The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-25

died as - = q I'M, man, who lived as
Nor hra man who belonged 70 man "
- III humanity. The only ~, ~ our ca
az" mn, him was his teachings ", ws GOdA
aS pirth' his miracles ana MS m.Ia,s
ar: burroughs declares ~ ms aseess:s
" harmony with his charac,e-e entirely 3.
q ana spiritual leader Th ,o. as veae
says, We're tackled on to ,he myths n
me " eaten the great massn ''o.y Of
~ VINO can become interest," ot hum.
marvellous and so-canes s, S'ea only il 5
gcyer Tse uhtli the present cep, ,a.ai 4
religion. ''''if saperstitlor,
The The leaders of the church j.
Miiter' nave taken the ,nvtbs says L.
.he New Testament books woven IL
tehpted TO frame them into nave Il
system OF science. They can - :, sisaO'r
anu OF late men like 'Dr1,n,. y 'neol0s
sone so lar as to try 10 b arrc aspI
theology with natural sc,an sI iuoaiEe i.
HES, can see no sort OF harmo,s %
go ness between them. The on ,,1ls i
, nela!, man-made, often absurd Vh ~ : n
iarauons; the other is exact "a Us d
NE ana according TO eternal ,HsuOasifs
but Nr. Burroughs is carefuI
WI VIZ non between theology ana Ia S.as
nat Jesus taught, he saws ~ lellstal
Hsioh ana was of the Snl,it que
win the life within, and as sn.h "a,
mas permanent place in ms.,, lesi1
and much of 1t is beyond an hatsAl
S uaal science. Theology, on TIA v !, y
hand, is to Mr.. Burroughs ., -. o,,, 0ia
ehCrt TO explain alleged mrar,, I's'a
JeotiVe phenomena and can 4.
Wheh there is no science in !, s'sa
the growth of real science ,bso,s v ~
itau 10 go TO the wall. Mr. pnr..ss Il
lnlts that Christianity has dona .~sus
Tie european races, but he dacIas-e-
christianity owes more 10 ,hSa'
MAJ done more for the human rae. 10y
IN the nineteenth century than o.
anlty mas done for it in its nine,As, /,
When Mr.. Burroughs wrote tsss.
says, he tells us, he was uuder ~.
Oh ms subject; now he feels tho, !.
passed the age for troubling ~
afout such themes. At the bag,n,,.s
these collected essays, be nri,,.
much-admired linesswhich he wrn,,
ago, and which sum UP his ov,r -, -
philosophy of life, as well as ,hs, -
inooern enlightened 'paganismr oi
ideailstic monist school of Prentice y.
lerd' Ralph Waldo Urine, and g.s
Frank:
Serene / fold my hands and wait
Nor care for wind, or tide. ar "a,
l rave no more 'gaiRst Time or FAT.
For 10! my own shall come 10 M
stay my haste, l make DELAYS
For what avails this eager pace,
stand amid the eternal ways.
And what is mine shall know my i
Asleep, awake, by night or day.
ne friends | seek are seeAlng N.
Nc wind can drive my bark astrsy
Nor change the tide of destiny
What matter if l stand alone?
L wait with joy the coming years
: My heart shall reap where ii hath !
And garner up its fruit Of tears
The waters know their own. and lrss
The brook that springs in ~,
|, heights;
So flows the good with equal Law,
Unto the soul of pure deligh.s.
The stars come nightly TO the sky
The tidal waves unto the sea
Nor Time, nor Space, nor Deep. nor
Can keep my own away from me
Another recent work, entitled The
itpal Life" by Prof Albert A. Co
the Northwestern University, is an
to treat the subject along the lines
psychology. Prof. Coe aims TO form
a science of spiritual phenomena 0F
! tain states of consciousness. He d
the comparative failure of the ChfE
church in evangelization is due TO The
that it is not as broad as human nai
: In other words, the leaders of the eh
! do not understand the human mind
have not adapted their institution
: their theology to il. In this igporsn
: the human mind. he sees much to
/, denim in religious revivals. and dec
: as many persons are swamped In
, by such methods as are saved. lie Y
! that Nietszche's charge that Christi
appeals only TO the weakness and U
Terminate element of the human min
not entirely false. The predominant
W SAiAGtA Wv CT llltu III N4lhAaAA = -N-7N-
l oence that Christianity has serious
: peramental defects. This IS his exl
] ton for the absence of such men q
5 Burroughs from the church. he 81
1 THE temperamental Interpreters
2 Christianity is likewise one prooaot
5 son for aloofness from the chHreh
5 strangely large proportion Of mos
: morally earnest. and intelligent nd
/ women. These persons live eorTee
t and reverence God: If their MANS
! on the roll of a church no one
1 question their piety. Some Of
5 would find an obstacle TO ehuFea
5 bership in the credal VOWS requl
: many churches, but most OF them
e not. Indeed, 1t is probable that
1 small proportion of them coul-
: any specific and adequate reason
: they should not belong 10 some
5 The fact seems TO be that church
/ iceals do not appeal TO them.
|. attitude toward current forms OF !
h culture-such as are found In ihe
v meeti for examples one OF
n erve. If not actually hostile.
t Professor Coe thinks 1t is no'
( ity, but perhaps spiritual huhss
: sdeters men from attending cnu,s-
e that the difficulty is the malay.
o between the individual and tne
: He classifies the different temp
I Of individual persons and aods.
!. 1T is the universalizing oil Gnu
d and ideals through recognition o
s that spiritual qualities and nee
: through the whole gamut OF nuno
e ties. The spiritual conceit OF W
I choiic temperament must De ies'a,
= spiritual trivialities of the sanss''
2 be- transcribed. The spirituahn i,
neral will and the truth-loVins
a mist not be merely conceded o- ..
3 ed. insisted upon, gloried IN
: Foundation upon which the
: must proceed"
: QUIET WORK.