The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25

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H'.ia 'i'L'4lt 'HEt'H'S IN !HlS country ltN"
! -i"wn. The Protestant churches hay" fur
uaiStrlNp'i iHf f"iu,tL.='~ IN their percent
80 y -fg"lHS IN 70" I n'ci states. l am
Flt;rli'i that there never was Il time IN
an" history E tie ultt,i States when all
forms Of Christianity had such q rapid
growth.
Aihy ! Interrupt just q moment? Here is
rector M"1drS. NOM. you say practical
christianity. Doctor Al"n3cS is Il Jew
Now. what do You mean by christianity
h. You mean religion or straight Christi
dnIty
Doctor Macarthur. Il see YOUR point"
You do NOT mean simple goodness. 10
y.u mean Christianity ur churrhIauIty?"
tho matter Of churchLIuitv. think thrra
is a churchiaui.y which is very far from
being v.taI. Practical. communicable Chris
tiHui'y. IT, speaking Of Christianity / mean
m" force IHac makes for Righteousness as
"rslniz-.! in the churches bearing tie
Christian name. | was not usiH- the word
n. = strictly theological sense. neither was
! using the word christianity" at that mo-
mont as inc.uaiuc Roman Catholicism. l
i-'l m mind more especially the force max
In" for T!ghtcOGSuc-s in the Protestant
l1urCAgS l would not exclude in the use
az my term any Hebrew congregation. cX-
ccUt in the popular sense in which we U.S.
q term
How i3r do the creeds go IN reality"
Doctor Macarthur: Il am not a very de-
YOU adt,fSnt OF creIai systems, as Doctor
mat a Sroat many men ar practically far
I''l"T than their technical CrteGS. but I BE-
H1Ff q -I"1t many men are infinitely wor--
THAN their theological and c7e!al systems.
~ - Mh1t a man = That mus. after all.
.'''rH.lt" MS Si"iialnS hti"r" GOD. and in
~" long run II Will determine what his
S' T Il LOT man 80.
L'',''! 'tn",sHEdtr i am going u
.sN you = question which very person who
n-Hf2S mat a. docs not know; who is not
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,"i nm = hIt +HI. d rational bong:
lAf a SPIRITUAL uelflE. that MS SEiTftI5f
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"itrEn F" m u.IirL pilhC4l'g
-" i'.H 60 ~" ~ INNS rs
,r..h - iL'l>ot y i HHnI 1idt tGIieS US
dt'LE IN SiioFes OF time. ! think that
ma : SEtii.'di nature mes mo play, ana
! .h'hE INA ne has Il Ci'lhe H"d-SiFeh lac
III Di l't".
nized the tact that there is a God. Now. !
VIA H"'S ma, mn b".5 una mean thtt
H't mas h"t sipHrii l" thtnl. or does II
man that lhey nave not seen the lace of
'gH
Doctor ls'fnehSnNder: "iher" may b" per |
sons 50 constituted that they cannot see |
ih-r" are children whu are destitute of cv-
cry advantage, and their HiSh,r nature has |
not been touched on |
W nat i your conception of God?'
Doctor It~.iHelsUy.I.r: He is an intelli- |
gent being" /
why do you say He? / am asking n
question non which | think the public in i
general would like 20 have answered." |
Doctor Rcmensuydr- That is a question |
which has never occurred to me. nor haze
| ever considered that lack of feminine |
principle in our conception of tn Deity. |
Man seems to hc the leaf and r.prcscurI- |
ton Of tn. human race. and % W simply
ASSUME. r4~rlluirv rs q character Of a.. !" l
.Ii.w would Won .yplI!u Tho statement /
that man Is -ul,'a in III. iuar. Of G;pI2 /
10 YOU c,u,aiv, OF God rs a human h.in--
A. man with ~. arms. two les ana , |
u,ad-'
r.-t.- ...va 81 ID .
him Y, 4 shirt. Nb.u I saw thar man -
mad. in n" jma2r at God ! m,,u nat h.
VHrtaf'S "f the character ana tn" u.Tspr- !
aiIty Of GrI-IHat ne knows the Distinction
between right and wrong. II IS "A much |.
greater thing for God to have conferred I
freedom upou "a man. with Thu possibility ,
OF ihr loss Of his soul. than To- have denied 4
freedom and made him a machine"
rs that the jewish conception. Doctor
Monde"
Isab Meuacs: Very nearly"
II you toci that il WIS fair TO give US
what Doctor ls'm"usIEd'r speaks OF IS
freedom, in other words. a right to SIM"
Rabbi Mrudcs: Il can perfectly conceive
how tHat chimes in U+th the grand archi-
~tectufai plan for the ,l.vation of what i
IN essential part ~ y. ! ran conceive hat J
through "a sort or education. rs It were,
anu ,>I"i''i.'t. ana "iliN 'Fltt ana :cnDia-
ION can hc!r the man 10 "!lii up his spirit.
} ne NAN WI" IS never tempted may have
enough rlSh~l'"GSHrSs, hut he IS not thu
I'"l9i' conception or 4 rlEhl""hS man. \
righteous man Is on" who is tempted and
s''.i dy'S not SIN;
,lt N'td OF IN" JEWISH LhGtch IN This
lfNH h'e4 ift D!p'ftuiN ~ the n al Of the !