The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
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"rhe Inside of tho Cup"

"rhc Inside of the Cup"
BY Winston Churchill The Mac
milan Company. $3.50 net
II is strongly significant OF the trend
of modern thought that two of the
most notable novels of the wear. ~
US Eyes" and The Inside of the Cup
widely different though they are III
conception. treatment and execution.
have the same primary. basic theme
that the whole meaning of life lies in
service to others.
III Winston Churchilrs latest book
this theme is announced and developed
by means OF a profoundly serious and
earnest consideration, in the form OF a
story. o: what the author conccivcs to
he the real mission OF the church on
earth. placing antithetically before the
reader 4 rich and powerful congreCa-
tjon, exalted socially and materially,
but decadent morally and spiritually,
and the ideals OF men and women
whose hearts and souls are fred ly
The lofty belief in remuneration and
service
If The subject of this book Of more
than 500 pages may be described m a
phrase. il Is this: the conflict waSod
between those who believe that the
church has no right to meddle outside
of her sphere. TO dictate TO politics ard
business" and those who labor with
the end in view 'of reviving the church
rs burning. vital factor in the life
OF tho community" And 10 narrow
it still further il is 4 plea for Chris
ton socialism,.
II does not require the explanation
contained in MI. Churchilrs afterword
20 convince the reader that the book
was written after deep thought and
as an expression of personal belief
The earnestness. the fervor, that in
spired the author arc apparent through
out, and the unity and freedom of
which he speaks so hopefully are not
Pigments of n fiction writer's magma
ton. but conceptions OF A thinkers
brain looking forward and upward TO
that new earth when generation after
generation would labor With untlagging
zeal until the last sculptured fragment
Of the new Cathedral-the new Ca
thedral Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS upward
toward the blue vault of heaven"
Although, as story. The Inside OF
the Cup is thoroughly coherent OF
course, and interesting reading merely
as story. even as romance-since
Mr. Churchill has not failed to weave
into il the love Of a very real man
for maid--its author has found il
necessary or advisable. in order TO
eXpound the more fully his opinions. to
make his John the aptist-appropriat
ing Henry Sydnor Harrison's symbol
ism-speak at great length. both from
the pulpit and i'm conversation, in sup
port of his teachings.
In fact, from the standpoint of the
story-reader these arguments impede III e
marching of the story. though they
undoubtedly illumine its progress. 10
such an extent that they frequently
convert the hook from novel into a
discussion Of purely religious nature.
II viii be charged. and with much
truth, that. in order 10 make his appeal
stronger. Mr.. Churchill has eXaggerat-
ed made too common. the character
ist!cs Of the church. or rather OF the
congregation. which he has chosen as
the tent from which his Baptist cries
On the other hand, IL will be admitted
even by those who charge eXageera
ton that individual cases from wnict
his types are chosen are not altogether
rare in any church or congregation and
these characters he has drawn with his
accustomed skill. that they arc
readily rccog niZable.
Certainly the book will be taken
seriously by those who read il careful
" and look beneath the story into the
depths OF its purpose. whether they
agree with either of the two extreme
views or comfortably lounge between
the two.
1t will not interest those agains,
whom il is most pointedly aimed. and
of whom IL was said. in the denuncia
ton from which the title is construct.
ed, Woe unto YOU, scribes and Phari.
sees, hypocrtes, for ye make clean the
OUTSIDE OF the cup