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put centers of degradation and dis
ease? How about the indifference of
those to whom much has been intrust-
ed the shameful Sinking of respon-
sibility by those who have wealth,
learning and power; the abdication by
the best people Of the rights and
privileges of citizenship; the selfish
ness of those who coolly let personal
interests absorb all their time and
strength; are not these the things, and
these the people to weep over?
'sEvery Age Has Its New Theology"
Some maintain that in the very ma
ture of things there can be no further
progress in revelation; that the pro-
cess of enlightenment was consummat-
ed in the three brief years of Christ's
ministry. They speak of the Chris
tan faith as a sacred Deposit;
whereas Jesus taught that 1t was a
seed. Indeed it would seem that His
own word forever settled the question
of religious enlightenment; whether it
was to be a continuous, progressive
movement of thought, or whether it
was to remain a thing forever fixed, as
If cast in a mold.
The history of the Christian church
since the earliest times would seem to
show that there has been q, constant
broadening and Transforming of
thought. I have heard men talk about
a new theology as if it were something
undreamed of until now. AS a matter
of fact the Christian world has never
been without a new Theology. Every
age has seen a life-and- death struggle
between some old theology and some
new vision of truth. And the new
has always conquered, not because it
has been true and the other false. but
because men find it possible, as the
world grows older, to interpret the
same spiritual experiences in more ex-
act and scientific language. 1t would
be strange if a man of three score and
ten could not give a clearer and more
Ineligible account of his religious ex-
perienees than he could have given as
a boy of fifteen. And would it not be
strange if the church of the twentieth
century could not state It's faith In
| terms of exaeter meaning and strict
er scientific import than the church
that witnessed the ministrations Of the
Apostle Paul?
,rr coGS1ILI,L1E n SOCIAL REDEMP-
| LION" BY Melvin L. Severy, author of
| 'Fleur De Lis The barrow Enigma
etc. with illustrations and index NH
| llshed BY Herbert B. Turner e. CO. Bos-
| ton; $3.50; at all book stores
| This Is an extensive promenade sintc
various social conditions which are
Worldwide in character existing TO-DAY
and is rather promise &c Something Il
| ecme than of remedies for evils need.
| Ing attention. Mr.. Severy is a sort OF
forerunner of the liberator who is an
| nornced as King G. Gillette, and Mr.
| Gillette is to unfold the plan which is
! to convert this world into a grand
Utopia. Not that Mr.. severy's book il
devoid Of attention. On the contrary II
Is full Of thoughtful, serious sugges4
| lions. The book Is dedicated to "All
those who, lighted by the first dawning
rays of the newly risen social sense,
have renowned the red ethics of the
competitive jungle and begun their mi
grafton from seldom to 'Otherdom."
The book is not intended to be read
censecutively from cover to cover. It is
largely composed of quotations in the
interest of truth and public enlighten-
ment to determine which with as much
accuracy as possible, just, what are
those present conditions which call
most loudly for Immediate treatment. In
the opinion of the author, things are
rapidly approaching a pass when some
thing must and will be done and this
work was penned In the belief that ii
will form a substantial basis for one OF
the greatest social changes ever known
While many will consider the trend Of
the work to be pessimistfe the author
vouches for its truth and asks for care.
| full consideration for the Gillette sys-
tenn of redemption from present con.
ditions. ws
Literary polish and delicate graces OF
composition which fascinate the reader
have been sacrificed in an effort to pre.
sent the views of many authorities In
their own language, necessitated a
somewhat disconnected work which
justifies itself in the wide range OF
views obtained
1t grows upon the reader as one pro.
ceeds in the task of digesting and as.
] similating the 1888 pages of the volume
that this world is very sinful place
The larger part of the book is made vi
Of extracts from writer's who have de-
seribed the wretchedness of the very
poor, the wickedness of the wicked
rich and the brutalities of the stron.
against the weak. In short the symp
toms and manifestations of the disease
which calls for the curative measures o,
Mr.. Gillette are set forth in large meas
ure. There are lengthy quotations from
Thomas Lawson and Upton Sinclair
from newspaper editorials, newspape
verse, magazine articles and publ,
speeches. There are texts for each
chapter in quotations from Beaumon
and Fletcher, Thomas Carlyle. Johr
Stuart Mill, Bishop Potter, Bliss Car
men and Wallace Irwin. To emphasize
the conditions that call for reform
there are various illustrations, among
which are shown samples of the main
ell and mutilated natives of the Cong
Free State, South Africa, and the appli
cation of the water cure punishment il
the Philippines. For information as tt
the remedy-the Gillette cure-on,
must turn to the rear of the volume t
Appendix A. Here is set forth some ide;
OF the scheme of the new civilization
which Mr.. Gillette is to announce. TIL
scheme differs not very much from MI
BellamY's Choking Backward" schem