Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04
BELIEF IN GOD.
THIS THE RELIGION OF HUMANITY
SAYS DIR. cALrscH. =
FL OuEyT SEREON At SYNAGOGUE.
Ale, Arc Divided I'm Their Religious
crred.. Hut All Agrec on TINS ""o
,o,,,,tbtIity of the 'Bibic-
p.hbi.s Subject on Friday Ns"''


.,,. Yesterday morning. His text ""s
-. from Micah vi. s. "He hath toiu
,n,e O. man. what is good ana "'.''
,he Lord doth require OF tnee~o"'y ~
40 ,nstiee. to love kindness, ana 70 wa"
brnbly with thy God.
zach religion. said Rabbi Caiiscn' 'nN'
has attained TO any proportions nae
o,a,,res the destiny OF being the ui''-
80 rclirlon OF humanity. The "ii'
ing sects Of Protestant Chfis'''''.,s
Weld nothing 10 one another a.
respect. The Mohammedans' 'no"s"
,hev have given up the praS"0e
oonyortins biz the sword. DO yet ies"'"
.hoir creed as tho final hope OF 'N.'
IT, catholic Church feels that us
bosom IS broad enough Tor al Gin
y, men 0 be Graded therein anu NC
<,er the protection of its hoiy s'''"e s'~.
nh. synagogue has taught from cur "o''
a.. ,he world embracing cry OF VIZ.
,ro,hc, "AIv house shall 5e mouse VI
$3.50 for all the nations of the eai'n.
", ~ we glance around we nave ~
oon,..s that not one Of these Is app"-
rentIy making good its claim NE" a.
divided In beliefs as OF oid, anu
..,,o,s ptterance OF the Latin poeS
s,n holds good. quot homines' tot sen
.s.,,oo, .es many men, 50 many
opinions" 81, d,csr,ne
v,sNvs Is no longer as great as
Will men may not yield ther own
v,c,,ons they are beginning 10 N'''
-, mat another IS entitled 10 inc
60 privilege. And It is in TINS 'hi.s
,,,o, x,o may see the germ OF the rem
IT,, ~ humanity. the one iaith 70 Whi0n
En- can and will subscribe TO the De'i0A
,n God ana the right 10 worship h4n -
~ y, a. horely 10 be conceived that an
- In ever think exactly alike. II j
not within the nature OF Things 10 ie'o
. monotony Of thought any more M. ~.
q uonotony OF any other phe u'-l1Ii,
Thus Is the conception OF SOu 40
er,or,a men as the minds OF Hln W
- THE same all-Father Is ne "
an us children. but the children aIe
unable 10 grasp His presence ailhe. IN
s,n,,e ,isht of His eternal love streams
down 10 all men upon earth, pul III vic
nrism OF mans inadequate concePtiNo
,ess II e broken into the Vail-colVieu
refractions of human beliefs ana eiee"''
me religion Of humanity Is uhS ga"
that will. that must take TINS IiuVh NJ
account The thought OF Goa nus "
world-wlde and humanity-enplac'.is
There can be no limiting dogma 10 re-
st-icting conditions, no uoV'IIiv
sto,.nis-non Of salvation. no disul-
s,,tshsng election. no separating oIeeu'
fhat shall call some men saved ana SUNNI
men damned. 1871
When the prophet, OF old proclaim cd,
..,f, house shall be the house OF Prayer
Tor all nations" 1t cannot be ielI lha'
ha ,noda any conditions Of the manner,
,tmo substance. OF language OF tha'
nrayer. Some men pray with their nps'
and some with their lives; ana thoush
the lip-prayer may be the perfect con-
formity with the accepted Greco VIZ
dara saw that the life, which Is d COh-
slant yotive offering on the altar OF love
ana unselashness. Is not acceptance 10
Him or High? -,
,rbe religion Of humanity will be one
that recognizes the limitations OF human
powers. and makes provision TOT lheii
II viii contain no more of creed IMAM Is
necessary to acknowledge the presence
Of the all-potent and all-wise Coo anu
10 bind men TO lines of truth anu Justic0
and righteousness. 1t VIII De the ieu
lfzdtiON OF the lltaA VI NA@N
"Now. He hath told thee oh, man, VINO
60 good and what the Lord requireth OF
thee only to do justice. TO love Kindness
aAd 10 wall; humbly with thy Cod
InfaIiibiiity of the Bibie.
Rabbi T.. n. Calisch spoke Friday on
.Infalubility OF the Bible taking Ms
text from Deuteronomy w., 6. lie said nc
would touch upon the first chapter Oh
Genesis. because 1t more than al else
trenched upon the domain OF physical
science. and it's statements were demon
strable of proof or disproof by palpaDle
and comprehensive testimonies, ..
The history Of the attitude OF the Ho
tenders OF the Bible toward those VINO.
In their opinion. were attacking ~, Is hV'
altogether pleasant reading. but DlD li-
olatfy" said the speaker, y iast lo1iiis
tts narrowness and much or the 'o1lum
tbeoloricur' OF former days has given
way 10 the happier and more tolerant
discussion OF the present. Instead OIL
matchmaking the scientists. theoloslahs
are trying to refute their statements, or
where reflltation is impossible. to recon
Gle the apparent CONTRADICTIONS OF scleilce
and theology. -,
"The necessity OF reconciliation IS toun1
IN the doctrine Of the infallibility OF the
Bible. The Bible. regarded as the Word
Of God. literally revealed and accepted,
cannot be i'm error. IL must be true. But
the scientific conclusions are also true
and where they vary must DC reconeleu
But the attempts at reconciliation nave
brought on forced and unnatural inter-
pretatlons 10 which, as Or. Kyle says,
we should have no recourse. II can pc
readily seen that the doctrine OF lhIath-
bllity IS being weakened. and the Bible
held 10 be. like all other fruits or hd-
man instrumentality. liable 10 errors anu
misconceptions OF the early age In when
'"sAu The great faiths have held TO the
doctrine. and have built the superstruc-
ture OF their theologies upon IT, yet II
We accent the cosmogony or tho sacred
Scriptures and give IT reyerent eredence
as being the revealed word OF God, we
must do the same thing for the cosmogo-
MES OF contemporaneous people. which
are not only similar in substance. but
which also were prior IN existence. ana
gcriptures In the light OF these facts.
II Is difficult TO resist the conclusion that
the Biblical narrative is drawn from the
same source as these other records
namely. from the best human sources
available Thus speaks Dr. Driver. one
OF the foremost scholars and theologians
OF England.
IN the fields OF physical science. but also
BY the archaeological discoveries made In
the plains OF the East. the position must
be taken that the Bible Is not the literal
Word OF God. written by men who were
mere copyists ana nothing more. but II
Is the Word of God as understood ana
.Dclled on, by men who, under the rest
io-s impetus of that desire for truth
which is within US. sought then to know
he origin OF things. even as men to-day
'fcbe the very Ieins OF the cosmos IN
c,der 20 know the secrets OF the world
nd i,s ineffable Creator.
III n be asked II this teaching be not
caagcious 10 the peace OF men and 20
aoir laiih IL must be remembered that
loss Is always the accompaniment Of pro-