Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-10-02

said: IF ever an evil spirit should SO far |
possess the minister that he should teach |
men that somewhere, somehow, sometime, |
no matter what they believe or do, all will |
be well, then let him go to his place, If |
there is a place for the restless soul of |
such one in the increasing darkness OF |
rationalism. For the man who takes ad- |
vantage of the liberty of the evangelical |
pulpit TO preach his own religious dreams, |
contrary to the creed of the church which |
has called him. is neither spiritually con-
secrated nor morally honest" This is very
plain language, and Mr.. Baker seems to be
| very much in earnest. He would not have
installed Mr.. Long at North Cambridge.
a church member reproacheS himself and
his organization because not more good
work is done among prisoners, and points
| to the great success of the Salvation Army
| in prison work. Every one feels that pris-
| oners ought not TO be excluded as they are
| from the better influences of society and
church. Everyone recognizes the fact that
| only fortuitous circumstances have made
| the difference between most of those be-
| hind prison bars and great numbers of
| those outside. But this leads US to call at
| tention to certain functions of the church
| which are not always recognized. The
church is an institution not only for re-
! claiming men and making them better, but
for keeping them decent when they are
| SO. and for guaranteeing their characters
| to the world. These latter functions may
not have been contemplated by Christ ah9
the apostles. but they exist. They are
fulfilled but fmperfectly, yet they are of
immense value. 1t is these functions
| which make it impossible for the church TO
treat convicted wrongdoers like other peo-
pie.
DR.. ]. Agar Beet an English Methodist
has been basking in scalding water this
summer as result of book entitled THE
Last Things" in which he expresses a
leaning to the doctrine of conditional I'M
mortality. He speaks of the baselessncss
of the popular doctrine of the intrinsic and
for which he finds no sufficient warrant in
Scripture. But the Wesleyan conference
put kettle on the fire for the doctor, and
after sufficient stewng he promised not
to publish any more editions of his book
and not to teach his views on this subject
to his students. But the outlook, curious
ly enough, is not satisfied with the doctor $
action, and reproaches him for not having
| made for himself "other ecclesiastical rela-
tons or standing alone If need were.
| The national council of education has ap.
pointed a committee of fifteen eminent edu.
, cal tors ito investigate the whole subject OF
the establishment of national university
and report to the council at its next meet
ing" This would seem to promise good re-
. suits. But there is some question whether
| men need TO be eminent educators in or
der to be competent to pass judgment or
the scheme. Some active educators there
, should certainly be on such a committee
But if it's conclusions are to carry weight
with the nonprofessional world there
) | should also be some men not in the bust
: ness of educating. Educated men Ger
t tainly the committee should be- but no
: | all educators. For these may fairly b.
= depended on to be prejudiced by theil
tastes or their interests for or against the
S national university. But we are assured
S by the council that the committee will dea
e with the subject from an entirely unpre
e JUDGED standpoint That makes it al
e right.
1t has been suggested from more than
one source that the impelling motive in the
action of many destructive anarchists, in
such crime as that of the murder of the
:. empress of Austria, for instance, is love
! of notoriety. No sane man could conclude
that the murder of such an amiable ant
generally beloved woman would help ths
cause of popular rights and popular free
dom. And so the problem is being consid
s. cred how to suppress the love of notorie
10 ty. Certainly not by teaching, for such 1
Is | morbid appetite is only fed by attention
e whether favorable or unfavorable. Unles
st Psychologists can locate the function IL
, the brain and have its organ deadened, tn
is the only cure would seem to be an inter
l. national agreement to suppress notoriet
s. itself. If it were absolutely guarantee
n that the name of an assassin or other in
IS famous criminal would not go beyond tn
lie precinct in which his crime was committed
b. it may fairly be assumed that crimes woul
l. not be committed for the sake of notoriety
ly But there is also a dangerous side to sue
Id suppression.
Us Great preparations are making for tn
ID pilgrimage of the German emperor to tn
Holy Land. 1t is announced, of cours
that he is prompted by pure piety and tn
desire to secure in Christian hands til
ng chamber of the Last Supper. The empel
>r. or's attendants are to be provided with
IS special uniform, including revolver an
as a drinking flask while the emperor hin
ty self will wear some of the forty costume
IS which he has tried and In which he hs
ed had himself photographed for the purpos
ID 1t Is a curious phase of the matter thi
lr- other crusades have been made under Il
Us auspices of the pope, but this one Is III
nd dertaxen under the patronage of the su
90. tan of Turkey, who is cleaning house vigo
ms ously against the kaisers visit. Some
ch the latter's enemies hint that he is real
I've going to Palestine to look for good milita1
les positions from which to descend upon Il
ow whole of Syria. Talking of the love :
ich notoriety, by the way
Professor Fairhurst, of Kentucky unive
'ot sftv. has just administered thecoup de gra
u or something of that sort to the thee
Up Of evolution. It is not quite fair for the pr
lessor to attack the poor old theory