New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-26


ism the evil which frightened him so badly that as
Motley says he seven running away from the spectre
OF his own doubt" 1t hurts to say it Of one whom
deeply but herein, a. 1t seems TO me- was New"
mans falling. He did "face his doubs and thus lay
them low He anticipated only inhdety from the growth
Of spirit of free inquiry and its appeal to reason
All through his Apologize Vita Sus one finds such
expressions as these vital question was how were
We to keep the Church being liberslizedP' MY
hattie was Liberalism" "A horror OF the principle
OF private judgment" 1.-The spirit OF Liberalism as the
Characteristic OF the Antichrlsc.
QUOTING FROM FATHER IGNATIuS.
This attitude characterized the school throughout It's
course illustrated with charming naVete IN the
picturesque personality OF the good though narowmnded
monk who to shores intent upon converting
our Church Among bits of wisdom quoted from his
sermons by the daily press find such words a. these'
81 wouldn't give a brass arthng for human reason In
matters Of religion. Christ appeals not 10 reason, ou'
To instinct Brandy will knock out mans reason II So
e. cannot amount to much In mission. let reason
and the arguments Of logic go to the devil Ihahk od
the bible scientific book If it were 1t would not
be worth brass farthng"
st Aban seems to be favorte saint Of this school
In certain church OF Europe he stands I'm stone. head
esshoding his superuOus head in his hands Is this
perchance the that he well types the SCHOOL,
This deepseatd suspicion Of reason is the cew to the
crab action this school OF thought Reason is insuf
Gcnt. t. cannot give us light enough to enable us to
walk Alright 1t is untrustworthy IL cannot be followed
with any confidence that it Will lead us toward the sH
IL positively certain land in the slough OF uesPhu'
in the .ooze and thlw OF wrong" 1t Is VIII o ue
visn alurng man To follow IL only at his souls peril.
We must turn from this unkndy light to another guide
This other and more kindly light toward which the
.oul OF must turn Is the principle OF auIhoriN o
must set up again sanctions the divine authority
y the Church throne above the human reason us
miraculousy given dogmas. Virtue Is safe only wheh
it rest, on religion Religion IS safe only when IL rests
ON dogma. Dogma is safe only when IL rests on uio
authority of a Church qualified to define 1t oraculary
thanth fa
IL remains within our Church. IS half-andhsh measure
which is very naturally received with SUSPICION 10
remain IN Protestant Church resting a. all fFocesta'S
rest on the human reason and at the same time 10 ue
nounce reason blow hot and cold with one oie"'
, Church which is limited liability eccesiasccisrn can
scarcely hope to do big business in the way OF dis
pensng oracles 49,, ..,o
most matters even for eccesiastcs, AYERS that mixed
lot Of Rome and reaso such As doctors prescribe Is
likely u give the patient the diseases pecuar 10 oo'"
freedom and authority viz, sceptcsm and supeIsor'
Their course reminds OF the political PLATFORM oi q
certain raw youth. known 10 me- who, on attehuihs Ms
first political meeting, was overheard CRYING u'T 1
..IIurrah for Free Trade aud Protective IaIlH i'
only logical this school Is that which cires
IL into the Roman Church.
Certain leaders the school frankly avowed IN tne
beginning their "wish to unprotestantze the Churcn
They called the Reformation "a limb wadly set' "mch
needed to be broken again and reset Mozley coie~"
with the charming frankness characteristic OF his '"
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Home - Dr. Newman boldly took the hurdle and lshdea
IN rho Church Of Rome with faithful followers be-
mind him The majority drew back at the leap, ana
have contented themselves with prancing around the
Anglican field insisting loudly that 1t is the true Cathoc
paddock. o
THE PARTING OF THE WAYS IN RELIGION.
Here Is the parting OF the ways in religion In tni'
suspicion Of thought this fear OF the new ko"es
this sense Of insecurity under the authority oil rasoh II
involved the trustworthiness OF the human faculties anu
nIadUa thp
which man is the crown; the trustworthiness OF TOO
whose kindly light" IL not found in the intelligence OF
man, whore can IT be foundl
According the conviction OF that liberalism when
Newman feared so weakly light which is shining in
our now knowledge Is indeed kindly light" Leading
men on toward faith which shall be only inc oid
faith in new FORM Is this proving true The answer
lea IN the fact that where is trusted fully ana
followed reyerently she Is leading the Western man OUT
~ tina slough OF de,pOnd into which she drew him, upon
the terra nrma Of faith firm as the everlasting ofder
Of Nature herself faith grounded in the nature ana con-
ption o, things: faith which reason itself adorng
before the Infinite and Eternal Energy acting in Nature
and up through the msts OF mans own conscious
noss Truth Infinite Beauty, Infinite Goodness
The age sceptcism is passing away for all VINO nave
kept their eyes open and have followed this kindly Hsh'
coming 10 our
The socslle, conflict between science and religion Is
by all such souls loyal the light. even now to be
only conflict between physics and metaphysics III which
the rud of each are being by the truths OF
Il at once the expression law Of the natural order
and OF the realities OF the spiritual realm Science Is
making an end Of accrtons OF speculation from past
ages which gathered around the Christian ath anu
have been accepted vital parts Of that faith.
The inner faith, thus shedding its dead skn Is Deng
ION free 10 fashion new body Of thought, which it is pro-
ceeding do from the raw material OF science anu
10 new Christian theism emerging from the theory OF
Evolution which proves to be, after all, only the original
thought which wrought, centuries ago, into that
formula OF Christian eisn that symbol Of ethical e'oIu'
ton witch we call the Niccne Greed.
For strange As 10 Will doubtless sound TO the good
souls who have the historic meaning OF their own
rood that creed il genealogical well a ethical.
PHILOSOPHY OF the physical universe as well "a moral
philosophy; and it is these two PHILOSOPHERS IN ohe-e
Affirmation OF faith which is evolution read thelstcaly
and found u be ethical. According TO 'm' cI'cu' 'o
Absolute Being in His essential nature tran'cenden1 I'M
knowabe thinks the into existence after the
pattern formed in His mind; sustans that universe
through the ccaseless inhowings OF HIS own WILL ana
guides It's development toward the perfection which Is 10
be- found in the realization in man OF the idea or IDEAS Oh
oopess IN attaining which man shall reascend into tho
D,vne Nature whence he first issued in thought mus
the Ncene Greed Is 70 be formula oil thestc anu
ethical evolution which the Christian falth proves u
no tho crown OF science itself The Divine Lo2os oil ue
Nccne reed is the imminent in Mature the lnte'
nce thinking I'm IT, the ordering IT, the spirit breath
ing within it, the ideal working through 1t toward per-
lection Progress Is the movement oil the DNlho Lo4o''
the evolution which the Divine Reason is carrying f0r
ward. To trace TN, progress 10 W iV"N'
tod suspect this progress Is u chefh uo oho Fe'
Inhdcty to forswcar the Christian faith
The issue OF chi, progress is the realization OF the In
carnaton I'm humanity. All this the so-caed CaMoic
school fails 10 md Catholic creed. because IL mas
lost the KEY to this historic horogyph To trust reason e
4, not IN rel, implicitly my individual reason or on
20 r individual reason but 1t is TO rely Implicitly only
On that reason which, found In the consensus
of reasonable men, l. echo of the Divine WORD ITSELF
H. is TO reverence the past but 70 reverence inc present.
and the fuur, also IN be seeking lead the past on
d., nov, deveIoments to sproutings on the
,d tree L. is To revere the Church and it, harmonious
,oice As the utterance holy OF tine Divine Reason
which is by wise to be ever re-edited corrected anu
hronght down to date IL Is TO revere all sacred atIu'
' a. tho d,velopments Of the Divine life in humanity.
which are however, to kept plastic around the hdwel'
inc ue and capable therefore. OF developing into ever
,. forms as new needs may demand.