Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1914-03-21


dom of all sorts Never in the his.
tory of the world was the freedom of
III" child so curtuilad a. IL has been
found. not in one instance. nor in u
hundred instances. but In thousands
OF instances in the big institutions all
over our country, Whcr" children are
herdcd into the sweatShOps and made
slaves OF under the oy" of democracy
and in the light of science. owing
to this freedom Of all sorts divorce
has mad. rapid strides. particularly
in our own country. and We have be-
come the laughing stock Of civilized
nations. Owing To this freedom of all
sorts boosted of by the President
Emeritus. immortality and crime have
step by step KEEP; rapid pace, until
today In our own country, ~ we'll a.
elsewhere. bu, most particularly In
our own country. under the eye of de-
mocracy and In the light OF science.
those whose minds are wide awake
and who hav" come out of their shell
of proNincialism, s,anu appalled, and
tremblc with fear al the awful cOnse.
pucnc"s.
The last iiity years have wit.
messed says Eliot. more progress
toward the realization OF the brother
hood of man than all the preceding
centuries OF the Christian era. This
progress Is seen In the widespread In.
terest In all the means Of improving
the moral and physical health of all
classes of the community. In the bet.
ter distribution Of i'he products Of
faithful industry. In the ethics of all
business. large and small productive
and distributiyr, and IN the purpose
To give the entire people Il sound and
effective education. 4 sympathetic,
mercful and DISTINGUISHED regard for
the less fortunate members OF the
race, carried into action and affecting
politics, government and industries.
has characterized all the progressive
people in Europe and America during
the last atty years. whatever their
form OF government and promises To
bring in n new era Of peace and good
viii $50.
The facts in the case, taken from
statistics and the united protest of
the millions IN Europe and America,
that are poorly housed, poorly fed
and poorly clothed, give the lie to
Eliot's babbling. The incrcas" in
crime amongst tn" high and the low
the ever'incrcasing pauperism of the
| day amongst the poor, all 20 To show
| that the vain attempts of modern
sociology without religion and the in.
| spiration given by religion are utterly
pOwcrless for the stemming Of the
| tide that threatens the political as
well as the social life OF nations,
YOU perceive he concludes. that
! have been giving YOU reasons for
| the belief that the form Of Chris
| tianity most likely to be accepted wide
| ~ in the generations tn come is eN'
pressed in the formula The father
hood of God, the brotherhood OF man,
and the leadership OF Jesus This Is
II form of Christianity which prefers
| liberty to authority: sees neither del
| ties nor demons in the forces and
| processes of nature: deities no human
beings is not propitatory. sacriticial,
or eXpiatOry, relieves man from IRA
tional terrors, relies on reason and
hope; has m nisters and pastors, but
no mediatorial priests; recognizes and
resists sins, wrongs and evils; and
looks death in the face; but dwells
chiefly on goodness, life and love,
What rot, God with Eliot is not q
personal being, Christ Is not God =
Son any more than you or !. Whence
then does he draw his formula, The
fatherhoOd OF God. the brotherhood of
man, and the leadership OF Jesus?
How can Christianity prefer liberty tC
authority when it has always and will
always teach that liberty and au
thOrity are not inconsistent with each
other, that the only safeguard of lib
erty is authority, and that without au
thOrity there Is or can be no liberty
Is not this last dribble but denia
of the goodness OF the FatherhOod O
God and the Redemption by Christ?
In conclusion, let us say to the doc
tor with the immortal BrOwnsOn, al
one time u Unitarian, in his appea
to his friend, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thou art a man, with warm, gush
ing human heart, and vast made Il
love and adore, Say Get behind me
SATAN to the vain philOsophiZini
thou hast INDUCED; have the courage
to say thou hast been wrong; opel
thy heart to the light of heaven as tn,
sunfiower opens her bosom to tn,
genial rays OF the sun, and thy spiri
will be free, thy genius will no longe
be imprisoned, and thy heart will fin,
what it signs after, and wall nj
! more"