The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-08
waited with interest, but without Inn

Scfuabe, listening with keen and sim
lister attention. detected faint trcmble,
IN alarmed lack Of conviction. The
cotrtier-C hurchmnt1, with his commands
Ing presence his grand manner, spoke
without pedantry, but also without real
chosen, but It had not the fling OF utter
conviction, Of passionate rejection Of all
that waried with Faith.
A chaplain Of the Court, the husband
Of an earl's daughter, friend of royal
folk, n future bishop, there were those
who called him time serving, exclusively
ambitious. Schtlabc ronlized that not
here, indeed, was the great champion Of
Christianity. For O. brief moment the
Jow's mind flashed to memory of the
young citrate Mt Manchester, then, with
u little shudder Of dislike, he bo,t his
attention to Canon Wnllto's words
mo, Mrs. ARMSTRONG" he was saying,
AN article such as this In newspaper
VIII be dangcrous;ft viii unsettc weak
brains for Il time until It Ia proved, as
fabrication or an ignorant mistake. It
canot be. Whatever the upshot
OF s,ch rumors, they can only
have u temporary effect It may
DO that those at the head Of tho
Church will have to sit close to lay
firm hold of principles, or anything
that viii steady tho vessel as tho storm
sweeps up. This may be an even greater
tempest than Hlat which broke upon tho
Church In the days Of tho first George,
when Christianity was believed to be nc-
titions. What did Blsho., Butler say to
his chaplain? He asked: What security
IS there against the Insanity Of indi-
vlduals? Tho doctors know Of none.
Why. therefore, may not whole commu-
mites be seized with fits of insanity, as
well as indivl1luals?' It is Just that
which will account for 60 much history
tells us Of wild revolt against Truth It
may be-God grant that it will not-tllnt
we are once more upon tho eve of one OF
these storms. But, despite your anticl-
pations, Mrs. Armstrong, yoli,, will soc that
the Church. rs she has ever done, will
weather the storm. l., myself. shall leave
ample of our host My place Is there.
The Archbishop will doubtless hold
conference, If this story from Palestine
seems to receive further connrmat ton.
Such dangerous heresies must not be al
lowed to- spread"
(. Then schuubc took up the discussion.
II fear for you. Canon Wake" he said.
and for the Church you represent. This
news, 1t seems to me, Is merely tho evi
dcnce for the confirmation of what all
men believe to-day. though
the majority OF them do not speak out
There is a natural dislike to active pro-
pagandu. tmldity in combination to
upset a system which is accepted. and
which provides society as an ethical pro-
gramme. though founded on initial error.
But now-and l agree with Mrs. Arm
strong in the extreme probability of this
news being absolute facts, for Hands and
Schmouldcr are names Of weight-every- I
thing must be reconstructed and changed.
The churches will CO. Surely the times
are ripe, the signs unmistakable? We
are face to face witt, what is called an
wave-a dislike to the clergy
rs the representatives Of the Church, q
dislike to the Church as the embodiment
of religion. a dislike to religion as an
unwelcome restraint: upon liberty Of
thought. The storm which will burst |
now has been muttering and gathering
here in England. no less than on tho |
Continent You have heard It's murmur
in the debates on the Education Act, in
the proposed State legislation for your
Church Your most venerable and essen
tia forms are like trees creaklng and
sroaning In the blast: public opinion Is
rioting to destroy. But perhaps until
this morning 1t has neve" had weapon
strong enough to attack such a strong |
hold as the Church with any hope OF
victory. There has been much noise, but
that is all. It has been a matter OF
feeling: conviction has been weak. be-
cause 1t could only be supported by |
not by certalntlos. The
init Christian movement has been guided
by emotions, hardly by principles. At |
last the great discovery which will rouse |
The world to sanity appears to have
been made. Even as I speak In this
luiet room tho whole world Is thrilling
with this news. It Is awakening from !
long slumbcr."
Wake heard his ringing words with
manifest uneasincss. The man was un
equal to the situation. He represented |
the earthly pomp and show of Chris
t!anity; wore the ceremonial vestments.
Flo feared tho concrete power, the vchc |
Ment opposition Of the mollthpece Of sec
llarism. ne saw the crisis, but from
,ne side only, The deep spiritual love
was not there INV
"You are eXultant Mr.. Sch,,abe." he
said colby, 'but you will hardly be so
long"
"You do not appreciate the situation.
sir" Schuabe answered. II can SEQ FUR
her than you. a great intellectual peace
will descend over the civilized world.
Should ono not exult at TINT. even though
men must give MP their dearest fetlshes,
their secret shrnes; even though senti-
ment must he sacrificed to Truth?
The religion Of Nature. which Is based
upon the determination not to believe
anything which is unsupported by in
evidence, will become the faith
IF tho future, the fulnllment of progress.
It is as Huxley said: Religion ought to
mean simply reverence and love for the
Ethical IDEAL and tho desire to realize
that ideal in life Miracles do not hap
pen. There has been no supernatural |
revclat ion, and nothing can be known of |
what Herbert Spencer calls the Infinite |
and literal Energy save by the study OF
the phenomena about us And repeat
that the discovery we hear of to-day |
makes a thorough intellectual sanity pos
sibe for each living man. Doubt Will
lsnppear.'
Eyes, Mr.. Schuabe," said Mrs. Arm
strong, you are right, incidentally right.
II Is to human intellect and that alone
tho great Intellect of The Nazarene
among others-that we must look from
Already by his unaided eff
forts mans achievements arc everywhere
breaking down s,lperstition Tho arts