The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-01
SQUARE Pianos.

his review ~ the Roman Church Macaulay
expressed the oplnion that. cunsideTtng what
that institution has survived. II u ulnlcult
t. see 60 what shr II finally to succ1nh, II
she sncCumbs e. ANYTHING In a later gen
GRAFTON II occurs Ia one that O. TIA" li-t oi her
enemies there remains 20 he added one mnre
formidable than any he has encountered
N her Ions aud impressive career ] hop.
YOU will succeed In understanding tho. very
asnn,t. th,ns esv" ~ m,nd %hsn ma : ear,
age, or modernism.
The last great modern age which preceded
the present lived lust long enough {" witness
the birth ~ the Christian hierprchy. n- secular
history knows Il. Respective dotase and
infancy coincid"d IL 81 far a. the DIVING
civilization III antiquity retained Nlgnr, ~
used 10 against the new Church. so that the
latter grew only as dsspised and %outcast
religions gre wont e. grow: r. one ,hs a,m msn,
vacuum that the world ~ the Antonines LETT
behind u that the Christian hierarchy mattred.
So that to-day for IN" first time In history,
the two systems MODERNISM aud Christianity
are face 20 face. full grown
The nature 81 Christianity IL well under
stood hut there are many people who. Inn
agin- that tho modern world T. something
essentially uripu" IN history. u IL not nov
ever lthascvi-tci h"for" ~ nain tea,ur,s
with which history u familiar IL has "
doctrines. grthodoy and heret cal. ~ truths
and it, fallacics. ia .up"rs,ition- strange
10 relate and its legend IL has. too. ~
course. above all, 10 object II drvnt"s ".
self with enthusiasm % the uphuildlns .ot
M us AN Nff ' HFNNfNNN ' Y y
itself 10 bearing witness tn the Biblical teach
ingS Of Jesus Christ or IN" Federal ' mon
pursnss the object OF securing "a" h"--lie-
81 liberty 20 ourselves and our post"ritN.
Al roads and by-paths 81 activity IN ""
modern world or any modern world, as l"I
Instance. that % pericles or Augustus lrhu
directly or indirectly. to the urlittns anu
culture ~ man ~ such his empires, nis arr
ton il that "" have been unp~recedrntcdlv
succe--ful In attaining some Of these kindred
objects
fore lrrrlisious. so far A. rup"rnathfa re-
llsion il Concern~d And rish. th.rs llrs
The is-,ie With Rome. u was a m~"dernas
that crucihrd J"sts christ and ridicnled raui
on the nm of Mars and elsewhere Paul
himself d.@crihes Christianity a. TO IN"
Orees-, fonlishn--- Mod"rns Of every axe
are Greeks II Christs advent should recur
TODAY. tina same drama would. h"Nond a
doubt. M. enacted our Law would doubtless
shisld him hut Christ vas lvnched. A. " u
his dieinitv. resurrection, miracles, nc. ar"
set impacatdy ASIDE, aud .upetnnturh
Christianitv has become transformed int" a
human philosophy aud body OF pr~C"pts
such l. the issue between modernism ana
Romanism II T. clear cut aud downright,
staten, and faithful 20 their far away founders.
Professionalism ia halfway huu--' and hrn'"-
forth Their" IL To- b" no hallway awning.
Seeing what the church has hlo~~on"d into.
many prntrstants, loval to apprehension,
are looking hackWa ard 10 the parting Of the
uays in luthcT's time. and can see that ITut-
estanti-m was an alteration what vas
v~iied then ~ clear now hui shch a. the~r'
though actually numerous are ! imagine
Rom. viii welcome them But II she Knows
what she l. about and she usually docs
she will hook upon them a. measuring not
encounter How AUp MAsrIN CANNON
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