, 1880-08-01

To FaE1tIA HUI 0[6AA ~6$>A~~S
Ah, rain. indeed, is the asking! as ID =
- TNe's duties press al OF US on,
And who dare shrink from t,. ,iaes Inc .ano one7
-Ana # NAV be. moi far before Us
Wait fairer places than theu;
1,fes mains may get lead by still waters,
Thonch We may not begin again
pnrererno.c upward and onward
10 nnr paths on the hlttS OF lie,
anS snm with radiant dawninG
Tsrnsfr1,re the toll and the strffes
And our Father's hand Will leao US
Tendcrly upward then;
:. In ,ha ioy and peace of fafrer world
Heu let us begin again.
RELIGION IN GERMANY.
,,raovr,yr CHANGES IN oP1S1oS-THE
1rTHERAy NFLUENCE-sC1EAcE AND TIE
cHrEcu.
Y.n.,, co1rtsrondence Nt7o. T0rk Nation.
Turing the last decade, o. since the last
EDITION of Scbwartz's well-known :" History
~ +he Nest Recent Theology" published IN
$50 Germany has undergone important
changes In religious opinion. Beginning
With Tie radical side, Prot. Zelier, OF Berlin,
the foremost teacher of historical philoso-
nhv the son-in-law Of F. G. Baur, and the
rp,nted confidential religious adviser Of the
Crown Prince and Princess, has pub1sheo' q
briljiantly.written, matured, and moderate
digest Of the writings Of the Tubingen
school Into these essays he has Incorporated
his own weli-Enown arguments, that the
constitution of the Church was during the
early Middle Ages modelled largely into
analogy with the Platonic Republic, and that
the popular Stole philosophy had much Ill
duence upon the development OF its doc
trines. He lays great stress upon the fact
that the Tubingen movement. unlike En-
glish deIs1n, French atheism, or German
rationalism, was started by mature professors
Of theology and men Of deep personal
piety, and draws q picture of Baurs
profoundly religions and pastoral char
actcr wtieh all must !. admire, and
which made lis sermons edifying to all who
heard them. Zeller urges that the Tubingen
method, which consists simply in applying
to the New Testament writings the same
eanons Ut criticism that are applied to all
other writings Of antiquity and which he
would therefore designate simply as the his
torical method, does not, if rightly compre-
hended, undermine, but only strengthens,
the foundations Of piety; and he reminds us
how the Emperor Julian feared that the
classical literature would be discredited it
faith in the old mythology were destroyed.
This movement is still very effective, along
with the development of modern science, in
incnning manv Of the most thoughtful and
..sp1, 'eAk4ous ~ az outsloe posi.lou ol lll-
oine1ence Or o1 hostility to the creed and rites
11A$&z -.
ea s snads Ghu1sh asn whe ~
mental nors1 and soo;af % nsa m ~ % AZ, ~ % ,a-ao @
Cs.r'.. t, .o!a-' aam soel4 A,o ~ ~ ele la1se
"e'U..a co!uluuA!ttes. judged 0y ue nu1a-
Der Of Its churches, the growth of its re-
igious organizations, or by the percentage
of It's e.,nnr.t-so,no ,unn,at;on m 1or,,o ,;tv
iu Clrislrndnn1 Il a. mtta.r,r nIiffarsnt M ~ ~
yeTy existence of inst;tntad 2hr;s,;sn;4,,, ae
Berlin: md fhat IT, s,,;tn ~ ~ ~ i,,a..as - -
The Kaisar,e haif - ~ ~ toe Ail1ueneeo u
Again tha r,,t,,r H 49, taa.a.u,4. ~,
NAV lave hv Th;ch ~ e. gaSa H!th Inna, ~
Vas rettired - s',h,,,;4 @ - th .t;n.a Gaa.cm
tnlose m tha a,a,ho,;os 81 80 .o ~.
the Jist;nct;ons I hats, Ia.vncs: not on!S caused
therens The seiloas ~ ~ eeIWeen 1nese and Inc LIZ
and hath IT, S s.e,. u ule poputar Mlnof
demnat;on ~ ssu s',4 n'olse1 !. ~ common con-
nnve,ne,,t' o."h,+ ~ ~ c54snsd Tue Uollnger
nathv ~ ~ Salplsteleu: unlled and won sym
f,hrrat - az tu oaeuul!cS, ano prougnt tlle
fhs Sa.a " ~ conoltlon OF mere vassal OF
nh sna,s, s.a,s, w4Ee tae latter became absolute
fha sa isuPle.ne IN dangerous sense, even over
taehah1e ninel1o itee domain of religious life and
IT, ihaEn. III II IS now Tor the flrst time possible
~s;a ne pin married, and 10 die outside of the
tsaeas pe u sae thurch. The Catholic priests, by
~ 1919 aaa hundreds, have abandoned their
4hatsaes 4has and let them run wild" rather
saa.aa aaM oohiofm to oppressive laws or pass the
Tn1hamro, Tsatm cnltus .c examination" which the