Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-22

Literary We.ca nod Their vs,v> a
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Prom the New york Herald

Prom the New rork Herald.
Ala gathering OF literary kind IN View Yo-s
the conversation TN upon the subject OF rellslan.
ana u was remarked that women were rsns,o..
as long as they were domestic, but thar a..
moment they had a career OUTSIDE or the hon.
they became sgnostics free thinkers or some ni.,
as radical IL was the opinion OF several O; tee
takers that women writers were almost wh,alr
! independent OF crseds and doctrines and feu A
any OF them. were church members "whAt sssS
once true OF the theatrical Procession exclusy,ly
Is now true OF the literary one wa. asserted IN !.
| note newspaper editor, and his couclusaon -.
| approved By ans lsieners
Then a pro esslOnai NE is misfortune rather
| douOter.
=, ,oa the contrary think H Is desirable becauSe
" ees thtnl from the bi-otry and DaralN ne 40
the Church aud renders them the aellrht M 90,
1 panlohs they are" was he nply
., bo. Ihe facts are that literary women ave
Ansost universally religious whatever NAV ~
| said oil professionals al Othe- nelas az woft :
URGED another. This was dissented from. s1d
| hnaily Their vas an admission made that Al =
difficult 10 tell from anyOody'S Mrttln.Ss xa-t
| private opinions were. W."
| MRS. HaRRIgT BEBcBsR srows's REttr,
As result OF this discussion letters were sens IN
several well-known women requesting from tlem
statement OF their religious views one OF the
most Interesting replies was that OF Ms HaYs,.,
beccher stowe. who said:
As 20 my religious uelef ~ Is embod,sd An an.
APOSTLES Greed given IN the Episcopal PrpTer
booA. A 10 the practical Use maze oi d r.ss.r
You 70 my wutings-pATtIculary 4 ncle leans
S aoin and my religious poems have ali my
I'VE shceiey endeayOrei 10 mould my ufs iu
accordance with these peliefN-
Notnihs 80 terse and COMPACT has come "a ~
sPonse ~ tne request made, and the Characters
tics VI the woman are expressed Ia its phrass.ol-
ogy.
STRENGTHENED BY FArrH
Rose Terry Cooke, the poet and novelist says OF
her religious views: Il have been a member OF the
congregational Church since ls43 unttl this t..t
summer. I Joined the Episcopal church because
my husband preferred that form OF worship. YOU
VIII md my iaith embodied In the Apostles Grad
without that earnest belief could not look Ior-
ward TO death under any olher prospect with the
least east courage desire 70 record here that Esve
lie In the Gospel OF Christ and that b.iieye i@r
- no nope an TINS world or the next that does not
spring IRON that Gospel"
| RELIGION MECH TO HER.
"Marion Hariand," novelist vile VI the Rev DR.
4 Z. Ierhune. OF brooklyn. and As widely Known
In her church and sunday-school WORK as IA her
social circle says:
$50 Tar as my religious views so ! am thorough
| churchwoman, believer In the BiOle as the rord
OF God tue only sure RUE OF faith and practices and
guide 10 heaven. recite the Apostles Greed sin-
cerely anu deyoutly, even the cause touching the
| resurrection OF that watch sown a natural body
| ana VIII De raised spiritual body, bearing the
SAINT reianon 70 Tue worn-out casket laid AVA ~
the earth that Easter lilies Tea % the pertshed
Oulo nod THIS ave 10 BE- but the yesIibuie 81 Tie
! GnliSe ln Which We are, 10 work and Joy forever
| "hcI Nhtct tcN ptcuAuluaffrN Nklcu We kuUN
moral tolls and Trials are ended but I Oolieve
tnat every talent and good we have here Wild haye
Use ana place In tue Iuir lie, separated IRON this
oy 50 thin veal that a. L. sometimes given 10 as 20
sec tue light gieaInlng tIrOugh. FOR Iny ON n nope
OF admission 70 the lerecllOn, which Is conilnu-
| Gus advance, ! Jrust humbly, gratcIuly, ana ut
terry la the saviour OF the world: the thr,si VINO
was Iempted ilke We are, The Cod Man VINO IA able
TO save unto the uttermost All who put their trust
| In Hun
The solemn shadow of His cross
| L. otlShter than the sun
This faith, Transmitted TO me by generations Of
| eodIy Ancestors SOME OF wnoRl laid DOWN their
lives for Il, have carefully and severely tested by
ali the powers ana lights I could bTlng u uear
upon II, ana stand to-day more nrmly an II than
ever before. In every event OF daily lie the leasi
even as tue greatest, seek 10 have but one rue
tnat set iortn 20 simply and Beautifully IN AORg-
feiiows dedlcatioa hymn:
-And evermore be-i lie him on the xAy
That me may lean upon HIS arm and say
iDost Thou dear Lord. apprOve!'
This Is, OF course, ten times as much a. you
wanted me 10 write, but from 1t you extract toe
germ OF 'lny creed Religion Is 80 much 10 tne I
would have IL 80 mucn TO others that sar TOO
much when trust myself " speak upon IL"
BELIEVER N THE ETERNAL GOODNESS
Julia {. X Dor thus answers the question.
you set me a rather hard task. II you had asxed
me Tor my 'relis ious views when l was shout
eighteen, 1t would have been easier TO respond for
| AT That uIne had mucn more decided views on
| most subjects Lnan 1 have now. One grows
humber as one grows oder, and much less sure of
| Things
1.-Two strains OF blood meet ia my spiritual as
| well as my physical nature. Freucn Catholicism
Is ON one side, NV England UnlJarianisn On the
oJner. FrvIn the one lnncr1J a love OF Iorus and
| s. muols and stately cerenonIals which make one
| hall OF me sympalhize Win and compreheDd by
Intuition much that the other half heather Dc eves
| 10 nor Understands But was .Drougnl up la the
| straight scnoo, VI New England OrtuoJOxy and Oe-
log ~ tne COhsres IA Dnai church, the wins VI a.
inat inteIpreis the Old crseds broadly and II
| all sure mat u can IathOm the depth ~ the
Divine plans and mysteries. past present Or 20
! come But with all nay art UelleVe IA COD the
Father, our Father, aud IN christ as The VA, the
| run and the Life. cannot solve the problem
VI human san aud Misery, nor draw the ilhe OF
human accountability, nor explain how Il u true
that 'as a man sOwetn, 80 shaal ne also reap But
do believe Jnat ali That perpiekes US Will day
| Dc mad. clear; and mean while 4 am conIsuf 20
walt and 10 rusI. In snort, nnd IN Mnlltier's
| Eternal Goodness al once my creed ane my
| prayer"
EDNA DEAN PRocroRs BROAD CREED.
The New England poet, Edna Dean Proctor thus
describes her Christian iaiUh:
mo religious creed l. possible 20 me but belief
IN the boundless love OF COD Tor all Has ures
and Ia his intent and power 10 bring them al ulti-
Instely into harmony VITA himself: In accordance
with his perpetual Invitation, COME unto he all
ye that labor and heavy laden, aud \ VII give
you resi- belief that guef ana pain are, IN our
present state, vital necs ssi.y OF splrl,ual de-
velopment and that In tubs or other spheres pun
isnment Tor wrong, though infiexlbIe 10 It's
WORKINGS as The principles VI Mathematics 81 Tire
Laws of light ana SHADE, Is yet UuL disciplinary
and remedial such a view brings nope IOf THIS
lie AMI tne lie 10 come gives Us sympathy Win
every human being, and makes God lDdecd our
Father. More ana more as the world becomes ell
lghtened, it tends on Jnls broad, natural basis
uuiIy of thought and worship"
HEN FAITu LEADS HER.
Mary J. Holmes, the famous novelist thus writes:
III, instead OF asking for my relle1 Jus views you
had asked what believe, think should al once
have commenced the Apostles Greed, which 10
peat In church 30 often. 4 believe IN Coz. the
! Father Almighty, maker OF heaven and ear,h. sud
an Jesus Christ, uis only son, our Lord. Born lu
New England and reared Dy stIictly ortlOdOx
parents, was taught That many things which
! most young people nke ana do were wicked. and
although those rigid ideas have teen sUlteucd
down am glad for the early Training whlCh ass
had a restraining Influence on my whole LIE, am
a commitment OF The Episcopal Church, and know
th.aI nand IL eadlne me which will not 81 me
fall II Gang 10 IL Win falIh as an Trying - do"
TRUSTING N THE GOD or LOVE
Louise Chandler MoulJon lets others spesk her
words Tor her. She says:
ii can, perhaps, best answer your Questiob con-
corning my religious IaiJh By three QuotatlOnS
with waicn am IN sympathy. 1he nrst n fron
Tennyson:
"Oh yet we trust that somehow rood
Will be the nnal gOai VI Id
To pauss " nature. sin- OF Will.
Defects OF doubt and t-nts of blood
THAT nothing walks with simlsss feet.
That 40 one lite shall he destroyed.
o. est - rubbish IL tie VOID
When God hath insde tn pile complete
In