The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-01-26

he NV UOnn w htih-
self an oracle among religious radicals,
is constrained to say: "t'or myself, L
have found much more narrowness and
bigotry among extremely radical people
than among orthodox We heartily
wish our experience had furnished
grounds for disputing his dictum. But
in a somewhat wide acquaintance with
men and books, as we'll as with schools
and parties, it has been pressed on our
attention often, how much more broad,
inclusive and tolerant the representa-
tive thinkers and scholars of the Ortho-
dox strain are in our day, than the rep
resentative thinkers and scholars of the
Radical type. This is particularly no.
ticeable in the reviews and the critical
literature of the two parties.
Prof. Dolbear's essay on the Known
Relations between Mind and Matter,
makes the impression on that matter
He seems to have much more yet to say.
This is the impression at various points.
We follow what appears to be line of
thought in hope of capturing conclu-
sion; but the switch is open and we find
ourselves on another track. The style
is simple and transparent, the thinking
close, the matter" compact; but the
consecution is not good This leaves
his teaching somewhat in doubt, as to
it's full significance. We interpret him
however, as carrying to its logical con-
sequence Prof. Tyndal's famous thesis
as to matter. The kind of matter he has
in mind is pretty much the same thing
as the kind of mind he sees in matter.
Since there is more attractiveness in
a liberal spirit than in liberal position
it is worth considering, whether the
narrow way in which liberal thinkers
have often conducted their broad dis
pensation, may not have made less i'm.
preston on the sympathies of mankind
than the large and hospitable spirit
which orthodox thinkers have SO fire.
quently exhibited in expounding their
narrower creed? The principle involved
is similar to that which makes sweet
sinner more acceptable to average NOR.
wick remarks, it is not needless to be
reminded 'that narrowness and bigotry
are the besetting sins of the 'dissidence
of dissent as we'll as of straight-out
orthodoxy"
The remarks of the Rev. Wallace
Cate, of our Japan Mission, about the
effect of the war on missions, furnish a
pretty sure index that he is the right
man in the right place. "If Christian.
ity is not able successfully to meet this
emergency says Mr.. Cate, what claim
has it upon the attention of the people?'
The ring of that inquiry indicates man
of metal, and this which follows is ex-
tremely pertinent and good: There is
much talk about the hindrances to
Christian work in Japan. 1t is true
there are hindrances. But not the least
of all is the lack of ability on the part OF
preachers and teachers to show the
adaptability of Christianity to the needs
of the people,
The scheme of collecting cent day
from the members of our churches for
the work of the General Convention is
likely to yield larger returns than more
ambitious efforts. Not that all or one
half our people will be reached by this
method. But more will be reached,
many more, because the thing is evi
IDENTIFY within the power of almost every
body. The plan is an illustration of the
wisdom of attempting the attainable.
To start out to raise a half million with
the certainty that you will not get thirty
thousand, is to expose yourself to ridi-
cule. But to try to get cent day from
our people is SO feasible that it would
scarcely surprise us TO learn that we had
obtained it from nearly all our people.