The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-22

uon lOr success. we must nave now luciiS.
Tho man who succeeds in amassing
wealth, who gathers money for himself
Is not success. IL IL an exceedingly
low ambition 10 be rich. to excite the
envy OF others. or for the sake OF tho vul-
gar power 1t gives TO triumph over others.
Such men are failures So the man who
wins fame, position, power, and wins these
for the sake OF himself and yields this
power not for the elevation OF his fellow
men, but simply TO control, is miserable
failure. He may dispense thousands or
millions In charity; and his charity may
be prompted by the meanest part OF his
nature--using II simply as a bait to catch
more fish and to prevent the rising tide OF
Indignation that might overwhelm him.
Men who steal millions and then give a
small percentage to the Lord to gain the
praise Of the clergy and 10 bring salvation
TO their souls within tho possibilities OF
imagination, are all failures.
SACRIFICING ORTHODOX VIEWS.
"Robert Elsmcre gains our affection and
our applause TO tho extent that he gives
up what are known as orthodox views,
and his wife Catharinc retains our respect
In the proportion that she lives the doc
trino that Elsmcre breaches. BY doing
what she believes 10 be right, che gains
our forgiveness for her creed. One is as
tonished that she can be as good rs she liz,
believing rs she does Tho utmost
stretch OF our intellectual charity is 10 al
low the old wine 10 be put in new bot
tie, aud yet she regrets the absence OF tho
old bottle-sho really believes that the bot
Tic is the important thing-ihat the wine
Is but a secondary consideration. She
misses the label, and not having perfect
confidence in her own taste she does not
feel quite sure that the wine 10 genuine"
What, on tho whole, is your judgment
OF the book"
81 think the book conservative. It is
an effort TO save something-a few shrods
aud patches and rayolings-from the
wreck. Thcism is difficult TO maintain.
Why should we expect an infinite be-
ing 10 do better in another world
than lao has done and Is dong In this2 II
no allows the innocent TO suffer here, why
not thcTc2 II Inc allows rascality 10 sue
coed In this world, why not in the next?
To believe In God and to deny his person
atty is an exceedingly Vague foundation
for a consolation. II you mission his per-
sonality and power, then 1t IL impossible
10 account for what happens Whyshould
an Infinite God allow some OF his children
TO enslaye othenP Why should he allow
a child Of his TO burn another child OF his,
under the impression that such sacrifice
was pleasing 70 himY
"Unitarianism lacks the motive power.
Orthodox people who insist that nearly
everybody Is going 10 hell, and that II IN
their duty 70 do what little they can TO
save their souls, have what you might call
q spur 10 action. We can imagine a phil
anthropic man engaged in the business OF
throwing ropes 10 persons about TO 20 over
the Falls OF Niagara, but We can hardly
think OF his carrying on the business after
becoming convinced that there are no
falls, or that people go over them in per-
feet safety. In this country the question
has como up whether all the heather are
bound to be- damned unless they believe
in tho Gospel. Many admit that the
healhcn will bo saved II they are good
people, and that they will not bo damned
Tor not believing something that they never
heard. The really orthodox pcoplc--that
IL to say, the missionnrics-in see
that this doctrine destroys their business.
They take the ground that there Is but one
way 10 be saycd-you must believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ-and they are willing to
admit, and to chooriully admit, that the
heather iur many generations have gone
In an unbrokcn column down W eternal
wrath" 49,
~ VIEWED ny THE CLERGY.
Already a number Of clcrgymen havo
expressed themselves from the pulpit upon
the subject OF "Hobcrt Esmorc.n Mrs.
Wards remarkable novel, aud Dr. Hunt
instou Ia expected TO make known his
views in Grace Church today. Nearly all
the prominent ministers have either read
lhO book OF laid Il aside for u convenient
trcaL Certainly thoro must have been
violent agitation or the Chritln RsgiSfr
would not have announced, ~ It did in a
recent issue, That u was about 10 charge
"a per liuc for every review, and. in TACT,
every communication sent 10 them ON tho
subject.
DR.. Charles c. Tiffany, rector Of lions
Church, sat In lars delightful drawing
room nppiug am after dinner cup Of tea
with Mrs. Tiffany and guest OF two,
while be- discussed Robert E.smcrc" and
Mrs Humphrey Ward last evening with n
World reporter.
"Mns Ward. raid Dr. Tiffany "is firsi
and above all things an Arnold Her
grandfather, old DR.. Arnold, was one Of
the most scholarly aud brilliant men that
| England has over produced, aud shc has
| Inherited noble share 81 tho Arnold
lC,liiy Of expression aud language. Rob.
cu E.smow,' a. mc, Is simply Matthew
! Afnold.s essays put IN romance by one
who know her Oxford perfectly aud hor
uncle ~ we'll.
"Ihc literary value Of the book canno;
be- impoachcd. 10 Is the most notable
novel NO have had since the DAYS ol
| Goorso Eliot 10 Is not as great as Mid.
dlcmlryh, bot il j. our nearest approach.
Neither do ! look upon d a. 30 completely
/ q vicious book ts some would have us be-.
hove / think Mr Ward had an end
clearly in WOW In writing the book, but |
/ 40 not feel that she has reached H. In
the lrt place, We are told that Robert
! EsmUv b. won over los tho arguments OF
the squire, but wu ilil 70 appreciate those
| Arguments Ills conversion 30 tno squire
views ia 10y lnr too sudden. There Z.
nothing to warrant Il m tho pages Of this
book, which IN supposed 10 be 10 minute.
"And again, there In a further ilag In
the mental and spiritual condition OF Els.
mere AZ the close Of tho book. We arc
told Of his marvellous devotion 90 human,
iiy. bat that devotion IA such a. came not
from his now belief but irum his natural
desire To alone Tor his detection from d
faith which d.d uiisiy him for years "a
one which never can. The quickoning OF
his charity, u s5 ono NIGH, put H., was but
| thu quigkenlng oi his confidence"
Mu John Hall, vito Of the Rcy. Dr.
John Hall, said yesterday of tho book that
although both she and Dr Hall had rraH
many extensive criticisms OF the buoi