Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-07-22

| intellectual side and the emotional side,
freedom is the possibility OF being true
not to the world, the customs, the ira
ditions OF centuries ago, but to the de-
msnds of this, the age in which we live.
| The right aud the possibility OF doing
this is he first great demand which man
! makes upon religion for to-day. The
| necessity that he do this should be the
! first demand which any religion which Is
worth anything in the world should make
! upon him.
| And the second demand OF religion for
| to day is demand for fellowship. Here
/ is a legitimate source OF power which the
| religious bodies OF the day have been
very slow to grasp. Organization has
gone on in the world OF industry until
/ 1t has become the ruling principle of the
age, and yet those churches which seem
most in harmony with the spirit OF the
age, have failed to grasp the meaning of
it rs applied to themselves and their
work. | speak now of those churc hes
which are called liberal churches, a. dis
| tinct from those which are called con-
servative churches. Overcome with the
| discovery of the first great demand, free
| dom, they have neglected the compile
mentary demand OF fellowship. unity.
There is a moral As we'll as spiritual de-
msnd laid upon us reared in Unitarian,
| Universslist, Jewish, Ethical cuiturist
( homes to unite for the positive prime pies
/ for which We stand.
And between all churches everyw here
there is demand for a greater fellow
ship. Not that any church shall give up
anything OF " hat 1t holds most dear and
sscred-lsdo not speak OF any ideal drea III
OF church unity-but that the churches
learn the more human methods OF other
! institutions; that ministers learn the
! more courteous conduct observed in other
| professions; that they learn the lessons OF
the flowers OF the field. Not all flowers
are OF the same color; they have not the
same fragrance, but all are ba; he'd in the
same sunlight, all are freshened with the
same rain, the same dew; all send their
| roots into the same soil.
Not for restriction, then, and not for
1 liberation, but for naturslne-s, for sym
pathy, for fellowship, Is the second cry
/ ing need OF to-day.
| And the third demand is demand for
character. Tne attempt has bee. made 0
find a substitute tor mutal nau OF n
+ moral woman to tuu some utn,r rock
upon hlch nlght be buitGed ii e n, CHI,
q nation. n worth. Many SUITS: ltutl5.. nave
been foun.i ana they have h.,.d r.tlcd 10y
various hanles-grace ui t,ou. -atsAtton
by faith, are some OF ih.s- ittmes -uu.
all have failed
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the graduating cta-s Of IL, Summary a.
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10 turn th"IF ta,tittN, the4r -.Fs-. them
H'Hte' INTO hEtholes Nhith ~"AI' make t1r
'nt honesty tNe industry, the salvation
"' thvf iti'H" men.
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