The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-08

was as human as Buddha. Socrates or
Confucius. and the bible ives but one
among the ''Ethnical Scriptures" Spirit
uslists, Sweden DOrgians, universnlists.
Milerites, second adventists, Shakers,
Mormons, all the-e mingled in frances.
miracles, direct revelation of divine spirit
and the second coming of Christ. Mes
nerism and phrenblogy also received at
tention. New sys ems of education were
suggested by Pestslozzi and others. In
meiIrine homeopathy ami hydrOpathy
won new followers. Graham and others
abjured animal food and vegetarianis u
was hailed as promoter OF heath and
thou Shts looking toward a purer idealism.
The writings of Fourier and ~. Simon"
saws a writer, "were translated and So
cieties were established where co-opera-
ton and the community of good should
take the place of selfish competition it
was the age of what some one humorous
ly dubbed, "pha ansteries." and liar
monte Unity" Love termination.
COUPLED with good deal of other unin-
telligible matter about "pain living and
high tn NIX NJ, culture aud agriculture"
would make our position 10 assert that
characterization was the starting point
of puritan SIN seem exceedingly raradoxi-
ca. Nevertheless, we have II on good
authority that this is true. We admit it
looks more like comedy OF
errors than the moral earnest
ness, spirituality and tenderness
which our forefaihers found in the in
dividual conscience. Lowell writes,
"Brau mad II apostles and the presartorial
simp lefty Of Adam its martyrs. tai orei
icipramu from the tarpot." Even the
use of money was abjured" and COM
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was common, but common sense" And
TO all this 1t Is said Emerson bore about
the same relation that Milton had to the
new lights. ranters, fl tn monarchy
men. etc, OF his time. Il was amply an
open rebuke 10 the old TiRid dogmatic
purlianisn OF the Cotton Mather and
Jonathan Edwards type which in it, turn
hsd dieOwned the ceremonial religion of
tie church OF odd England. And it has
resulted largely in establishing a congre-
gatiOnA. system OF creeds, whose avatRr
10 greater liberty in church ceremony,
society, doctrine and worship.
Whatever drawbacks this kind of in
veutuTIng, checking. inspecting and pro
vidiny loT disposition OF goods on hand"
NAV have had? 1t was on the whole sal
utary both TO the ecclesiastical and po.it-
zeal government. IL showed what we
Possessed what we wished to retain what
had become obsolete and what We ought
10 get" government. Ike merchant.
ought 10 10 lis business on business prn-
cipie-. and wars aud revolutions wou q
soon be consigned 10 the domain of legend.
Ida :. =" you've made your subject ex-
ceedingiy GEAR. Seldom one meets with
such "mutum IN parvo" OF simplicity
dressed in tie gorgeous colors Of clear
ness. But don't you think atheism in its
dictionary definition is obsolete? Atheism
Is RAM materialism, but even that won't
support it's claim OF there not being u
God; tho It NAV in the case OF the God
Noltaire esid. eff there we're no God il
would be necessary to invent one" The
God he referred 10 was what some people
call the 'superstitious God"-the God Of
those who worship merely because they
dread and don't understand. Ii nature
doesn't prove 10 YOU that there is a God
IL ought 1t least prove that YOUR hnite
God ~ infinite which YOU seem TO have
no knowledge Of
Ida :. " 'aRnostcism" az a title for
your argument would be more inte igent
than atheism. And Calico Bill" | can
only sav the miseries you paint so vivid v
have existed and had their artists in al
Eges chimes, rex, conditions and vicissi-
tudes. Life is only a cycorama Of these
things, with enough OF the gaudy colorr
of wealth, earning, morality, debauchery
thrown IN 10 make the picture agreeable
To the eve OF the majority. The world is
pretty much today what 1t always was.
only that in viewing IL We are in COM
parative degree very much like Rudyard
/ kipling when he fret landed IN New
IOrk-new corners. We hate il because
IN the first analysis OF what We see the
result Is not satisfactory. PULLocK.