The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-09-26

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we need in these days of So much
hurry and hustle is more quiet gen,
uine thinking on the things set
forth in this creed.
The second fact to notice in this
creed is it's comprehensiveness. Its
breadth is seen in the different
sources of inspiration 1t contem-
plates. 1t regards all life as Christian.
So then, all that is lofty in literature,
all that is beautiful in art, all that
is sweet in music, all that is true
in science, all that is just in gov
eminent, is part of our faith. The
breadth of this creed is also seen
in the variety of growth it permits
and encourages. The church is
not a huge machine, turning out all
its product after the same fashion,
like so many bricks out of mold.
The church is a garden where souls,
like plants, may grow by the forces
within them, and the influences
about them, to what God intended
they should be.
The third fact that impresses Us
in this creed is it's permanence. It
is fundamental in its character and
is. not affected by critical thought or
scientific Investigation. So when
the hide-bound creeds of narrow
minded men are gone forever, this
creed Of St, Paul's will still remain
There is something here for those
who have drifted away from the old
forms of faith. II you have thought
of God as wrathful and vindictive
being, think of Him now as one
whose very name and nature is love.
Think OF Him as being in all that
is strong and noble and beautiful
in human character, Every noble
life, is miniature of God. A young
lady once came to DR.. Lyman Abbott
for, religious advice. DR.. Abbott
asked her.: do you wish to be
like Christi" She hesitated, and
then replied: 81 do not know. |
wish to be like my~mother.". The
great thinker and preacher replied:
MY child, your answer is better
than my question:" There is also
something here for. those who have
drifted away from all religion. What
if you do no longer recognize the
, external standards of morality and
religion, there is still a standard Of
conduct in your own heart. You
know right from. wrong; you know
what is expected from manhood and
womanhood. And so, God or no
God, souls or no soul, heaven or
no heaven, hell or no hell, it is yet
J better to follow after the pure and
lovely and true and just. 1t is better
to be a good man than a bad. one
better to be honest than dishonest,
better to be clean than foul. ~
81 might have much to say of
the psychological effect of the sort
of thinking advised by st. Paul. But
/ am sure you have discovered this
for yourself. Suffice it to say, here
is all tire Christian Science, or New
Thought any one needs And it has
been long ages before Mrs. Eddy or
any other teacher of new tangled
was born Let US use. it; let us
think on these things"
+ Fa.
! Comments on Winston Churchill's
new book, 1.-THE Inside of the Cup
by Rev. P. K Edwards, rector of st
Johns Episcopal church. The book
has been severely criticized as an at
tack on the church. 1t Is not al
all of that nature. 1t is an attempt
by a churchman, to point the way
out of some of the difficulties of to
day. While it criticizes many things
about modern Christianity it is full
of loyalty to the church and real
living faith in Jesus Christ.
/ 1t takes the stand that there are
two causes that he lacks of the fact
that the church has not greater
hold upon the Masses, and thai
more men do not go to church.
First, that the church has com
promised with the world in that she
has not insisted upon the ethics Of
Jesus being applied to the business
and Industrial life of the world
There are too many men in the
church, who lie and steal and OPP
press their fellow men in the name
Of business and do not see the wick
edness of it. This makes Christian
ity seem unreal and inconsequentia
to the world ~
| There is truth in that charge ant
it is one of the faults of our modern
Christianity. A man who calls himself
a Christian and yet breaks the eighth
; commandment is as much of hypo
! crit as the man who commits murdel
or adultery and still claims to be {
s. Christian The work before \ the
church of today is to bring the eco
nomic life of the nation under the
influence of Jesus Christ.
I The second cause the book point.
out. to be. the fact that the church
demands a belief in doctrines ans
dogmas contrary to reason There
, have been times and places whers
there has been too much emphasi:
upon doctrines and dogma. But a:
i the creeds are used today they arr
aids to an intelligent faith rather
than letters to the reason. Thu
church has. a definite gospel to- pro
claim. A creedless Christianity i:
an impossibility. The so-called lib
eral churches are not accomplishing
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