New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-11
MCOSMOPOLITAN RELIGION"
SOME OF DR. BARTOLS BELIEFS.

SOME OF DIR. BARTOLS BELIErS.
II is difficult TO quote from DR.. G. A. Bar'ors
Article OH Cosmopolitan Religion" In the marc" 'ssue
Of 1.-THE New World" NOT because there Is - ".''
that IL ouotabie but because there Is 10 Hueh' AT
Hartol has for many years been notable hs"rc /"
tho religious world Of New.Engiand. lie Is IN
r,on,incn, degree a type of Puritan thought 'o"c"c"
by speculation and moulded by modern me- "
such men as he indeed who are TO-DAY 'he OILY
intellectual representatives OF IN" ola Teie'o" VI
New. England and what they say must always eo"'
mand attention " Il does not compel assent
Every church says tms son OF the OLD new
England thcocracy "ancicnt modern. East or
west appears but acove IN the great ca'heorai
of the race" The uterancc furnishes the ReHIo'e
To the whole article. which Is really inc cree" VI
present day liberals. cast IN sparkling ep'er""'S
sYhe breaking up OF sec,s before the light OF
knowledge as OF bound streams under the rays OF
~ sun. proves our inability TO judge where II VIII
stop Orthodoxy Episcopacy, the Presby'ery, anu
Catholcity so called. cannot withstand the inter
lec:uai now BY which they are all shaken ana rent
sympathetic hands Hike telesraphs ana 'c!cpno"'s'
stretch and clasp across all continents 10 'e re-
rnofest ends OF the earth" lie we INA lioic''eu
che least common Denomination OF religion Is III mo-
Of the great religious systems may be io"ho ue
greatest common divisor. The oid-ume On"''H
hated men TO challenge their belief; the mooerh
liberal Churchnan halts the old creeds 10 see ivy
square with the modern religious consciousness Aier
OuOttng EmerS0nS 0ennuON Ol reIs"h ~ wv "''o
Of all good and for its sake suffering all evi ne says
Of Emerson himself: THE ricty OF sc'chioiu
ministerial generation, with denominations at co"po"i
interest was sccretcd In his breast ana olsoseo "o
a .,nd of charity for all mankind. a golden treasury
from bis iife TO last unspent In our literature ior
every coming age. lie needed not inc p'shoP i"'"'
which he could not endure; but be presides over IL
east ,rstslbc Church. Having 10 Journey over no
formal diocese ne confirms and consccrates the Ioi
lowers OF al unnumbcrrd flock. Yet whne true ="
his Avn high mission. he accepts the Venerap'' ""'
ditions Of the Christian B"dy. and aitrms hat one
pulsatIon Of vir:ie w-iOc popcdom OF forms can up
lift and WHY" -
u.re IA . srauS,c picture OF the present religious
nnnest of the world "a sect cannot confne the
members OF its house, unless Its premises are ae'
Ancd and none OF Its definitions any longer ho'u'
In every denomination tho old lines ore altered'
rubbed out or taken up. The theolosic dispute nho
that about boupdaries OF nations and estates OF
private persons, extends through oil Chrls'ehoo"i'
and IN every order OF believers bursts into an
snternecne war more prolonged than any civil COIL
0,ct ever waged. No two expositors OF any system
can agree. Every who puts up renee, lchceS
out more than he fences In. The wheat ana corn
wave finer IN the broad fields where stone Walls ohce
numbered and contracted the soil. NOT 70 eAo'"ue'
but to include, is our cry and call. We 90 not
n.rt secular from sacred, or restrict Holy Writ TO
the Bible or separate male from female, or Danish
tho evil from the good The Hebrew r"oo' ia
BOSTON or New.York. Schndler or Gotthei' ca""o.
- distinguished from any other true believer a.'a
faithful worker, and is nOber than many conin""i
can't In regular standing at the table OF the Loru
To the strict Churchman these words VIII see"
almost blasphemous but they undoubtedly reject the
Thought OF many whom he respects as some OF the
hast and noblest men 10 be found to-day IN CHRISTIAN
civilization.
Nor IL cosmopolitan religion, according to DR..
Bartoi contained within the Churches ior "ccc'esi
astcai and statistical religion can claim but part Vi
the credit of social progress In any reform. IL did
not suice TO establish temperance, or freedom or
domestic purity. or wOnlan's rights. More than nan
the Church went for slavery. Before poli'ical us
union the secession Of faith had, IN several oi te
largest synods, broken the ranks and opened inc
bloody chasm for war; And again: 10 thos'
thoughtful men. there Is somewhat not NATURAL pu'
artificial like paper flowers. In the customary enoies
of the temple devoiees, and with many articles o'
faith naught seems solid save the stone chahces III
vh,ch thew are cut In q period OF stress and storm
NE need convictions that will not give way. ihere
are saw the medical doctors, but few speeches. ana
the creed that Is potent Will be short. DO you De-
ueve In the dewitt one was asked, ana rephed' No'
At ALL but only in Cod Not enumeration put ell
pdass. avails To love bis country ~as' ior 'ne
soldier enough 1t will certify the Christian II be
Low. his kind for SO he must love their Creator.
Uniformity Is impossible, however claimed al 'he
Vatican. ritual must be local. fixed In some spot
or carried about with the vessels through WHICH IL %
rerformed. Plate and cup and every other sacra-
mental thing are liable TO accident, or doomed 10
loss. IKE the golden candlestcks. Veneration Co
extends with the bending sky. Conscience beats In
every breast r
OF course DR.. Bartol does not believe In the lsi'
hut rather In the rise, OF man. Total oepraV'y Is
not the true anthropology. There Is cosmopon'e
rsug3on that grows In the remotest regions OF Inc
sv.r.r,sine human race. Goodness cannot be
monopoly of any nation or tribe The whole matter
=, seen BY Dr. Bar;Ol Is summed up In the following
nsssaee the last we have space to quote There are
NO such lost arts as Wendell Phillips 4ecured ABOUT
that are Of any worth and naueht precious III any
reliHon can fall or fade away. The nttest survives
One ,ccen. OF the Holy Ghost.
The needless world hath never lost;
Even the fiery Pentecost 1890
Glrds with one name the couatess hoet-