The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1898-01-08
TWO NEWMANS.
| The Brothers, Cardinal John Henry
and Prof. Francis William.

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and Prof. Francis William.
A little more than seven years ago
John Henry Newman, the English
cardinal, died at the age OF 80. Tho
other day his younger brother, Prof.
Francis William Newman, died at the
age of 90. The two brothers, in their
time, played no small part in the his
tory Of religious thought in England.
Both were educated at Oxford, and
came underk the influence of the re-
| ligious awakening there, which later
resulted in the Oxford movement, the
Tractarian controversy, and the going
over to Roman Catholicism of many OF
those engaged in the movement. That
was the path John Henry Newman
took. and in course of time he resigned
his position in the Church of England,
became priest in the Catholic church,
the founder of monastic establish
ment, the Birmingham oratory, ana
subsequently a cardinal of the Roman
church.
The younger brother, equally gifted
and learned. took different course.
Both began by strong antagonism to >
the OdCuOllC I'll anu " SdCSi0O'"i
ism in general. John Henry Newman
was gradually drawn by his spiritual
nature in the direction OF the church,
| he died one of its brightest orna men's.
Francis William, equally spiritual ana
conscientious. studied himself into
deeper distrust of sacerdotalism, and
coincidently into doubt of the SOUND.
ness of theological dogmas.
At the age of Is he gave up the loea
of taking holy orders, and resigned his
fellowship in Balliol college from con,
scientious scruples on the subject OF
infant baptism. He went to Bagdad to
assist in Christian missionary work, Dut
conscientious doubts, of his fitness for
the work caused his speedy retirement,
and he returned to England to engage
j, in the work of classical teacnlng' IN
i (which he continued until 1868. During
a that period and since Prof. Newman
i continued his Investigations and re
a Elections on religious matters, and drift
! ed as far away in the direction of free
dom of religious thought from the com
mon starting point of youth as his older
brother had gone in the direction OF
absolute dogma. His numerous works
show steady progress from orthodox
Trinitarianism to pure Theism. He
long ago ceased to call himself Chris
tian, and his position, as stated by him
self some years since, was that OF "say-
: ing all that is spiritual, pure and merci-
full in Christianity amid the wreck
: which erudition has made of its myth
ology."
Prof. Newman has published long
list of works, covering a great variety
of subjects, ranging from poetry to
mathematics, the soul and its aspira-
tions and sorrows, to dictionaries and
; vocabularies in ancient Greek and
Latin and modern Arabic, Hebrew his
: tory and Greek dramas, and transla-
tons Of Horace into English and OF
Longfellow into Latin.-Clevelan6
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