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

school of New England orthodoxy, and
belong to the Congregational church,
the wing of it that interpretS the old
creedS broadly, and is not at all sure
that it can fathom the depth of the
Divine plans and mysteries, past and
present, Or to come. But with all my
heart l believe in God, the Father,
our Father, and in Christ as the way,
the truth and the life. | cannot
solve the problem of human sin and
misery. nor draw the line of human
accountability, nor explain how IL is
true that AS q man SOweth so shall he
also reap But l do believe that all
that perpleXeS us will one day be made
clear; and meanwhile l am content to
wait and ami to trust. In short, find
in Whittier'S Eternal Goodness at
once my creed and my prayer"
The New England poet, Edna Dean
Proctor, thus describes her Christian
faith:
:" No religious creed is possible to me
but belief in the bOundleSs love of
God for all his creatures. aud in his
intent and power to bring them all ultl-
mately into harmony with himself, in ae-
cOrdance with his perpetual invitation,
Come unto me all We that labor and are
heavy laden and will give you rest
a belief that grief and pain are, in our
present state, vital necessity of spirit
ual development, and that in this of
other sphere punishment for wrong.
though as infleXible in its workings
as the principles of n!atbe-
MATES or the laws of light and
shade, is yet but disciplinary and re-
medal. Such view brings hope for
this life and the life to come. gives us
sympathy with every human being,
and makes God indeed our Father.
More and more, as the would becomes
enlightened, it tends on this broad.
natural basis to unity Of thought and
worship
Mary J. Holmes, the famous novelist,
thus writes:
If, instead of asking for my religious
views you had asked what l believe, L
think l should at once have commenced
the Apostles Greed, which | repeat in
church so often"
81 believe in God. the Father Al
mighty, maker of heaven and earth, and
in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord
Born in New England and reared by
strictly orthodox parents, l was taught
that many things which most young
people like and do were wicked. and
although these rigid ideas have been
SOftened down, l am glad for the
early training which has had & restrain
ing influence on my whole life. | am
commitment of the Episcopal Church
and know that a hand is leading me
which will not let ME fall if | cling to
it with faith, as | am trying to do"
Louise. Chandler MOultOn lets others
speak her words for her. She says
II can. perhaps, best answer your
question concerning my religious faith
by three quotations, with which l am in
sympathy. The first is from TennysOn:
"Oh yet we trust that somehow good
Will be the final goal OF i'll
To par s. OF nature. sins of viii,
Defects OF doubts, and taints of blood.
That nothing walks with aimless feet;
That no one life shall be destroyed,
Or cast as rubbish 10 the void.
When God hath made the pile complete.
81 he second is from Darwin, who was
wont to say:
eve cannot know the unknown, but
we can do our duty
''And the third is from Stevenson,
who writes of Fleeming Jenkin that he
used to say:
"A man must be either very wise or
very vain to venture to break with any
generally received idea of ethics
"These quotations will reveal to you
that | reverence the moral laws founded
on the teaching and experience of the
past-that l am conscious of my own
blindness as to the meaning and destiny
of life-and that trust only in that God
who is love. LAURA c. HOLLOWAY.