New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-13

lust pipe up our lNOlNluudl Nhl'''N' -
good Old-iaShioned way
SroLE-Oh the church will reform me Ghor'
KNOx-But y no will reform the church-ingslc-
ally. meant 1t seems to me thho 'Lt n 10 IT,
music. If Brother Ginger should succc.dl Il. M ~
ing the opera from the play house II woniq Sti uo
fv him from / ne choir end OF ms church. nave u"
doubt that he lnuOcenly aud IGhoIanllY Jo'nn III
many an operate tune in his own cnurch every
UTf iGTrorF-T ancient GregOIian mdslc must
b. rotoro1 The seusuous music OF to-day is
NF,1o-To be found III Father liellotropcs own
church and is powerful Instrument OF "eN"'iohi;
Modern men and women want modern music Ana
tbe church OF the Future Will finally o1lterdtc lhe
unsc1cutifc distinction between -acfeI ana pro-
fame music Any muslc IS sacred that NE the SOU
ont Of he commonplace, no matter what men may
cali it. or where il is heard and no music - sacred
that fails to do at least that, no matter where II Is
heard.
coed on the theory that the curch will be what men
think ii ought 10 be, not what God reye led to be.
acknowledgements, did yQn say' Why the
past tense? God is ever revealing new truths %
men, al sundry times and III divers manners. The
canon Of book inspiration may BE- closed but the
canon of heart Inspiration snail remain open lOf-
KNox-But surely mems camal wishes full Of
errors and mistakes are not 10 nc the standard ny
which to Judge of the Truth. II That were so me
Church of the Future would be queer hodge
MEmorRorr-Ycs, 1t might he a gigantic Society
Tor Eh es WHIT wdTs we G6nt believe anythmg
in particular, and we don't know why we don't be
heve anything. Carpe diem. Amen"
GINGER-Or 1t might turn ont 70 he sort OF
universal Nineteenth Century Club whose motto
would be, "DlsprOve all things hold fast TO that
which is good FORM" Such church wound give
us the variety we all seem 20 banker after and Ike
tho AIhenlans of old we would spend our time IN
nothing else but either TO tell or 10 hear some new
thing. This kind OF uubrdled license would
exactly suit great many people.
KNiCKrRBOCKrR-O perhaps the Church of the
Future will be highly successful form OF spiritual
Isln having mediums for clergy, hGht and dark
seances instead of the old-IashIOned worship OF
PRAYER and praise and cabinets instead of pulplt>.
The medumistic clergy would have great and
obvious advantage over inc u'lenIlghcned
clergy of to-day: they could get the spirits 10 pre-
pare their sermons for tacin-and write them on IL
slate.
turn ont TO be tie Church of the Future Certainty
ITS claims are Just as good as those OF any OF her
man-made church. Chances al Il num0cro of the ct rr
clergy 2en.) The clergy OF the lhcosophch Catho-
Inc Church would be those MahatInls We have
heard 50 much about through CoOucl Olcutt. They
wouldn't cost their parishes much, for they would
1--we in some dctilc of the limalayaS, from whence
theV would ty through th" ar IN moment OF time
whenever they were needed III their churches
Still theOSOphy would have It's draw backs. It's
doctrine Of an astral body might lead 20 comphC1-
tons. For Instance. If a man had creditor ne
might assume his astral body whenever NE saw ms
creditor coming TO duI him, and 80 the creditor
would see nothing hut thin ar Wl"r" he hau Just
before seen the man who owed him. THINK II they
sumo astral bodies when the cIclgymahasks IoF LIS
salary. Laught"rl ,
NEWIIGuT-I suppose some people think chat the
Church of the Future will be an edition dc luxe Of
the Salvation Army GrotcSqu" rs this m'ugrri
body Is, u Is only the logical CITcatlIc OF modern
Evangelical Professionalism. Indeed the Protestant
Churches are moi worthy of 80 much respect Tor
they preach dOcrUuc OF hell IRE Id eternal DAM
nation for the majority of mankind and IAN TO hc "a
particle alarmed Oy the awful Thought. lie sal
walton Army pc ple. the other hand are - much
alarmed at the thought that they shout and beat
drums AT sinners Oh the brink q the lake OF hrc.
like their consistency. Their tJuaticl,n D. almost
modern orthodox Christians.
HAY 1EACHrE-l don't know hut what my
friend M.zooindcr. who visited MS couple "i years
ago, representing the BIaimo-SouIJ, ., "a sort 81
an embryo 0t the Church OF the ulur lie ana
those who work with INN IN luGla are trying go To
speak a. To- dc-AuClCIZc and dc-Amcrcdnl/c JrSu~
and present him 10 the WOr asa universal SAVIOUR
Christianity came from the East; ana wc may yer
have 10 20 back to the East for Al au-Vcr - N~
I'M solved problems and al explanation o. It- dam
my steries. Christ was an Oriental; why eAo1iJ
not Oriental best understand lis Mo ana teach
iugs!
ure. | should be inclined TO cutrust the ta~h To my
very GOOD friend Mr.. VI ttth-W Arnold. IL D luc
he would have only a Remnant IN hi- church, bat
what a cultured un-Pmiisuue Remnant II would
be! 1t could turn itself INTO an T'thruc No'icIN'
without violating one OF lis principles. II, nr"-
beers would know all about the trends of the age,
and ideal types Of humanity and cu!mkampi ANA
the zeiteei>t. And Mr.. Arnold himself would be
HEIIOrROPE-lhe Apostle 10 q h" Gcn'cc!s.
HAY RECOMMENDATION mr, bat the uni"eoner-
ate newspaper reporter would cali that chest
NUT
MI S1vtI-Talking of the newspapers. have Won
heard of the latest device If the celebrated s'u>-
tional preacher. Or Horticultural cc-Boo He has
his sermons written ont with type wTt,r early m
the week, sells them 10 the agent OF big news
pauer syndicate, who has manifold coplc, OF them
made and sends them by mail 90 the papers winch
he represents, IN some cases having cuts luu~lFt-
tive of the sermons sent along also. The result Is
that the sermons are III type IN dozen clilrS b"-
fore they are even delivered but they are held
over until Monday issue when they are Triumph
anty printed as special dispa'chc To ih' IJ'y hP-
sHOrfcror he Ddiig BOOm, the case may be. 10 a
mere jew ike myself it looks decidedly droll 10
see an illustrated sermon sent by telegraph. DE-
BorriO. Bungaiee- Boo Is genius III his way.
GINGEE-But alas. what a way
MEMO After all, gentlemen, II seems To M the
only conclusion we have arrived az Is that
Decentralization Is served, Gentlemen, and, If
YOU please, we Will pOstpone for short time til"
weIghtIer matters Of the law while We DO justice 10
the mint anisc and cummin Of the outer man.
NEMO-As wa, about to say the only conclu-
sion we have arrived al Is that the Doctor Is "a
jolly goOd fellow, and
ALL lslnglngl->o say we I'll Of Ms
MI. SINAI-Moreovcr. If the Church of the Futur"
contains such NathInicis as the doc,or, don [
know but what Will have 10 jou lit 1--we long
enough.
words " hicI but ill deserve. II might add one
word to what has been sand tins morning n would
he this: The medIHval church windows which
are considered 80 uuapproachahlc IN beauty ana AZ
UlslC tnlsh are really beautiful only because .! the
nfcrlorlty Of the glass, the poverty and crudcuc.S
of the materials used, and the lack of mechanical
skill on the part of the wOrkmcn who made them.
Yet, covered with the rlme OF centuries we call
them beautiful. 80 | think Ii has been with the
Church of the Past winch 80 many of rs admire,
and so 1t will be with the Church of the Future,
which we have been discussing If II is 10 bc "a
church for mon and not l0T angel II Viii be mpc-
feet, unsymmetrcal, often covered over WITH the
dust from the great highway OF tho world. Bat
~ tsyt
Light will SHINE and gll,ten with all the pri>matc
cOlors OF the rainbow, aud il will he beUtiful b.
cause OF its humanity. Underneath ali the yaI iant
tones OF our formal crecds there may be the harmo-
NOUS aspiration for goodness and goodness, We
must remember. is simply God writ large. Gentle
Iucn the luncheon awaits lis. EXcuut.l