The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-25

ShdftesDury, the Trinitarlan CrGeI
deeply studied gives them no warrant
for so doing. The creed. indeed,
speaks of the First Person as Maker
of heaven and earth. and of all things
visible and invisible but this does not
distinguish him from the Second Per-
son. of whom 1t is affirmed that by
him all things were made. a harmony
of these two statements is easily real
lied by remembering that the creative
act is peculiarly the Sons; that only
IS acting through the Son is it re-
ferred to the Father. And according
to the creed is the teaching. The fash
Joining of the world, the creation OF
man, the shaping of the long drama OF
history. the redemption, the final
judgment. are not of the Father but
Of the Son. Whatever is done Is
through the agency of the Son. Inc
one fundamental idea by which the
two personalities are meant to be dls-
tinguished is simply this; That the
first is God in his primeval essence
infinite meaning without hnal indlca-
tons; the second is God speaking out
In phenomena and fact. and leaving his
sign. wherever anything comes up
from the deep of things, or merges
back again
The reason. then. why the First
Person yields so few predicates is
plain enough The moment anything
arises. it is the Son. Around him.
therefore as their natural centre, Gus
ter all events; all phenomena OF ma
Z.
impression of the Divine is borne IN
upon us. The armament showeth the
handiwork and the heavens tell the
glory of the Son; and since all dis
tinctive tokens of the Divine are thus
of him. the Father is but blank OF
infinite possibility-the occult potency
of all perfection. but the realized stage
of nome; and though we may say he
is the abyss how deep or the heav-
en- how high. he yet offers no peculiar
power or grace by which the mind
can lay hold upon him. He is neces-
sary as a background to our Thought,
but presents no outline in the fore
grounds. He is as the vault that holds
the stars. yet were itself inscrutable
and unguessed but for them.
This most fruitful exposition 1t is
not needful to follow further. The way
out of the Trinitarian controversy, as
he would show If, is through the recog-
milton Of common r conception under
Son is essentially the Unitarian's Fa-
Their The Untarian's Father is any
thing but a colorless and metaphysi-
cal absolute: he is the creating, sus-
tanning. guiding power of the universe;
Its manifest wisdom, life, and love;
and the Trinitarian's Son is just that.
When the Unitarian says Father the
Trinitarian, understanding him from
his own mind, supposes him to refer
to that impalpable abstraction, the
First Person OF his Trinity, in whom the
Unitarian, as such, has scarcely any
interest at all. NOT unnaturaliy, tHsTt-
fore. the Unitarian conceives cold
ness and lovelessness fundamental In
the Unitarian faith, misjudgment
scarcely Ineligible to the Unitarian.
On the other hand, when the Trinita-
rian says Son, the Unitarian is almost
sure to limit his view to the Jesus
Christ of history; and he is quite ag-
grieved that man should be thus
lifted to a God To the Trinitarian,
however, the historic character is only
the earthly apparition of power and
grace that know no time limitations.
but are coexistent with the life of
Cod
In short. each Of these sects is thrash
Ing bravely away at a man of straw, as
is the case in most theological controver-
sizes. The theologian attacks not the idea
of his antagonist. but his idea of that idea,
which may or may not be somewhere near
the truth. Boston: Little. Brown & Co.,
49,
"reminiscences Of Morris Steinert' is
a book of autobiography. which, apart
frcm its personal interest, possesses a
certain fascination due to the pictures
which 1t affords of the scenes of the au-
thor's early life and the circumstances in
which he pursued his studies. A record
which extends over nearly seventy years
with the early musical history of this
country cannot fail to have some points
of general interest to the public. 1t
proves, at any rate, that the path of the
German musician in America in ante
bellum days was not one of roses, or, If
it was, the thorns were more in evidence
than the flowers. Born III Bavaria, hav-
ing met Jenny Lind and Henrietta Son
&c nd
years in wandering over Europe. the au-
thor's subsequent experiences include
cello playing in connection with the
Mario-Grisi tour. agency for piano firm,
and music teaching in a small boarding
school of Thomasville, Ga. before the
war. An incident which occurred during
his sojourn in Savannah as a music
teacher is rather funny as illustrating
ward the land of barbarians, as he seems
himself. He says:
THE state of musical culture which
then prevailed in that section of the
South was not in keeping with the mu-
steal culture which | had found in my
travels in Europe, and for that reason
what ! am about to relate did not sur
prise me. One day young man, by
the name of Farrell, applied TO me for
instruction upon the pianoforte. He
was about twenty-one years old, and
was associated with his brother in the
grocery business. He was also the
leader of the choir in the church where
I played the organ, and under whose
auspices l was engaged, and so ! I'M
dertook to teach him the aalt=-of piano
playing. ! have always looked upon
MoZart's Don Juan as the gospel of
lyric opera, and for that reason | kept
the score of this immortal work on my
piano, and every day l reyeled in the
beauty of the heavenly composition.
One evening when Farrell came in for
his lesson he noticed the score on my
music rack, and in an inquisitive way
professor?'-a title which | must have
obtained from the University Of the
Grocery. l told him that 1t was mu-
steal composition of great merit by Mo-
Mozart? Does he live in New York;
/ FASTENED to enlighten his ignorance
by saying that Mozart was horn in
SalZburg, that he had died many years
ago, but that his name was known all
over the world as great musician.
Great musician, eh?' said Farrell.
You are a great musician. too. Now,
then. what's the difference between you
and MoZart?' ! tried in vain to explain
the small difference that existed be-
tween us, but / fear 1t was useless for
Farrell continued to look upon me as a
usician quite equal to the master"
OF course, an American music teacher
would not have expected grocers clerk
to know who Mozart was, and evidently,
after this experience and others which
were similar, Herr Steinert did not expect
American grocers' clerks to know 1t
either. (New York: G.. p. Putnam's
Sons)
THE Story of King Alfred" by Walter
Besant, is the latest addition to a Library
of Useful Stories" intended apparently
for the reading of young people. The au-