St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-15
MINNEAPOLIS.
DIR. BURRELL's irony"
How ii Is Yourself Shown by a
Clever Parallel.

Clever Parallel.
To the Editor of the Globe
According to Dr.. Burrell, the Catholic
doctrine of 'eXtreme junction" saves
The soul. According to an exposition of
The doctors creed, Baptism is an in
stituted means of salvation, and the con-
tempt Of ii must be great sim"
If these two eXpositions are both true,
then the first saves the soul, and the
second al least helps to save it. Ii then
"the contl m9t'' of the second must be
a great sill in the eyes of the Presby-
ierian, must not 1.-The contempt" of the
first be greater sin in the eyes of the
Catholic? The doctor. i'll dealing with
those of adverse views, seems to think
best not to present the positive end of
the magnet that attracts but the mega
tive end that repels, well dipped in gall
Our religious convictions, whether
founded on fact or fiction, take such
tremendous hold on us as 10
develop a Representatives, even
to fair, kind and just criticism. To at
tack the earnest belief of others in
ribald, fiippant. offensive spirit may be
proof of total depravity," but is seldom
a good and wise procedure, and never
so where the possible reversal OF the
gun would prove destructive.
To show how this kind of thing works
where the position of the attacking
party is not wholly invulnerable. shall
give a large part of the doctors pre-
luden on "eXtreme JUNCTION" as reported
In the Tribune last Monday. All the
following, except the words in brackets
are the doctors own. | will ask the
reader to first read the criticism by
emitting the bracketed words. This
will give him the Presbyterian view Of
"eXtreme JUNCTION" as set forth by 4
high-up D. d. Then if he will read the
criticism by using the bracketed words
and not the words inclosed by quotation
marks. he will have the same kind OF
criticism on the rite of baptism, admin :
istered by an unauthorized priest, as 1t
might come from loW-down. lrate
Catholic.
The Criticism.
LET US have done with prejudice and
use or refuse things on their merits.
'OiF water has been used from time I'M
memorial. not only as q remedial agent,
but as thing emblematical of the int1u-
ence of the holy Spirit. Under the
present order of things the saving of
man is very difficult matter.
Now with extreme junction. water
adopted, all that would be necessary
would be for the pastor to carry with
him his little walls ia little squirt gum.
All necessity for theological seminarles,
missions, etc, would be abolished. The
church itself might be made co-Opera-
tive junction. water association. 'Unc-
ton water assurance policies might
even be issued, the church guaranteeing
the presence of clergyman at the
deathbed. and people whose vocations
render them liable to sudden death
might be always allowed to car
~ small 'vial' squirt gum
properly stamped and authorized
by the synod. Each family might also
keep vial squirt gum in the house,
thus being its own pastor. No man
need die unsaved. To the Obdurate we
could say, we will save thee, nOlenS
VOlens. No sinner can escape us LOuI
little squirt gum. There is only one
chance for failure. The sinners might
organize to prevent our saving them, OF
invent unclean alarms, so that the first
attempt to 'anOiDt' squirt them would
wake them or their neIghbors.
But extreme junction. a squirt-gun]
would, indeed, greatly facilitate the
saving of souls. and what more could be
said Tor it?''
As to DR.. BurrelPs allusion to Gen.
Sherman, the Catholic might query
If squirting little baby before reSpOn-
sibility does any good, why might not
amounting Gen. Sherman with Oil after
consciousness have the same effect?
am not a Catholic nor a believer in
extreme JUNCTION, but | wholly deprecate
both criticicms. Such bitter, nauseat-
ing doses can do little to heal divisions,
TO harmonic or ChriStianiZe our many
Christian sects.
Sincerity is a priceless virtue. When
ii inspires belief either il baptism OF
extreme JUNCTION, or in the fetichism OF
darkest Africa, the devOtee is entitled
to kind and sympathetic treatment. In
very rare cases it may be allowable to
let ridicule crack the shell of prejudice
or superstition, but in general wher
such irony runs its cruel plOwsharG
through our deep and dear convictions
it sounds like the serpent's rattle ant
kills like its deadly poison.
S. G. ANDERSON.
Waynesboro, Pa, March 8, 1891.