New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-05

The nobest system of the classic philosophy is
the most ideal one. PlatOuism u IdrdlI-ul. lJ IS
the finest moral TEACHINGS OF socrates ILItulIIe Ny
the nneSt contcupatlye genius Of Plato. And we
can hardly wonder a. we read the divine Dla-
logues lmarred though they be by revolving lea
lures of creek lie, that some Ct Tue early cuutch
fathers believed Plato to have been inspired from
heaven, and that he certainly would nave been
Christian had lie lived after the CHRISTIAN epoch
lie was the ST. John of the Philosophers. The
fathers of the church-the AuguStines, the AM
brnses and { hry sOstOms,-the " gOldeued moulned
Appreciated the best things IN the CTreek phlloso-
phv: they did not deem them irrelevant 10
Christian studies. Christianity was tuu OF divine
ideals to their contemplation aud they saw that,
IN Its development and the elevation OF the human
race under t. the time would come When the 4igu-
thought the highest ideals, the hgIes5 cuil uIe
in all respects. would be It's trophies. hey saw
in Patos writings n in the Hebrew documents
wisdom ideallLed as the LOgoe tne QlNlue
" Word They saw there the doctrine OF the I'M
mortality of the soul. Everything mat his lnspHed
intellect touched seemed TO RESPOND WIN an e4-
preston of the ideal-hOwered ont with mgher
than any merely material slgnlhcance.-INO North
western Christian Advocate.
II WIS freely confessed ut the meeting Of the
American Board at Portland by some OF Tie Io5t
prominent speakers, such As Dr. GOWN ana IIo-
lessor Park tnat to accept Tue ne" tneolosy VI piU
baton after death for the heather is 10 take NV Az
the principal motive for missionary cnort' Cny
such tremendous truths, said Dr. UodNlI' rs
cat her round Sinai ma Calvary man IeuthP-
tiuu lie and death heaven and heiI-can INSPIRE 10
such undrrtaklngs' We believe this is true OF our
evangelical brethren. lake away The motive "h!ch
the aw mi doctrine of an eternal nell furnishes lOI
,,urk among the heather and their foreign rlssOn-
ary zeal wouid fall 10 zero. Inns W9uIu uc NJ W
deuce that tneI0 any praC tleal ,'"iuo IA tle
dogma of eternal punishment but that oItloloG
missionary methods OF reaching the heatE'n Hiu
been constructed on Il wron- lhotFe. ,'otwttItn
standing thu, statement Of Professor atA anu III
Goodwin. it Is true that the most NaluAbIe,-auu,
from our mint the only valuabie-irult " OrthodOX
foreign missionary labor Is ROT lhas "ulCH co'ueo
from teaching the heather errors about God and the
tutufe life hut from teaching them 10" 10 i've
better in this ite-.Christlan Register.
result OF the establishment OF liberation has been
the decadence OF Quakerism: certain amount oI
doctrlue of non resistance can only snow ItselI
when there is something TO resist Nnen the wear.
ing of peculiar dress IL dangerous tne "earIus Oh
II At Least shows bravery. " hen The danger passes
owav n becomes an innocent piece OF auectation.
While persecution lasted, QuaSerisln was reng-
ious doctrine When persecution passed away II
became an amiabie vagary. W q fancy that All ldea
nj piopapandlsm has died out OF 40 Years ago.
That it has not entirely disappeared Is Que 10 tne
Ienacty OF the race VINO lnhclite4 H. an ~ $3.50 80
tain hereditary beneyOlence Whlch mas passct
INTO a tradition. William Penn al Cnce plahteu 10
here. and destroyed the conditions OF It's growth.
he was not the first man who DulIdeu Wiser ludn
he bneW.-lThe Episcopal Register
II ia distinctive of Judaism that it attaches so
much importance to home religion; IASJe"tan
prayer and ceremonial are nQl AOr ny - uo
on
M intuence aud NAV become empty forms. on inc
whole thry nave wonderfully blessed our race, and
made Jew wish home matter now dark the
Ghetto and how oppressive the laws OF the state
haven OF reace and purity 1t Is to be regretted
that to-day ITS influence is wanspg, ana tnat 50
mach money n expended on snagulnceht 'elnpIes
md svuagoSues and so little Thought given to re-
wing the temple of the Jewish home. inettlby
more sacred, humble though it be, than masses OF
plaster and stone, which can never becotlc nolses
of God unless God dwels IN the homes anu lives VI
the worshppers = Jewish MessehBeI'
Whether man Is, or Is not, CHRISTIAN depehds
mon Tvhether he has or has not entered, by bap-
tIsm, the way OF discipleship. and become a
member OF that community and fellowship which
il separate from both Judaism and the world
when Christ appears to Judge the world as we'll as
the Church and to reward every man according to
his work, is question which men have no night to
ansWer because they are commanded to judge
nothing" of that kind " until the Lord Comes
[Clurchman.