New-York tribune., 1909-07-26
n0cTRINE A NECESSITY
,ncHBISH0P RYAN TALKS
r,,rs against Nee ReEg'o" as
4draneed by DR.. Eliot.
rPv telegraph to The Tribune,

i Trlx- s-Archbishop Ryan oI me
o.,oI,c diocese Of Philadelphia was 1She
Ronsh - rs views concerning the susses'4o'i
io-a1. 1e1;eion founded on h'iillai'-'l' 90
new 5erssi7ent Emeritus Charles w Elo' %
,1srya-d UniYersl'!' chic eo-ca1Ied new re-
! nae ".,;+,rianisul. said Archbishop Ryan
rgon O. ,,arftarian theories Of inldel PM
The +rsed melted in the sunshine IKE 'l-7
psoplD '-s ~ the Athenian artist france Sam
FsEeh ps 80 harbarisrn in the Reign OF terror
fi' - lesson 10 p0sterity or me esseH'i'' N0-'
lhis 3 CHRISTIANITY and true ciFlhEauoA'
81 >, the most fatal and oeInol a4--iiie ~
OH his country is this attempted sepdia a'io'
s1iolis ms. 4-or7 doctrinal teaching. Doctrines are
no &C, e. foundation to the whole edihce OF
s lhe .,rios and with them that ediflce must
ChlIs''o- .-,ble into ruins. What underhes the
Hanu - childhood hut the doctrine that lhe
FalF ~, Immortal soul2 Abolish this. look al
rlA1 r.. only in the lgt Of its utility 10 lhe
TIE -, - soo- infanticide VIII commence again.
ga ,.fo-,as children VIII be put TO dea1h Wheh
. sbsH have lost the tenderness WHICH >'''-9
- has preduced and fostered-
ut-9 ;. she great motives Of human action
LooA g.. -o,nr man contending with fearful
ben'H0 ---estli1r with some midday demon
tsnlF.o--s, tsnlF,.,-s rr5nsed is certain and aIlurins
1.o 1ns yrbis2ers il his ear: Fear COD hslen 10
rsclsnce; y7u know that 10 yield IS wrong
sV"' - -te punishment which God mas threat
remember the heaven you renouhce H. You
sls. - the hell whose punishment You deserve
yea S' .,4s warning is based on doctrine oniy
Nv Non = = his ear: There Is no he'll. God Is N
- ~ takes no coEulzance or human t-o o--oil
srks down me b-s7'
~ r-sst motive.
US sa-7s one may say that It. is utterly impos-
- 70 sbould 20 back 10 the paEarllsn from
e4h christianity has liberated US there Is no
80 of our going back 10 the pdEAil-s-h --o-
- r,,-fstisnitv has liberated Is Aet one mus
..-sober that human nature Is always lAe 'Sa'ile'
-h.- more culture VIII not save Us. We nave
an nor as great poets as Horace and Virgil
U nor as great orators as Cicero; no greater
y - ,+side Of Christianity than Seneca, and
- ~ could not save society from the clFi-izeG
bsrbarisla Of pagaaislll-
ars ur1sr remember that though the new re-lg-
T.. ~ tbe future Of which some men dream may
- ba called paganisrr, II is pagansrn under an
4s- name he occasionally hear & this religion
Il humanity What Is this but paganisIn which
sssx al that is true and beautiful and good with
N tbs1 Is vie in cur nature. and calls -hese things
: vs-,o,,s names the deities OF Its religion II
~ o,e whispered 10 the infjeI philosophers of
r-os vro sought The destruction GO the Christian
-slzi7n thai the day would come when hey would
/ SD themselves worsLippins At pagan altar they
1s nzve smiled IN de-ison- But false principles
r,r. act themselves out into institutions Man Is
rsirious being II he worship not God he viii
ro-sAln himself. Deny the doctrines Of faith and
vor .rr % XII Christianity and establish some form
Tsgsrism
u, the name OF our Christian civilization, /,
...son of the Christian Church. lift up my voice
!, zs-n YOU that the popular modern system 81
,sscng morality. without the doctrines that motive
-hs-ber that system be called Christian ethics
n r1oral instruction or unsectarian teaching. Is
uv7ne the very foundation of Christianity and
Cbarisn civilization"