The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06
GOGDwIS SMITHS STORY or HIS
LIFE tr ONYORD.
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The Nrars % Tutsrxhip. n ten heeoiiee.
lions Of Dean STANLEY, Professor
Iewest. Mark pAttison and asshers.

The trafs of Tuforxhip, " ten nee0llee
tious Of Dean STANLEY. Professel
Je~est. Nsrk Pattissn and D'h~rs
My life during the years that followes
lisiIl was rather a medley. Was foI
a time tutor AZ University College. Wa
assistant sec rotary To the royal commits
sion OF inquiry into the University % OK
/ ford. and secretary To- the Parliamentary
commission Of reform which followed 10
tried the study OF Law for 4 time in Lon
don. bat found that the profession would
be beyond NV strength: fell back on the
university and became r-gius professor
Of modern history; during my tenure OF
which Office ! was a member Of the Ma
/ tIonal Education Commission.
/ Fellows at colleges were then all unmar
ried and lived in college: s'lch OF them Ar
were in orders waiting for college livinx-.
We dinsd together in hall. and after dinner
had our chat around the fire in common
ro"m. The Common room at University
was that n which johnson had often been
a guest over its mantslpiece stood IN.
bust OF Alfred. our Legendary founder. by
Bacon. a copy Of which now stands IN the
hall devoted to liberal studies at Cornell.
Living among our pupils We saw good dea
of them. The marriage OF fellows and their
residence out OF college must have greatly
loos.ned the old ties. This il a pity; but
the change was necessary To- secure tea chers
permanently devoted 10 their call ing. which
tn. cslibate fellows and tutors Of former
DAYS could not he
There is. I believe little difficulty in
mana ging Young English gentlemen. il
! they trust Won and know that YOU respect
their feelings They Will bear reproof
when they ARE conscious that /, IL deserved
and aIbmit TO all that il really necessary
20 the enforcement Of law. Sarcasm
which hurts their self-re-pect. mistrust
II their word and honor. or espionage
they will not bear. OF course. il 10 neces-
ssry 70 remember that bows are boys and
while you hold the re'ns firmly not to be
always pulling AZ the horses mouth.
Tricks were sometimes PLAYED on the
dons, the authors ~ which. II YOU were
wise, you were not over anxious 10 dis
cover. From the haL.nR which IS the
strange opprobriim 81 American colleges
We were almost entirely free Once an
unpopular student Of our college was
hazed The college officer who mad TO
deal with m. case said IN ef.~- Boys will
be boys and II yotr plav prdnks on me or
INV colleagues Won will b- punished il
We are - nnlucky as 10 catch you: but We
are not ins,Ilted Your fellow student. IL
YOU naltrest him. - inSulted. We ar.
tn. iarciian- Of the honor and feel ing-
Of everybod under this roof ana We
mean TO fulfil our trust one appeal TO
good feeling was enough.
As tutor ot University I stepped into
the place of Arthur Psnrhyn Stanley
whose name. in those days great and to
High Churrhmen terrible. - now almost
forgotten. while the progress 81 the higher
criticism has left IN. most da ring Of his
heresie- far behind
Stanlays influence as a theologIan and
a religious philosopher never very great
apart from me charm Of his personal
character. has ceased Has best works
are his Life " Arnold his historical
lectures and his Sinai and Palestine :
. The work last mentioned called forth
his utmost enthusiasm and gave the
frIlles. scope for rhe display OF his special
GIft. the historical picturesque In the
lectures on the Eastern Church b. shows
hi- ardent historical sympathle his
power Of delinestinz historical character
| ms comprehensiveness Of view. and the
picturesque vivacrv 81 his style His
lectures on the Jewish Church lack a
cr.;:ca, basis and strictness Of critical
treatment altogether The lecturer too
often escapes from critical difficulty
into preaching To account for the
subsistence Of the Israelites during forty
years in the wilderness. with the man! mum
Of miracle he labor- to make ont that
the desert NAV once have been less barren:
a desperate hypothesis 4 carried 10 the
necessary extent. The historian who
tries 20 SIT between the two stools miracle
and myth comes 70 the ground. The
case is even wor~e when the lecturer has
to deal with tn. moral difficulties. such
a. the massacre Of the Canaanite-. the
shaving 81 Sisera. and Davids death bed
legacy Of vengeance
Stanley was wanting in the power OF strict
and patient investigation. in the critical
faculty in force 70 grasp. almost IN desire
If grasping positive and definite truth He
could Scarcely even understand IN. mead Of
positive and definite truth felt by ordinary
natures which had no golden cloud Of his
toricai sympathy and religious eclectici-,n
| IN which 20 foet. Hence he ovsrrated the
efficacy Of the oil which in truly svangel-
/ ical spirit II. poured upon the troubled
waters He says that che writer Of Genesis
| did not mean 20 teach rs geology but only
the relation of man 10. his Creator The
writer Of Genesis. however. did teach ia
geology. AZ least nosmogony. and his apollo
gusts are driven 10 saving in effect 'ha, the
Creator. in debating an account Of His own
work. though not scientifically right was
! cry nearly right ard almost ant icipa,ed the
neb,Ilar hypothesis. II might be asked. too
| vhet her ms Great ION Of Adam and Eve doe<
not concern IN. rsiat ion Of man 10 the Gre
ator.
| Stanley's theory Of Church and State
was derived not So much from Hooker
TO whom his biograph.r ascribes il. a.
from Arnold. who again seems 10 have
derived II from the Greek commonwealth
the study OF which was his delight. Ar
mold failed 20 observe that though rh.
A,hsnlan commonwealth had Stat.
! llgion 20 when Socrates sacrificed rh,
r.l glon of Socrates was outside tina, Of
the Stat. and brought him TO martyr =
doom. Stanley. like Arnold. desired hat
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