New-York tribune., 1885-02-16
DR.. NEWTON ON FUNDAMENTAL FAITHS
BEGINNING NEW SERIES OF sERM0Ns-DELIEFs
THAT MUST BE KEPT SACRED.

BEGINNING A NEW SERIES OF sERMoNs-DELIEFs
THAT MUST BE KEPT SACRED
The Rev. r. Heber Newton, having finished
his series Of doctrines Of the Church.
which, In their popular form, he thinks need revision,
began yesterday series OF certain funda-
mental faiths which he holds must be preserved nvolae
"Having considered OF the beliefs Of Christian
y,' he said, which In their undue development have
led to temporary loss Of creeds credit loss which
Will naturally repair Itself by the process o. theological
readjustment pass to speak OF the fundamental
faiths whose integrity cannot be assaed even ques-
toned without impering the basis OF society. How
ever shocked may be by those who expose coarsey
and irreyerently the uusoundness OF tho devel-
opments which certain beliefs Of Christianity have
undergone IN the popular mind and IN the Calvanisc
confessions we may feel that this task they may have
real service TO perform TO the future or religion But
when they proceed TO undermine the sacred foundation
faiths OF religion the faiths which he who tries to do
without thom finds later he absolute
stiles to noble living, the faiths which society finds II
can do without only by doing without life tself-then 1t
Is precisely those whose eyes are open TO
| the needful contraction OF secondary beliefs. who
may lift the more indignant protests against
this basphemy Of atheism To follow tue most noted Of
our living assaans Of religion through his illogical rea-
sonings and his shallow notions, which we'll illustrate
the old provcb about the fool and tho sage-this would
be an endless and thsnkess task lie Is In his work
simply the blatant mouthpcce OF the crude thought Of
day such Sceptcsm Is largely tho gas which rises
from mental dyspepsiathe failure OF the intellect TO di
gest the of knowledge which 1t has boted The
correction OF such disease, which. unlike other forms
OF dyspepsia Is contag agious lies In persuadng young men
10 chew the cud of thought little more carefully.
"Wo pull down aud rebuild our temple whore IL
IL proven DETECTIVES can repair Its interior; can
change and modify Il 10 any extent that Ia proven need
iu while the foundations are undistnrbed ana the new
faith takes thus the old and hsowed form But. II we
be insecure In the foundation beliefs II our basic
faiths To be honey ycOmbed with dOHDt religion can
not renew her lease Of authority over men
The faith IN God has never been demonstration OF
pure mathematics II has Away. been possible 70 doubt
IL 10 deny IL. IL has never been inteligcntly
held without perception OF the difficulties involved in
H. II has been held IN spite OF the difficulties however
by the deepest minds OF the n0est races In the great
est ages the only solution OF the problem of NE
There /. quiet assumption that modern knowledge IA
somehow exploited the llea of God labelled II In the
museum of knowledge as an ancient superstton.
Mr. Newton then cndeayOrcd TO show how true science
always rcycrcnt, and left the mndainental iatns
uDshakrn. " We cannot escape tho ancient mystery,
he -ahl that led men bow In Every theory by
which we attempt explain the mysteries OF nature "a
but the opening OF still deeper mystery Commenting
on the abscucc among superficial people OF tho modern
school 81 thought Of that spirit OF wonder which char
arterzes true cvOiiul h. SAID that they would render
the old nursery rhyme Twinkle, twIukle, little STAR
after this fashion;