New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-20

AGAINST the influence OF some fascinating but dis
honest friend 1T is wrong to steal" Mr.. Hopkins
,yould saw; better die than stain your soul and
lose the essential integrity OF your nature"
Nonsense" says Mephisto; Mr.. II. Is pre1u'
diced witness He wishes 20 guard his check
,o,k from your fingers II Is a matter o. bread
and butter with him. Morality IS simply igment
~ the Imagination, and now that We nave got rio
OF all this humbug about miraculous revelations,
Won can 20 back ard back until. Ike the Oh
legend OF the earth resting on an eephanf ana
the elephant on q tortoise, you come to the fact
tina; there is no voice saying Thou shalt not
except the voice OF wealth trying to preserve its
property from poverty. Mr.. H. Is put out OF court
Mr. HOPKINS would doubtless protest with great
energy against such reasoning; but as ne mas
begun by poisoning the wells against the clergy.
DO not see how he can consistently OBJECT 70
having his own wells poisoned He is just as much
interested In morality the clergy are In the
resurrection and he must. therefore. be forever
dumb In rebuking any theory which, II Denied
would tend injure him. his family or MS ir'eh9s.
The same train OF reasoning discredits the pa
triousm OF Washington, Grant and Lincoln s'hco
they were all oRice-hoders under the Government
they were defending. II takes all value from the
example OF Hampden refusing pay his Illegal
taxes and tells with fatal effect upon the repdia-
tons OF Savonaroa and Luther VINO were Oh cou.sei
only envious and mallgnah' priests u'Sa'P'"'eN
in their hope Of preierment :, ~, t,o,L,,s..
letter He lwel!s with much emphasis on, thS
question Of tie resurrection from the judicial
standpoint and as mater oi i sra w,fout
a single fresh argument surely, ne must SNOW
that Christian writer's have done the same score
OF times with the most complete satisfaction 70
themselves He Is not treading VIRGIN sou. as
he seems 10 think but an old highway. Has ne
forgotten among a thousand others, the letters OF
Lord LyttletOn on the conversion OF 81. fau'' :,
monument 10 tie changed convictions OF one Oh
the greatest statesman OF the eighteenth century ~
which that aouse legal mind confesses itse. SATISFIED
with the eyiCSnce which before lnVes, Sdt.s' "
IL had appeared TO il entirely insufficient! Ley
me remind Mr. Hopkins OF Dr. Johnsons verdict
OF ,nis work nd ne wls 10 .Pas n're vas s one to
which infdelity had never been able to faorica'e
Let me remind him. too. that tAe Cniet JUSTICES res
present Chief Justice IS communicant IA tnee
parish Of which have the honor 70 ee cee 81. l As
aociate justices (ai OF them FOR augtt know are
conmunicants The significance OF TINS IS taat II
supreme bench IN the country OF which any one
would he surprised 20 be told that the same con,
vctions prevailed The majority OF an me uT prssSy
terrain and other strong churches Is lSe'y 10 De
can such facts be ignored or made light OF
Are they worth nothing? Let ne say 10 NJ mop
tcrlstic OF such letters ne has written TO affect
superiority OF tone which would be iudlcrous IL
Il were not misleading. They are very prone 70
assume that Christians are either fools or fanatics,
and TO take the attitude which the roman
Church assumed toward the retormerS minus "s
has worn out many hammers Her Libraries are
ments. She assesses body OF biologists WHO
in earn h an and 6Ta sSn aTong srih TAX y
in her membership and vitality And sincerely
trust that when her ministry Is inderyalnes ana
slider such warfare legitimate she will not aoondon
the open field herself but meet all corners race
to face IN N0"O %nExa aSa s" MiAcKAYsMrH
Washington. Nay Is 1895