St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-23

This was dissented from, and finally
there was an admission made that it was
difficult to tell from anybody's writings
what their private opinions were.
The subject interested me beyond the
hour, and subsequently l wrote to vari-
Gus writer's to know their religious
views. Their replies were of so great
value as evidence Of the fervent faith
OF WOmen-WriterS that they are given TO
the public.
To the oldest ard foremost among
American nOvelists, Harriet Beecher
Stowe, l wrote for an expression of her
beliefs. religiOuSly, and had for answer
the following:
LAS to my religious belief, it is en-
bodied in the Apostles Greed given in
the Episcopal Prayer Book. AS to the
practical use | make of it. refer you to
my writingS-particular Uncle Toms
Cabin and my religious poems. l have
all my life sincerely endeayOred to mold
my life in accordance with those be-
liefs."
Nothing so terse and compact has
come in response TO the request made,
and the characteristics of the woman
are expressed in its phraSeOlOgy.
Rose Terry Cooke, the poet and novel
Isl. say vi ilNl lGllAlOuS NiCMS.
II have been a member of the Con-
gregational church since 1913. until this
last summer. | Joined the Episcopal
church because my husband preferred
that form Of worship. You will find my
faith embodied in the
APOSTLES CREED.
! could never have lived through my
troubled life without that earnest be-
lief. l could not look forward 10 death
under any other prospect with the least
courage. | desire to record here that |
have found the only peace and help and
strength of my life in the gospel of
Christ, and that | believe there is no
hope in this world or the next that does
not spring from that gospel"
Marion Harland, wife of a minister,
and as widely known in her church and
Sunday school work as in her social cir
Gle, says:
80 far as my religious views go,
am a thorough churchWOman: be-
lever in the Bible as the word of God
the only sure rule Of faith. and practice,
and guide to heaven. | recite the
VOutly. even the clause touching
the resurrection of that which is
SOwn natural body and will be
raised a spiritual body, bearing the
same relation TO the wOrnOut casket
laid away in the earth that Easter lilies
bear to the persisted bulb. | hold this
life to be but the vestibule of the temple
in which we are to work and Joy for
ever when these few preliminaries
which we know as mortal tolls and
trials are ended. But l believe
that every talent and good we
have here will have use and place
in the fuller life, separated from this
by so thin veil that it is sometimes
given to US to see the light cleaning
through. For my own hope of admis-
sion 10 the Perfection which Is cOntin-
nous advance trust humbly, CRATE
fully and utterly in the Savior of the
world; the Christ who was tempted like
as we are, the Goodman who is able to
save unto the uttermost all who put
their trust in him.
The snleinn Shadow of his cross
Is brigh er than the sun.
"This faith, transmitted to me by
generations OF godly ancestors, some of
whom laid down their lives for it. | have
carefully and severely tested by all the
powers and lights | could bring to bear
upon it, and stand to-day more firmly on
il than ever before.
In every event OF daily life. the
least even as the greatest, ! seek to have
but one rule, that set forth so simply
and beautifully in LongfcllOw'S Dedi,
cation Hymns:
And eveTmore beside hiG? on the way
TIL unseen Christ shall move
That he may lean upou his arm and saw.
Dost thou, dear Lord. approve?
This is. of course, ten times as much
as you wanted me 10 write. but from il
you can extract the germ of my creed.
Religion is SO much to me, ! would have
il SO much TO others that | say too mucl
when l trust myself TO speak upon it,
Julia G. Il. DOTr, that most delightful
writer and noble woman, thus answer:
the question::
you set Inc :; rather hard task. II
you had asked me for my religious
views when / Was about eighteen
would have been easier TO respond. TO
at that time l had much more decided
views Oh most subjects than | hav,
now. One grows humber as one gov.
older, and n'uch less Su.e of things. Twl
strains Of blood Meet IN my spiritual
as well as in my physical nature. Frenci
Catholicism i Oil Cine side, New Enc.
land Un.taT!anislE on the cIEer. krOr
the one | Inherit i love OF forms al;
symbols and stately ceremoEiais wi:ici
make one half of ne sympathize wits
and comprehend 10y intuition, jn.ici
that the other half neither &c
lieyes in ncr understands. HIt
was brought up in lie slIa;sh