. Dc.ct~cs Himself i-d
not lin BIZ uLlosa u'l4uc Will lno.o complete sell
emancipation from. al cuo opinions rDlcr-l accepted
bv rl.rrid. Bt' Dcsc,rtrs vas s,He-i Eu"rfnu IS
seer and poet and Ac the !1st man 20 0ti"np :"
overthrow accredited eye.cm. IN ord,r 20 r'7'tUt" for
them doa1u.tlc sgst of lis own Ia s .!cv o. q;
duy Of 'inan thaba,' this courae would have been 90
violate bis fundamental principle, which wa th' nl
BODY could lag copyr ght The world tlat no tneo
could incl.de nature; that c greatest ia necs AID d.
ooye7cr could only add q few items Of Information 70
what lie human ianI had previously wc0 iiJ:u tic
guif , and ilt
scholar was not % iaaloec tAe Io.d oi mater and r.n
by system winch oncrjiet IT, but 70 cztcni our Eno"i
edge in straight ire, leading from the VANISHING Inn;9
Of positive Enowled-c into Tic ill!nta,hc unknown
spaces beyond. Emcs ns peculiar sphere was 49, ohJl
ogy BY o certain feliity Of lis nature ho WAS nor
copihstant; Indifferent 10 logic he suppressed all the
processes Of his thinking and announced IT'S r-sts in
afiIna;ions: and o tie aspctes which commonly
afct the apostles Of dissent ever rilri the serene
spir Of .Iis universal dsGontcr. lie could mover be
sednced n;o controversy. He wac asseed both az IN
atheist and az panthcist writer go obscure that
nobody could understand what lac meant, and also -
mere verbal triosstor, whose only talent consisted In
yiyyIug coiumoul4ces in converting, by inversion.
stale tTusns brilliant raiaoO@c5; ana all these
varying charges had only the effect OF lighting up his
with that queer, Guizzc. nscruta'e sniiIr that
amused surprise misconceptions OF the people WHO
attacked him. which is noticeable IN Gil portraits ahd
photographs OF his somewhat oni -nacal couuonance.
His method very simple and worry hard II consisted
In growing NJ 20 4 Lowell with the spiritual objects be per
ceived ard his elevation Of thouyit wns thus Tie sen
and compartment OF corresponding cc walton % char
scter IN lis case, ~ the of Chanug tLcco was
an unconscious return to Jonathan Edwards, ana to n
tho great divircs whose 'Gouls had sight or eternal
vertes. What the orthodox saints called tie Holy
Ghost, he wtiOut end0wing IL with person
alty, called tho Over soul. lie believed Win
them that in Cod 1.-Two snl move and have or hcuc
that only Big com uncang with the Being We hayc
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