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ing when. in his Sinai and Palestine"
we see him hunting with passionate interest
and implicit faith for the imaginary scenes
of mythical events
Stanley's yoke-fellow Jowctt was a man
of different cast OF mind and Of higher
caliber, "a all the world now knows But
in him also, though from different causes,
there was the same want Of inclination TO
grasp or capacity for grasping definite
truth These two men were eminently
typical OF an age of religious dissolution,
when people felt the ground Of faith giving
way under their feet and were striving
by some sort Of compromise. TO save them
selves from falling into the abyss That
Jowett had drfted very far away not only
from orthodoxy but from his belief in
Christianity as a miraculous revelation.
and even from belief In our knowledge
OF the historical character OF Christ. the
posthumous publication OF his letters
has plainly shown. How he could have
reconciled 1t to his conscience TO remain a
clergyman. 10 hold the clerical headship
Of an Anglican college. to perform the
service and administer the Sacrament
II Is not easy to see. We can only say that
the position was found tenable by one Of
the most upright and disinterested OF man
kind Jowett's defence probably was and
Is the defence OF others, and the indication
OF spreading doubt Clergymen are edu-
Gated men and can hardly be proof against
that which Is carrying conviction TO other
minds.
Robertson OF Brighton. as an eloquent
preacher and spiritual leader, rather on
the nationalist side. Il not TO be forgotten
In his sermons there is an evident tendency
TO lberalize Christianity and to present It
ethicaly "a a religion Of purity and love
rather than as miraculous revelation
which did not escape the keen scent Of
alarmed orthodoxy and exposed the preach
er 10 some social persecution.
By this time a strong current In an oppo-
site direction had begun 10 flow. The
religious movement was closely connected
with the political movement, especially
where there was state Church. Alarmed
by the progress Of liberalism, which
had carried the Parliamentary Reform
bill and threatened to withdraw from the
Church Of England the support Of the
state. some Of the clergy began to look
about for new foundation Of their author
ty, and thought that they found il in
apostolical succession and the sacerdotal
theory Of the sacraments. The leaders
OF the movement were Pusey, professor
Of Hebrew at oxford: Henry Newman, a
Fellow Of Oriel College; and IN It's opening.
Hurrell Froude In whose Life Of Beckett,
Its spirit and aims are plainly revealed. II
took practically the shape Of an attempt
10 return to the priestly Middle Ages. OK
ford, with its medieval colleges. the Fellows
Of which were then clerical and celibate.
formed the natural scene Of such an attempt
Puscy. who, by his academical rank, gave
hiS name 10 the movement. was a man OF
monastic character and mind, with q piety
Intense but austcre and gloomy enough
almost 10 cling to such a doctrine as
the irremssibility of postbaptismal sin.
Henry Newman was q man Of genius.
writer with a most charming and per-
suasive style, great personal fascination
and extraordinary subtlety OF mind. What
he lacked was the love OF truth: system,
not truth. was his aspiration; and as
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