St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-19

tain and ocean, while the nations are
pound together with bands of steel.
On this earth thus humbled, there is
evolving in the march of divine provi-
denee the cosmic man who is to be the
nnal heir of the world. He will be
neither Asiatic nor African nor Euro
pean. Let US hope that the new para
disc will be not far from where we
now stand, and the new world which
has given birth to so many new forces
shall be also the home of the new
man. This man shall rule, for the mar
row and partial perish. The provincial
The time of the universal has come.
We are in the morning Of the new day
OF cosmic civiliza ton. The men OF
thought feel the same influence as the
men OF action, and among the most
significant facts of our new age is the
unity of science. Whatever we may
have to say about the tremendous mod
ern word evolution this much al
least is plain: BY the consent of all
schools of thought. the universe must
be considered as a unit There is no
lonely world in the most remote stellar
spaces which has an isolated fate.
Matter is one; force is one; life is one.
The method by which the worlds have
been made is an orderly process. There
is universal significance in the reign
of law. The activities of man, however
free, are not accidental, and through
the most complex human movements
luSIe relSIlS TIE guiding authority OIL a
purpose golden and divine. The scien-
tific method has brought in a commun-
ism of knowledge. The scientific
method claims all fields as its own. 1t
considers the possibilities of star dust,
the history of the living cell, the
and passion of literature. The book
is no longer significant because Of its
author, but literature has a history,
and the book is significant because in
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pie find voice. The scientific method,
no longer content with the physical
world, has entered the spiritual do
main, and even the sacred documents
have been subjected to merc1leSS
scrutiny. But the face of the scientific
method is the face Of an angel. 1t is
the ministry of God. In showing the
unity of nature and of force, it prepares
us for a truer and profounder thelSm.
In showing the unity Of history and
literature it prepares the way for a
more vital doctrine of divine proV1-
dence. Our sacred history and liter
ature which had been undergoing the
eXaminat ton of Biblical criticism, will
outcome of this method. We shall
come at length to see in its full mean
ing the word of the master: The let
ter killeth; it is the spirit that giveth
life" and no longer will we see simply
a divine book written by divinely ap-
pointed authors, but we shall see a
great highway thrown up in the midst
of human forces over which the char
lots of God have rolled on to splendid
victories. We shall see at length the
spiritual mission of the Hebrew race
and shall recognize in the evolution OF
Hebrew institutions as clear shin
ing forth of the divine as there was
when Moses hid his face before the
bush that burned and was not con-
sumed.
RELIGIOUS FAITH.
Here arises hope of substantial agree
ment being finally reached on the in
tellectual side Of religion. This will by
no means come through a surrender of
convictions or through softening the
hearts of the combatants. In the
alleged facts of the past are being tried
as gold and silver are tried. From this
ordeal only substantial veracities will
emerge. The time must come when
there will be agreement as TO the facts
upon which religious faith is con-
structed Searching historical criti-
cism and the unshrinl<ing candor Of
science will at last do that much for us.
In that day, | think soon to come, the
essentials of faith will be no more sub
jectS of dispute than questions of chem
istry or biology. knowledge of the
laws by which society has developed
will furnish also a form in which these
facts must fit, and perhaps the high
est results OIL SClcIlce Will DS Ill llle
final science of religion. Mere tradi-
tionalism has received no severer blow
than in the unfolding of the new sci
ence of society. This science is far
from having reached mature devei-
opment or final statement; but at any
rate the broad outlines of social sci
ence are becoming visible. 1t is seen at
last that even such fundamental inst1-
tuteS as government, church and home
are by no means created through that
l,1r oh a
mere caprice These institutions feel
the mighty influence of the physical
forces of the world. They are fash
Toned by the hands of sky fairies and
OF man. Such facts as the rainfall,
the rise of temperature, the nearneSS
of the coast line and the rotation of
crops, are registered in the complex in
stitutionS of society. But generation
by generation man emancipateS him
self from the merely animal and physi-
cal, and by g, progressive law of power
becomes superior to his environment.
The growing man by intellectual and
moral choices conditions more and
more his various activities. His physi-
cal needs become steadily the servants
of his spiritual needs. Moving out of
the traditional, the physical, the tran
STORY, man fits himself by social pro-
ceSseS for the environment of eternity.
But in the meantime it may be seen
how large a field there is for charity.
Institutions fitted for one stage of hui
man development are by no means fit
ted for another. Besides, there is a
deep sense in which the citizens of no
nation are really able to understand
those of another, nor the followers of
one form of faith to fully comprehend
either the ethical or emotional stand
ards that govern other men and women.
Here is heard the loudeSt call for that
charity which beareth all things, be-
lieveth all thing and hopeth all things,
and apart from which all wisdom and
character are but sounding brass or
changing cYmbal. The study of So
ciety not only includes the growth of
institutions. their methods of growth.
the forces which produce it, but it has
also considered in a new way the de-
fective, dependent and delinquent
classes. These are they who fall out of
the way. who are morally socially or
physically weak. 1t has come to be
seen that society must not only care
for it's unfortunates, but must also
cure itself. Pauperfsm is no longer a
degradation to the pauper alone; but
the pauper himself is disgrace to the
society which produces him or permits
him. The condition of childhood, the
organization of business and the care
nifty of moral questions. The new
philanthropy no longer seeks chiefly
protection and care for the unfortun-
ate; it. urges the study and application
OF social remedies Tor social diseases,
and declares you must quarantine those
whom you cannot cure. Nowhere truer
than in this field is it seen that we are
one body, and eff one of the members
suffer all the members suffer with it,
THEOLOGY AND RELIGION.
This leads me to the consideration
of the new thought about religion
which has really made this congress
possible. The new thought about re-
ligion is a part of the new system OF
values which men are introducing.
theology is no less q noble and faSci-
mating science than it ever was, but it
has come to be seen that theology and
religion are by no means identical.
There is a movement in art and liter
allure which is called a revival of
realism. 1t is an aspiration for truth
and fact 1t demands of the artist that
he shall see clearly and then shall
describe truly in words or colors lust
what he sees. l cannot enter into a
discussion of the respective merits of
romanticism and realism in literature
and art. Now permit me to say that
the same distinction is to be found in
theories of education. What is known
as the new education" demands not
alone culture for cultures sake, but
chiefly culture for the sake of life. It
demands that the child shall have its
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