, 1879-06-09

constrained to weave into Ills verso at the etr-
merts OF hls own faith. Tint lite flnnl pursf1.
cation aud blcsecdncss Of Faust wcro tho st,ad.
e RITZ ra a HI t rps e,
Is no art That will carrg sach freedom Of mind
to construct climax against tho. real scBn-
tnents Of The writer's heart. Furthcrtnorc, n
.e ct,nvertaton ntl letters Of tioetis "het,
pears III wonderful dfstinctncss. Willis he
was ia1nenting. the death Of Wicland he sald
That friends "soul Is now tio1ng nothing mean
os.snnll, nothing ,oconpatible with The moral
greatness OF Ills life. nor nre nWoh powers Of
soul a1lnlh1lated. Nature Ii not wasteftit OF her
cnptal,-Wicani'a soul was to her q treasure"
In a letter TO n friend, this same Goethe says.
"Tln Eternal will not refuse to tlle soul nov
lifc." Not the Incidents or sl'c 'tnpfcnlents Of
rhetoric, therefore, arc tho chants a,l gorias Of
the Faust, but they urB the deeper sentiments
nS uf'o Of t'e RTentcst II nil is,'nnr in:elteets.
When those anEcls bear upward tho soul ot him
who had used magic. hut wll0 asptfed toward
the good, and ~hc1 they anE-
Tho noblo spErt now Is free,
And saved from evil nrt,nnsinV,
RlIn'er aepfreA nnwcaFetttY
II not beyond rricemnY:
And !: ho foc!s the grace t,f Love
Tint fFnn On ft1h IA given,
Tho hiessed hauds that walt ahova
Shall Welcome him to Heaven.
II Is not the Ideal Faust ONLY who speaks, but
the actual Goethe:
We WCEu HOk tlElHY lOH2GT uPDt lHE pTD0l
literary nlcn hare been quito uniformly re-
(iaions In ballot. Let us pass now to the rropo-
sltton TINT they arc not evangelical. nor con-
epfcuous as the pilaars Of church, Il is claimed
that our American literature comes aud has
auitf; tint orthodoxy does not viii the ostcem
Of tho most educated ni'l gifted; that when q
sotll is horn with heuso enough to make it poet.
or statesna1', Or historian, It Is born with
too much scnse to permit t TO cspouse The def
mite Calvfn1stlc or Arniaa1Hn falth: lint tho
more oducntcd the community, the more ra-
ttonal md the less miraculous must bo ftscreet.
Such is tho current phllosopby ovec, the fact
that pars Of the Atlant!c coast which Is
position tnay be true TINT ratonnllzcd
Christianity is moro In harmony viii tho form
not true that Unftarianlsm Is m cssontfn ahnpo
Of this rationaIizcl religion. for III EtlglAlltt
many ot tho u1nsL powerful writer's are members
Of tho Established Church, md hold tic lo2.rlna
Of tho Trinity in r,on;rnItariap sonse. ! nm
Inclined to TIC belief tint the Boston latitude
would have produced literary men Of nll forms,
philosophers like Emerson, and pocts ltke l1ouE-
follow, nnl orators like Skinner md Webster,
Of The Trinity rs Is Tho Church OF England over
the sea. When Bnssnp ,HRa Pur1tnntc It was
lltcrnry. When two colonies, tile cs'e at
Plymouth tho other at Jamestnwn. we're reccfv-
tng human contributions from the Old World, ail
tAoso mfgratln. bclngf whose heads were full Of
poetry, or romance, or philosophy, Of theology,
ind who desired to write verse, or u speech, or
n book, embarked ln ship for the region of
Plymouth Rock; while thoss whose lcuds were
full OF thu hunt aud uf the tace-cnslrse. and wero
fond Of good cheer for t1lt' body. ind which
heads wcrc otlleEwlse empty toak ahp for the
Jnmes River. nni thus "pltnrnl selcctiOnh y
began long before Esnotsont md parhcr, md
to 10 IN the least hcrcteal Was to be exposed to
legal tornscnts on earth, md to he orthodox
VIVA tho chtef end Of man, tho New Ene,u,nl col
Guy poured forth books d. fast rs they could he
shippea to England, md, instea1 Of waiting for
UnItariansm to come. those oarlY dats cxtract-
cd poetry. and philosophy, and romance OUT Of
tho re.t.hot Day Of Judgment and the awful
tSts, ., tle n9neles ,c a. Angelo tnrnsd Or
poetry. These books were nil poor books III
decd, but tie number Of them shows that, when
ono e scakfng ,nn explanatson Of the literary
excellensss Of New England. no must not pause
must add to TINT Influence mighty calsoA that
caao in the first ships, nt, In all tho succeeding
ahtpa. apart from tho quality Of tho imported
gospel!
have found causo Of a fact, md haTo In our
pride set 1t forth, thcro will remain other causes
unknown, and perhaps more potent than the
ono dragged into light. Who can tell why tho
little pentnsutn called GreecG should hare grown
such raco Of 1nortals Us That race which for 800
ears poured forth st,Ch language, and oln-
9uerec, and poetry. nt,1 dsplavca aucll nrt5
Who can tell US why Germany Is so rich tn
logic, and also In imagination and ~ muslca
Who call toll us why swrdcn, wflosa climate Is
bleak, Whose winters almost cxcfudo spring,
should send to tho world sugh entranciug voices
to sing for us our 'songta Who Gun. Ia such II
OF the fact tint most Of American literature tna
como, nENt Il still coming, from one small ttlnt
on tho great Atlantic roastl The phrase " Uni
tpriaBlsn In religion" would sceIn an tua1le~
rkr A Ind TrNt fItkk 1ftHbu fT1ns
tlonaliy prafcr broad form OF Christian fa!th
must be ndmtttcd: but this would leayc iii.
toscled tho question whcther tho Unltartanism
OF a Charming were any broader thAn tha Trim
ltnr!nntsm Of Htanioy nr Farrar. Let tbs turn
away frnm snclt reflections Us bolng unn.
portant, Or ut least full Of uncertainty.
Let ia now resume tho inquiry why 50 many
Of the Ereat names IN lettuFs l,age not bcpn
such result cannnt have coInc from the friend
" RELATIONS between lltcrnura nE sin; Tor lteru
arc no slci, relations. Men Of tsttcrs ltayo not
stood hclow tho ordinary urr!huH,bcF In
nent he 'nade IN such moral qualities. Il would
] be- found that tho mot! who hnve written tho
worlds books haye IN moralttyfsnked ahoyc tho
| whole multitude IN arul out of tho church, The
concentration OF tho mind md the affections
! upon thoughts rather ttau un,n things,
tho parpetual doalatg With tlIu hShcst ideas
would tand to lead away from vice, nnd ttt'Hl
i
| library, mud whote kceptra Ia pao. ALMOST all
| the Grens authors now iirIhg are men OF yrry
| hioh character, such fndaal d. to mako absurd
every Inquiry wllntler their Ifbsral Christian
| sentiments aro funded upnu any aY1lnatny With
| u tssoluto life. Tbs attitude nf acN,lars ran.
| not bn explained ny assuming ticlr dopravttY,
| We mliAt reck other explanation at tho fact
that the majority OF tho leatflng minds OF our
age stand outside tho doOra OF the Christian
| Church Ia its most evangelical allapc. Re they
Catholic or Protestant Iii tllefr raaring md bias,
they arc cold worsN!pcrs In the tomnIe, Rca.
| apEs for such condition OF Atfatra must Ger.
taIn,y exist, some OF which may DO easily dis
| covered. II ron will lnok back you will l!nsl
tt!at In whatoTcr la,d light bcsau 70 haan,
With that light tllose WHO caught tnost
| Of Il htgan to break awaY frum thctf
national fath because tIle!r reastn could not en-
| jnv ar believe tue details; ind What VIC sac In
literature to-day sou Will mark in th0 literature
| ot dttcca aud old. ltaly. From H0crates to
ClcerD tf,B scbolars wera tho plrost asla tho brst
Of tho whole public, but they could not espouaa
these dotails Of tellglon which Wera grouped to-
| geil,er In DAYS Qf goneral supcrstllion. Dean
6tsn1ey and CASTELAR, stH.ld tgwnrd tho En1llsh
| and Konish Church lust a. Socrates hnd ctcorH
stood toward tho Cathodrals Of Athens aIld
Rulne,-.hey all 1oya tho Deity, hut not Tho
human Inventions which in ignorant periotla
waro woytM iato tic Diytno nature nud govern
ment. That IL TO sny, tha infant days Of . RAGS
| will alWaYe luYpnt moro doctrlno tslan the man
hood days ut the same rAce eau accont; and Tiers
fofa equally In old urectu or IN nav America,