New-York tribune., 1898-01-10
RENEWAL OF RELIGION.
DIR. NEWTON SAYS 1T MUST GIVE MEN A
NEW THOUGHT.
HE cRITIcIsEs THE CHURCHES FOR NOT TAKING
DEEPER INTEREST IN AFFAIRS OF THE
pAY-DEMoCRAcY AND RELIGION
A REFERENCE TO THE EAST
ERN QUESTION.

propSee @ sadsn. end St Sss%s5
about this time What does all this eSpSsiansy SsiaTs our IN
eyes eSe a giving place 10 new Within he order
sSs neW rs esons nFisns growing
lg!ous complications; a renewed 'ai'h' nope anu
In the Intellectual realms the modern world DIS is
passing through the grestest chanse wns enoon nnS in
SnowedSe and in thought the old intellectual sys
which IssSn has sn.aTnss Ssa Sciences d5 .
pcns sciences new pniosophies oS SusinS ss,Sre ed
sas SeT to new heooees
old th,Iogies An Invisible hand Is snaKng ~ lnT
Snd before 4e sure' our ess
new universe with new man eonfTontngf lfs sees reIa
forcing upon u. new though se o. Of "T1 man q hme Of
ali the problems which have constituted the ma
sTs sms Of for aTnty Which, have guided Of
the Western world seem 10 hosts OF men oiay Or
drawn up by the primitive Knickerbockers would be
10 The q%' mass Of average Intelligent men are slowly
ard painfully realizing that there no ahswer We. III
the M m the yasr Of @ TSsr hoas6
Is antique and o0solete ss af 1nW 5nS for Gospe
in the veInacular of the nineteenth century; o no.
M .Ds GSsf o she MI MedT Sas and
tongue undeTsianded of of ne dv psSopek pS is break
ps suernfid oside the Church walls our priests go on
droning the old refrans about an impossn b6se pe
bo M dont care 70 come in and listen to their music
Of the past Pulpits are timorous and ia sieni on
every triennial session textbooks for theoogcal
seminares learned treatises which are as acGfuI.i
mans OF our present knowledge as the ccies,IaI
charts OF the Ptoemac astronomers win cyc.ee cyce
and epi-cycle scrubbed oer' or 'he siA'ee"'"
century terrestrial globes.
A RECENT WILL.
The Will o. one of our citizens, given to the public
during the week past is pathetic illustration o.
the confusion which is prevailing all about US IN
consequence Of the changed outlook. 1t seemed 10
this estimable man that all religion had become
S4nea UNI and ana taiSmen nH We can readily see it
was not religion itself that he was iores",eiaiLlns
beliefs Of our religion, which have become largely
outgIown but which the enurTefs asm 5 in Which he
brought up has indeed ceased 10 ne ne ,p TapdT,e
II Had s Church Honestly Distinguishing between
this system Of thought and essential ShrisuaHS ShritiS
there would not have been this mental confusion
This intellectual change. with confusion atteHdr , fdr
the moral confusion which We see on eyery hand ana
oday Wills ~ q1fsT as Ss h so o. long dom
mated mans mind he mastered ms lo"er 80
ile the thPgs Of the spirit As that system reaxes
its hold. this strenuous spiritual 1oTt dcheHS ~
holiness subsidies into desire for respecttanihh'!;
Man seeks pleasure asa1mas IN tne nv hServwhere
this passion for pleasure is overriding the nsuiu,
lions and 10 'qfto se a Gd socy he other day in
dicated that most remarkab Die benediction OF so;
iiei IS not denunciation, but the quickening Of new
idea and the kindng OF new ideal which shan shail
ffnes fhSs m9re pha q auds Pisasuqe suq INSPIRE
The modern the ToTsH99 rdo9 hnSs ri Es1 Wh God has
pared for them that love Him no longer seem resl
II The .ns other Ap GOOD hnrs Which the world
pared for them that love T. he seeks with IN, al his
seek tiods Gy good a5 thinss Win such vision bis
soul riches no longer satisfy him. TIL that vision
n
The old order Of State changeth before our eyes.
Of monster natonalties Are they under the in
spiration Of the Christian law? Il docs not iooH
Standing around China waiting to dismember +;
Have Christian states become BiT@,es' haHnIing
above their ensigns the black nag? me bisnoS ot
Bresau may invoke benedci0n upon ~ ,t the hee'
but the average man smiles cynicaly at sucn con-
ception Of Christianity. -.
modern world is democracy The toward +; is
universal and resistless II is tremendous expert
r5ti Unparalleled in history The dangers of It have
been By T bf naes sn TRey r
themselves on analysis into the decline OF regqn On
trusted under high enthusiasm when seeking a lofty
ideal while owning the RUE OF Iea! ie!g%!on' % ~
ideals OF Democracy each show themselves TO in
volve a real religion. Liberty without law is license
What law other than self-interest can bnd man
long without the vision of that higher life in when
We all members one OF another; all parts Of
man-the moral being, capable Of discerning night
and able TO eaCose and OBEY IT, E9uahty X Is & WILL VIA
powers and advantages: The real equality possible
sfances superior to condtons~something back OF
and above matter and material things. Men are
%Hoe g2uSt o@ Which a. lifts e all alike into common life 1t
is men are souls that they are equal one TO the
dream unless the human brotherhood Is the express
s9n sre 90 o. save e democracy man must have soul
born within him caplSa OF guiding and inspiring
him.
SOCIETY EVOLVING NEW ORDER
Society itself, the civilization Of an industrial and
commercial era, Is evolving a order before
our eyes Everywhere and glorious
order is struggling to emerge from the ethical
chaos we call civilization. awaiting only
generative enthusiasm for human rights to thrill
through the seethlng masses. with eyes turned in
mute application TO the Church Of the Christus
Consola;or: but its batteries don't work. and no
electric throb draws classes and nations together
in the brotherhood OF love Every advance OF
humanity Is won against the obstructveness Of the
ssr snohr nYfy swep a9o e sss
land monopoly. the tyranny OF capital. warts de-
came 10 break every yoke and to lei the oppressed
on earth. goodwill among men" Humanity Is grow,
Ing conscious Of its magnificent possibilities OF
alton 10 generation. because the churches. which
should be eonsecrated 10 this task OF social re-
srapple With it. They are busted as their proto
types Of old, with tithing mint. anise. and cumin
Ing the weigher matters OF the law. the stern and
solemn sentences Of justice.
The era OF competition Is ended. The era OF
combination has opened All business is concen-
trailing In this ma ss!ng ot capital there is COM
ing 10 be absolute domination over the wage
worker. over the interests % the people at large
over the life OF the State ise! Yet this move
nent is natural and necessary. II is in the line
Of economic progress The real question concern
ing Il IS: Can these new orders grow soul within p
tia spirit capable of mastering these monster
powers and using them, not for se.f-aggrandiZc-
ment but for human service? If II cannot, there IS
a revolution ahead worse tnan any the world has
hitherto known. II II there opens an era OF
boundess benehcent progress. This IL a question
OF rellH HOn. II Is tho old need Of an ever fresh
faith and hope and love.
L. LII. roal larlnr ~ crnnc INN