The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1895-11-23

the doctrine OF ChrfStS sacrifice as
narrow" although 1 said nothing
whatever to indicate my view or belief
in regard to that doctrine. I referred
to certain teaching connected with the
sacrifice of the cross as being express
ed or interpreted by passages In the
music of the mass" and I wondered
how protestants and Unitarian Univer-
salists could swallow IL. The teaching
referred to is this:
The Mass" Is intended to express and
to emphasize by word and act a repeti-
ton of the sacrifice upon the cross. to
describe the actual entrance of the real
presence of Christ into the elements of
bread and wine offered, handled and
breathed upon by the priest In the act of
conservation. and thus. under the form
of bread and wine. to offer Christ often
to be adored by the worshippers. Hence
1 cannot help wondering. without ex-
pressing my own view, how those
Christians who at the Reformation re-
sisted this teaching. even unto blood. as
"blasphemous fable and dangerous
deceit" can receive II now into their
Inner wOrshiping hearts" from Prof.
Hagenow's fiddle strings. without I'M
seating the rational faculty.
But the Mass" includes also the Nj
Gene creed, which says: II believe in Je-
sus Christ. the only begotten Son of
God. begotten of His Father before all
worlds; God of God. Light of Light, very
God of very God. begotten. not made.
being of one substance with the Father,
by whom all things were made; who for
us men and for our salvation came down
from heaven and was incarnate by the
Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary. and
was made man." Hence. I cannot help
wondering how those Universalists
who deny the Virgin birth and the God
head of Christ and pretty much every
thing here stated. can set the 'sympa-
thies' of their honest souls into har-
mony with what they regard as a lie
without annihilating 1.-The prime in
stinct," or without being guilty of ire
ligious sarcasm.
But / do not believe that III. b. rep
sents the real thoughts and feelings of
Universalists. He has not associated
with them long enough to know them.
The fact Is that the purpose Of their
Sunday afternoon musical services, as
they are called, in this city. is to sup
ply an appropriate and edifying enter
tainment for those who wish to make
the best of the day. 1t is a step towards
solving the Sunday question. while of
course it does not overlook the proba-
bility of attaching a few outsiders to
that church, and at the same time
serves as a good advertisement for the
To all of which I have not
the slightest objection. But to ask me
to believe that 1t represents the idea Of
worship, which obtains in the Universal
list church. or the Unitarian church, is
to me suggestive of an expansiveness
with all ideas Of truth. In
q former article II. b. argued for the
eternal fitness of things in the matter
of worship. He praised the music of
the Episcopal church as set to those
portions Of it's service, which constitute
its worship proper. He deprecated the
of the inferior music and
sentiment of the Gospel Hymn" And
supposing that he was pleading for
in the adaptation of music
to words and sentiments used In pub
lie worship. I endorsed all he said. but
claimed further that in no church
should music be used which by itself
and without words expresses senti-
ments, doctrines or truths that are
outlawed by the consciences of the wor-
shippers.
Perhaps IL I had not been so indis-
Greet as to cite for illustration the rem
dering of the Mass" in the Universal
list church no notice would have been
taken of ii. But this gave III. b. an
opportunity to lug in the words view"
and narrow" both pet words with men
who refuse to be guided by regulated
truth. preferring I suppose to be mis-
guided by un-regulated truth; point
of view from which i. for one. do not
care to "see religion" My religion is
the christian religion and the christian
religion is an actual grasp of the real
truth of God 1t is that which binds