Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-23

New Erag" To which Mr.. rroude re-
Piled. "Ia many ways / THAN them vary
nne. and one would wish that ali would
come about As the writer seems to hope,
but you see how he represents the Church
as divided against itself. RomAnlsm In tho
long run will BE- against progress and liber-
allsn and freedom. No, DO no, think that
any Pope can aver rise to the full require
ments OF modern humanity. II Is not a new
dream. you know. I can well remember
the appearance OF Pope Plus syllabus, which
declared against all liberal principles. and
how II dashed to tho Eround our fondes.
hopes Plato did the same. you urge Yes,
cut. u you viii remember ] said he gave
them the right 10 think privately as they
pleased. Well. now. what Is a liberal Pore
70 dog Rome and her doctrines have never
changed, and they never will The Pope
! DO not. OF course, refer to tndiyiduals-
but the Pope m the worry nature Of things
Is the Father Of Lies How then can be 10
what you hope he Will be, The Pope can
he,, IN my opinion, ever he the Father OF
Christendom IN any bcnehcent sense. Why
look even at home. The Church OF England
Is to'tertng TO the end. She has depended
on the State and the state will desert her.
~ an Old Judge once said to me. the Prayer
book Is an Act OF Parliament. and parlia-
ment wont mend her own acts No, let
US rememher that through It all religion Is
could not exist But as TO individual de-
tails, why as Kant says. 1t does not matter
Nheiher Julius Caesar lived or not There
AZ an events, he stands as a magnificent
monument for all time. You can say the
same OF Christ | remember Carlyle that
earnest. religious soul. saying once TO me
toward the end OF his life. People say am
: great man, yet no one believes a word
have told them said. Nay, you viii
influence them through all time Well.
Wen, he replied, they must come to some.
thing OF what have told them. or else let
them look out for their spoons
Some reimbursement Well. I have
known so many. II Is difficult to evolve
Municipalities from 80 great cloud Of
witnesses, The great souls who Will re.
main long after others are forgotten OF
this century, at all events, will. | think,
BE Tennyson. Dickens and Carlyle. Dick.
ems was so thoroughly right-minded and
healthy. can we'll remember Emerson
dining In oriel Common room. and said TO
Matt Arnold Whom does he remind you
or Tie replied Why, Newman. Of course.
The same clear. intellectual expressions,
no illusions. yet over all tho American cast
CT thought acumen. and expression, And
so IN their minds existed the same similar
lily. Emerson and Newman fixed on what
Is the real truth OF this wonderful existence
OF ours. Curiously enough Carlyle never
declared TO me In his broad Scotch. he
hasn't tho intellect OF rabbit | knew
Disraeli slightly; no. my life OF him is not
even begun: am busy seeing his friends,
He greatly interests me, 'Lothair' Is re-
markable. You know the book. Of course :
Have you ever noticed that beneath his
splendid picture Of tho arlstocracy. which
had then reached Its acme, there is the
undertone Of revolution land. eurlously
enough. all Days sympathes In that BOOB,
are with the reyolutionists. much dislike
his dictatorship and bis attitude toward
Russia; but then remember he was Jew,
and intensely proud Of being one and so
think what II was to him to assume AFRO
gance toRard the Russians Christians who.
more than any other. had ever desplhed his
race. ] must not forget my dear friend
Arthur Clough. lie died too soon to show
what was In him. A simple. true, pure
creature. Matt Arnold. too. a great friend
Of mine. Kingsley. you know. was my
hrnther-in-law. Maurice, nne moral ma
ture, still he always thought he had a SUI
perior creed that reconciled all divergancies,
lie was a brilliant conyeraationalst Carlyle
once said to me OF him I like his books
well enough. only he irritates me when
think that all the time he feels that the
truth exists only under his shovel hat