New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-11

VI PATRIOTISM Randolpn speahS "i'" '
respect than of piety
@patr,ot;sn has existedr Guy replied. ".when
men loved theiI fellows and their descendants;
when the State needed as protection dgai i
outside barbaTlans whg helie iv in helping the
weak in charity and the use OF social virtues but
in your plan all these are Wanting lor .noy "'0
II is truc'S said Randolph mcditatiycly. "Wo
empress God or hypOthest Nevertheless, ne auueu,
" / believe am right. Something OF the sort exists
/ now among the Chinese. and has Tor thousanus Oh
years, and they, poor creatures are sun III Vq
darkness. and have not the broad certainty OF
vision of our disbelief Don't demur." Randolph
went on say disbelief. All thinking men are so
calmly certain of their materialism that they 40
not care for longer argument. lhey tteaO tne
writings of cleigymen who dabbe in science Win
supercilIous indulgence. We have got so lar on
that we even speak of Christianity and other
supcrstitions with polite regret rs one is courteous
to a beaten adversary. Curious how the world has
grown in a few years! You iemember, even so late
as Thac keray, it was said about sceptcai 9it ~
major, that whenever he went TO church, he ala u
with sort OF martial bearing, as II going INTO
battle: and that when he received the benedctlon
he took il erect with frock coat tightly buttoncd,
so that there was abOnt him certain suggestion oil
| receiving his adversarys lire at ten PAGES nan
dolph stopped to ring the bell NO one IS even
afraid to 20 10 church any longer. except lOI Oen
! bored | think some of the most Indifferent men !
know would 90. if they would only allow smoking,
just then Randoph'S servant entered and received
! some cards which Randolph hastily scrubbed
line. " am going 10 have some fellows up mere loT
little wine Guy said he. "You see, they are not
pliers than you and |. and can enjoy it,"
But. Norton" said Guy, "you have been drink
| ing steadily all the evening"
Bien, apres | must get into training. Man,
| being reasonable. must get drunk. you know"
Randolph, you know perfectly well, you never
Not for want of trying however, laughed Ran
dolph "No TO tell the truth, and talk seriously,
| relic of Puritan prejudice sticks to me III tiat
| respect. | cannot throw it off somehow or other,
as a matter OF taste ntOXication is dsagreeaOe TO
! me. All we are weaker than our forefathers, and,
| if We are not, stomachs are. Rum and true
relgion-both gone! What are we to do"
"Oh. dammit
"With pleasure. but you can't" said Randolph
J calmly; q There is no longer any such thing as
Hxby was so charged with profanity that. upon
/ being suddenly touched or spoken TO, he emitted
| dammit" very much as an electric machine does
! spark.
America" he declares, has had two great mis-
sions Her first was to hberate the world Her
present one is to vulgarize it. She is colossal
market.
"Molern trade is simply low competition; vyins
with Chinese in petty shifts, and Jews IN me3nnesS.
and Yankees in financial irregularities. II you
are sharp and INSCRIPTIONS. and popular WIN
| vulgar acquaintances' ana don mhu Iyins goot
deal you viii get alons-perhaps But you must
practise taking advantage OF your neighbOF;
soliciting fayors from you desplSe; accompany
ing vour Jew correspondents and country customers
on low tours of city dissipation. And YOU must
make yourself used to crooked ways OF attaining
your ends; if you wish your customer to buy one
Is, i J
to sell HIM another. Even then. the squarey dis
honest man, your Competitor, buying on credit,
making pretence without capital, who can content
himself with shaving OF profit ana does not mean
to pay il things 70 wrong, has al immense advan
tage over you. Worst of all, you must suit your
self just as you suit your goods, to the taste of
commercial travellers and drummers: YOU must
tell their stories, and sing their songs-sjnes Ike
that one lacKett used TO sing in college, and If you
wish to retain any part OF your gentle SELF you must
change your manners. tastes views OF lie, charac
ter. every tinc you change your coat for dinner,
and keep your social life in the evening totally
distinct from your business life IN the day. That
this is impossible American society Is beginning to
show"
1t Is not Randolph but the author IN proprid per-
soma who sketches for the modern free-thinking
minister and the new order of divine worship,
established the growing village of Dale, while
Guyon is away at college. The minister called
| himself an eclectic:
! Al one time he had dabbled in metaphysics; but
this requiring too much mental eXertOn-for he
a ycry lazy man-hc now contented himself
! with the pOstivists. General denial is . very COM
lighted in putting the bOldest assertions OF negaton
| in their crudcst forms Nevertheless he kept on
easy terms with the Deity. He would occasionally
mention Christ with gO0d-natured patronage, aud
| made friendly allowance for the vagaries of the
| Evangests When he treated earnestly OF thingo
spiritual 1T was in quoting from Buddha, Coniuclus
or the Koran. He read large quantities of verse in
his sermons, which were also iull OF metaphors de
rived from business and trade. He was actively IN
tecstcd IN politics. affected wOrldliness in dress
and manners, and hated to be taken for a clergy
man. He was very popular in the parish, pomi-
neDt in pc-nics and church dancing parties, and
| capital actor in private thcatricals. Wine and
| cards he considered immoral but, TO avoid the
| charge of phari5ecism he fTequcnted smoking cars
and iamarzed himself with bar-rOoms. He was
ford OF taking the maidens of his flock 10 drive in
his buggy Saturday afternoons. but his atien-
tons were so universal that scandal never at
| tached
Tie Bonnymorts had once invited him er oGiio to
| tea Where he asked Miss Annie" TO 90 to drive
ia, yoI xloI liar llama
| in Dale sought hercey to argue with Gay for Iyn-
dali against the kantian school and cOntrasted the
enlightenment OF his own parish with the dark and
supcrstious barbarsm that stIll afflicted countries
! grooming under the ROmish Church. lie regretted
that he had been across the pond" and that
he had always resided IN the country since he con-
! menced his mission. lie told Mr. BOnnymOrt, who
was an EpiscOpalian, that the Anglican Church
| was elete
Besides the changes wrought by this servant of
the Lord. there were others. Gas had been intro
duced into the town. Some new manufactures had
| been bIlt, and there had been a considerable
! influx of French Canadian and Chinese working
| people The employers OF this cheap human energy
! had erected for themselves new French-roOted
| houses, usually prominent OF tower or cupoia,
! surrounded by well-shayen little grass-plOts, iron
statues painted white, and black asphalt walks.
| These were the prominent parishoncrs OF the Rev.
! NJ. Frank Hanna and had chiefly contributed 10 the
| building OF the vestry-the new vestry This IN
| stitutiCn was in theory Sunday school for the
children of the parish; but ITS more prominent use
for winter dancing parties, rallies, and private
| thcatricas, when the small pulpit was removed to
make place for the stage. Mr.. BOnnymort spoke OF
! it irreyercntly the Casino"
Guyon attends church the first Sunday after hs
return. The service began with quartet adapted
| from "Rigoletto" Then the Rev. NJ Frank
Hanna addressed in confidential tones a somewhat
indefinite Deity" read Passage from Max Muller's
version of of the Vedas, and burying his face
| in his hands, prayed for inspiration to the same
| Great Spirit who inspired Shakespeare-to the
same mind that breathed in the brain Of Newton
to the love that pervaded the heart of George
Eliot, of Joan of Arc, OF Christ.' The sermon
which follows is q clever burlesque of a certain