Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-07

| twentieth century clamor for novelty,
something to capture the attention and
hold the interest In this class might
also be mentioned a church in the city
settled by William Penn, where lady
ushers show strangers to a pew
CHANGES IN METHODISM.
The Literary Digest in an article en-
TITLED THE Changes in New England
Methodism," quotes from several New
England Methodist ministers. We quote
some of these:
Rev. Mr.. Davis, Boston minister,
sums up his changes of belief In these
sentences: Jesus Christ came on earth
| to show us what to do and how to do it.
Others may to advantage theorize as to
the atonement, etc. have tried to do
| SO in years gone. Dissatisfaction
crowned my efforts. have one object
before me now-to follow Jesus, preach
Jesus. lead men to Jesus"
Rev Charles Fl. StackpOIe, of Melrose,
is convicted of 1.-THE newer and more ra-
tional theory of the inspiration of the
scriptures" he no longer holds to Paul's
dogmatic theology. founded largely on
an unetenable view of Genesis" he is
open to evolution; no longer any theory
OF the atonement, save that Christ is the
supreme expression OF Gods love; and
"all the woeful knowledge of the past
: misrepresents the character Of
God and is destined to perish from the
mind Of man."
Rev. George s. Buffers, OF Somerville.
says: THE theory of the inspiration of
the scriptures which I once steadfastly
held have been obliged to discard,
holding strongly to the fact of inspira-
ton with a satisfactory theory. Ten
years ago was strictly a Wesleyan on
the question of entire sanctification. To-
day do not regard that theory either
scriptural or practical.
.The spirit lives only by ceaseless
change OF expression" declares Rev L..
H. Dorchester, of Boston. The living
organism has glided out of many old
phrases, and is finding fresher, more vi
tai and hence more effective expression
in terms Of today's thought and life"
Christ is ''the embodiment OF divine al
truism, the example and the inspiration
for all service"
CUTTING THE SOUL OUT OF
RELIGION.
rNew York SUM-
At banquet OF the Congregational
Club at the Auditorium Rev. Joseph A..
Milburn, of Plymouth Congregational
church, commented unfavorably upon
the Moody and Sankey hymns, the
hymns that have moved thousands in
two continents to religious fervor. The
Rev. B. Campbell Morgan. the English
clergyman and author. upon whom
many believe the mantle of Moody"
has fallen, would take the picture Of a
woman clinging to the cross" out of
religion, along with much other poetry.
3 If you take the poetry-which is one
of the highest forms of expressing hui
man feeling-out of religion you take
the soul out Of it, and when you take.
the soul out Of religion what is left of 1T !?
Religion is essentially matter OF the
means that it was made
for the soul OF man, not for his logic.
Science can do nothing for the soul OF
man. The logician can not satisfy his
llongings. What science knows OF man
la bounded by limitless space When It
gets to certain point in space It has
TO stop and say: II know not what is
speyond'' When chemistry separates
man into component elements and gives
us the exact proportion Of each 1t has to
stop and say: II can not make man,
Science and logic stand baftied and
abashed at the portals of the soul 1t
has no explanation for the mystery of
feeling, the sensations of hope, of glad
ness, of sorrow. And yet we know man
has soul, for he weeps, he laughs ne
loves, he hopes, he sympathizes he 10
touched by pathos and moved by sweet
music.
1t is very clear that religion has to do
with what, for the want of any better
name. we call the soul 1t appeals to
the heart, not the principles of logic. II
1t appeals to logic at all it is only in the
fact that history shows it to have
mysterious power over the human mind
that eventuates in right conduct 1t ap-
pears to have laid the foundation for
system of ethics that has resulted in
what we call "civilizatien.'
If we get around to the point-where
all thoughtful minds must come-that
Christianity is a matter of faith belief.
spiritual intuition. If Won please we will
rot want to cut out the Moody and Sam
key hymns or the picture of woman
.cltngrrg to the cross, These grand old
hymns reach the human soul-which is
all that re'ieion is after and which Is
above and beyond the human under
standing.
The s-year-old daughter of James
Baugh, of Grant County, Ark. was
burned to death Wednesday. She was
playing with fire when her dress be-
came ignited.
Theystatute representing the immacu-
late conception, imported from Italy.
and presented to the Baltimore cathe-
dral. has been exemnted from duty.