Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-29

had been better for many a ''boy in blue'
to have died outright in war than to live
to end his days az a wretched and inglori-
GUS victim of iutemneranee in a soldiers
home. The patriotic principle of "home
protection could find no filter application
than In the protection of our soldiers
homes from the curse of the grog-shop.'."
The Christian Leader (Univ.l saws: "TLe
inability of average humanity TO discuss
matters of difference and at the same time
keep temper and pen within the lines of
parliamentary etiquette, has singular ex-
ample in recent editorial in the lSetbo-
dist Rerie,g The writer is not only 50 I'M
fortunate rs not to know the difference be-
tween rationalism aud scholarly criticism.
but, in confounding the two, paws his re.
spects to scholorS whom he mistakes for
rationalists IN the use of such terms as
these collated by the editor of Zioa's Her
aid: Literary hypocrisy 'supercillious
egotism, gross temper 'deceiving.' play
ing game of hide and seek hypocrisy,
literary sophiStry,' and more of the same
sort. As we have noted, the author of the
criticism or diatribe in which these and
similar epithets abounds, fancies he is fight
ing nationalist, when, in fact, he is sim
ply making a TRADE against legitimate
criticism. Adds the Herald. Instead of
indulging Malay warfare against all Bib
lical critics, the wiser way is to recognize,
with Professor W. Henry Greene that the
higher criticism is mot only perfectly
legitimate, but eminently seryiceable to
the student of the scriptures" 1t is wiser
for us to recognize the meaning of words
so established in theological science, and
thus distinguish between rationalistic crit
les, like Renau and Kuenen, who set out
with the assumption that the Biblical re-
hgiou and records are purely human de
velopment, and supernaturalist critics, like
DelitZSch, Ladd and Greene, who set out
with the assumption that the Biblical rec
ord and religion are a divine and author
itative revelation for all time"
Robert J. Burdette tells this story in
the Central Christian Adyocate (Meth.):
"Gou have some imagination" said the
editor kindly, "but You. are no poet.
wouldn't try any more poetry if l were
you. | think | know what you can do.
Are you at all religious?'
Not Bit" replied the young woman,
for it was she.
"But you know something about relig-
ious people, don't you?
Very little; l might say not at ALL"
said the young woman" have never asso-
ciated very intimately with them"
But" persisted the editor, "you must
know something about the several denomi-
nations, and the points of difference in
their creeds and practice? You know
what the Baptists believe, for instance, and
what the Methodists are, don't you?"
The young woman sighed 81 coulnd't
tell a Unitarian from a Democrat" she
said. Il don't know much about church
matters; all | know positively about de-
nominational practices and creeds is that
Methodists baptize only in running water,
and only once, while the Presbyterians
bapti2e in baptistries three times, face
downward. Oh yes, and l know that the
Universalists believe that all men are
foreordained to be damned"
"Good," cried the kind.hearted editor,
aglow with pleasure. 81 knew you were
just the person who could do it! | want
you to write theological novel, some
thing on the Robert Elsmere' style, YOU
know, to run through about five or six
numbers of the magazine. Well call it
the American Robert Elsmere,' and it
will go off like hot cakes. You can do it;
don't be afraid; just go for the Puritans
and old-fashioned religion as though you
knew all about it. You know plenty
enough to write novel about it"