St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-18

so much improved since the rise OF
liberalism in them, why don't they re-
wise their creeds and honor the liberals
instead of condemning them? Why
don't they admit Universalists and
Unitarians to their pulpits and not
call them heretics?
The speaker then proceeded to COM
pare the teachings of the orthodox and
the liberal churches In closing, he
said:
1.-The dogma of the endless hell is not
only one of the most horrible, but 1t
is one of the most unscriptural, unrea-
sonable and Incredible doctrines of or
thodoxy. True, there are thousands in
orthodox churches who do not believe
this dogma, but it still stands in their
creed, and whoever denies it is con-
demned as a hereto.
I'VE must let our light shine because
II Is purer and holier light than that
which rises from the sulphurous lake.
1t is the light of Gods countenance
and the sun of righteousness which
alone can illuminate and subdue the
human soul and make it fit for hab-
itation among the angels of God.
"And finally we Universalists differ
from others in our views of the Bible
Modern biblical criticism has simply
pulveriZed the traditional theories of
scriptural inspiration.
Neither the CaltaniStic theory of ver-
bal inspiration or DR.. Briggs clew that
the moral and religious teachers of the
Bible are infallible is tenable in the
sight of the results of liberal criticism.
Many biblical theories are crude and
erroneous, and far-fetched theories of
inspiration and Interpretation have led
thousands of men to reject this mag
nificent collection of books, who would
have otherwise accepted them.
I'm the light of these differences be-
tween orthodoxy and ourselves, I main
tain that instead of our doctrinal work
being finished, it has just begun, and
we have a tremendous educational
work to do ere the people will accept
Christianity. We must let our light
still shine. And again 1 say that even
if other churches had come around to
accept our tenets it would not consti
tute reason for withdrawing from the
field, but there would still be left for
us great and noble work to be done.
What is the object of a church after
all? 1t IS not to proclaim any set of
dogmas, orthodox or neterodoX, but its
object is to save men from sin and to
morally, socially and Intellectually re-
generate and elevate society. Saliva
ton by character is the keynote Of
liberalism. Salvation by creed is the
essential of orthodoxy. The dintin
gushing feature that characterizes
liberalism is that it places its whole
emphasis on conduct. We hold that
faith without works are dead. A man
may believe all the cresds in Christen-
dom, but if he does not live pure life
his belief will count for nothing"
DIR. McQuery spoke thus: "Our chief
business is the application of Chris
tian ethics to all the complicated soci-
illogical problems of our time. If we
do not do this, then truly our church
will not be needed. Two important
thoughts are suggested here, that need
to be emphasized. In the first place the
laity must be more liberal and tolerant
than many Of them are. before the
pulpit can discuss efficiently the soci-
ology questions of the day. Most lay
men care very little about the theolog-
ical opinion of their pastor. They per-
haps like little heresy If 1t is only
spicy and we'll put. AS long as laymen
are so tolerant as they are, so long will
it be impossible for the clergy to do the
work they ought to do"