El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-29

, of religion in the struggles of the
| past and they desire il to become a
| vital force today These men are
anxious to attend and join the fellow
ship of any church which teaches a
doctrine compatible with modern
! thought and interprets doctrines for
! present day living.
These men have given thought to
/ the great religious problems of the
day and the result of that thought is
best expressed in the words of Robert
Elsemere-'I can believe no longer
in an incarnation and resurrection;
. Christ is risen in our hearts and in
the Christian life of charity. Miracle
IS natural product of human feeling
and imagination God was in Jesus,
prominently, as he is in all great
souls but not otherwise, not other
wise IN kind than he is in me and
you"
And here is no objection to true re-
igion, here is not a word of fault
planted in every human breast. Here
IS objection to the accretions of the
ages, TO theology which assumes the
form of religion, but cannot take its
place, here is objection to Greek and
Roman mythology which was substi-
tuted for the pure faith as it pursued
its victorious course in the early
Christian centuries.
Recognition of Human Principle.
Here is simply a recognition Of the
human principle of compromise and
not a denial Of the divine principle of
eternal truth For the unbiased stu
dent OF the early Christian centuries
soon recognizes the many COmprC-
misses Christianity was forced to make
In its conquest of heather nations and
at the same time realizes the pure
gold of faith so covered by the dross
OF heathenlSm that 1t can no longer
be recognized Each sect emphasizes
some particular dogma or doctrine
ana -torgets the sublime setting Of
which this dogma or doctrine is sim
ply a single stone To use a German
proverb, 'One cannot see the woods
on account of the trees"
Modern Unrest Seeks Relief.
But modern religious unrest is not
exclusively destructive. It does not
seek to tear down the fabric of re-
hgious faith: it does seek to put the
foundation it finds in Individual Re
spOnsibility' and in Personality" It
declares the day past when men
gather in magnificent churches hear
splendid choirs intOne the prisons and
a gifted preacher declaim in sweet
cadences the sublimity of ancient dog
mas, the necessity Of remaining true
to these but not daring to say word
about the bitter cry of the children:
the need of better housing conditions
for the poor; the demand for pure
milk for growing infants, and afraid
TO denounce the partnership of wealth
from property used for immoral pur-
poses.
Present day religious unrest de-
clares the living generation has a
responsibility for the future which it
dare not shirk, a responsibility for
the desease which carries away in
nocent victims who have no redress a
responsibility to God for supplying a
living wage and healthy living con-
ditiOns for every one willing to work
And II believes these things are not
the dreams of idle dreamers. but pos
sibilities here and now, it believes the
agitation of these needs by great per-
sonalities will bring them about no
matter how much politicians might
plot against them and declare all we'll
The advance of the world has not
been brought about slavishly follow
ing the past but by superb person
allties, who were termed heretics and
lnfldels, who suffered torture and
lgnominy, who were scoffed and
scorned but whose teachings have lived
to put to shame their prosecutors.