New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-08
crRREXT RELIGIOCs OPINION

Few personsre reflect when they abuse the confess
sional on the very important part 1t plays IN en-
forcing honesty between man ana uiau " ucrG
law is powerless and the natural sense OF rlEht hI
wruug Il dafkened by the mist OF scN-luteIeSV OF
onN galus hearing To be sllenced, the thlru s!crd
meni OF the church Interieres anu accOnpISheS
what no other power than one Vi shperhul"h or sIn
cnuId effect Restitution, however. Is merely one
OF Its conditions. and we can Aaruly eAasBcIdto
the amount of crime which 10 prevents Wien we
consider the amount IL causes 10 oe CauCc4ieu'
There are few clergvmen the American mission
who have not at some time returned stoIsu ~ lUSs
confessional follow every practical CATHOLIC lulo
the professions and determine MS cOhuuCt III ttI1
ton to all the principal duties OF me- IHdt Catlo
lies cheats and llars ana hoihI'ueS - ~ alS
their Church for 10 be either OF ali OF lHeSc tIo!
must first disregard her laws ana wholly aFolu 1e
channels through which they are expressed. IN
other words to be bad citizens they must nIss 10
bad Catholics: and when men become lhdlHerelt 10
the fralty which their Church demands ana "nIyu
Is urged on them by promises OF the DlHheaI PUNISH
meuts aud rewards, they hatIt2iy JcToiU w tLar
eut 10 the lesser mOralites ana aVol Crllno i'uo'
bpcAu.e il may be detected than because IL Is CFIu
inaL-[T The New-IOrk tablet
Technical theology. some tell us, used TO be
drilled into young heads but that has not Deeh sue
cessiully done this generation H. lhuee'I 80
was Nowadays you must STATE .' ~ ~
in plain terms and present Englisn 10 c9hlInduu
nopular attention. A technical term 1eVeiOis
yawns in the audience Is TINS state Oh tuutx nus
new Frankly. We do not believe tnaI ~ - t ~
a KEN interest in Calyinistic doctrines; put inc
subiect got whatever popularity II had rom 0elus
mt INTO f Qhting English rs plain as d0upleu iIst
tVe can easily recall the limteu range Oh uOctrlhI
interest if ~ remember how plain, practical naIu-
headed and yernaCulared the preaching Wa9 "a 'lT
reviyals which planted the Methodist CnuICu aiL
over the land. In short Christian Jay men hefoi
did so far as We Judge, take a very llNely ln
teret IN the forms OF doctrines. except IN those rare
CAGES when an obnoxious formula, such as some OF
tbe CaIvinian was held up to rldicule. Ana III
tbes. excentiona cases laymen took no pans 10 ac-
cent am oppostnr theUlJgicllly delned formula.
Tbcv were content with the substance OF uni
versal fair chance for salvation expressed IN the
free.t and most various language The Methodist
When one has passed to his final account, we
vvonId be the last T. fOreshadOw the decisions OF
the great and final Judge. But II we judge IRON
th, nnLlished works OF Mr.. Emerson ana the
known savings and actions OF his lie, we hesitate
not 10 say that he was rather CIVILIZED pagan, UT
:, deyout deist than, in any sense, Chrlslhn
teacher. and that his talents were 80 USED as 10
nnsettie all taat revere and love AS The essence
of The Christian religion. Ii IS well known that ne
left the Unitarian ministry because be secuted the
sacrament OF the Lords Supper. 30 Tar as we
know he never retracted these views, ana MS per-
sonaI influence as well bis writings, was, TO the
and substantially In accordance " It'll them lie was
avery way moral and highly cultivated, and pos,
sessed an intellect OF unquestioned fertility and
power; but all this was true or theodore farker.
And n his views, a. Mr. Aloott wonld intimate, were
modified near the close OF his days, 10 was never 90
known as TO modify his uu-Chri5tlan influence
THE National Baptist.