The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-08
II Relation PrOprcssiye.

IL Religion Progressive.
The entire change OF discipline and
the new standards that have entered
into conception Of Christianity in
the course of the nineteenth century
are analysed in / CcnturU'S change in
Religion. 10y the Rev. GEORGE HARRIS
OHoughton Miiilin Company. DIR.
Harris was graduated from Andover
Theological Seminary In 1869 II for
nearly half "A century his slime has been
filed will the teaching and studying
of Christian theology. For nearly
twenty years he was professor of
theology AT Andover. whence he went
10 Amherst as it's president, and for
many years he was one of the editors
of the AHdorcr Rcri.tr.
The present volume makes a cur
sorry review of the theological teach
ings and discipline of a century ago
In this country. In no other country
AT that time was religion 50 dominat-
ing IN influence and prepOseSsiOn.
The Pilgrim Fathers them
selves not "a trading but a religious
company. They We're a religious com
pany that had certainly not imhibed
the sane teaching of Thomas a KEN
pis hat he who had heard the cter-
nal voice vas delivered from his pm
ions. 1t was AN age Of defined ana
often cruel theological opinions. The
Pilgrims had derived from the West
minister Confession and Shorter Cate
chism a we'll outlined scheme of saliva
ton. II began with the cheering an
nouncement that all men We're de-
d tlra vol Sinnnl IN Adam and foil Nkith
him. The consequence of his sin was
everlasting damnation. Nothing man
could do would save him from this
punishment inherited from his first
ancestor. The Almighty. who was
three persons in one God. Father. Son
and Holy Spirit. had out Of His mere
good pleasure tdid this stand for the
cap-icious will of SChopenhauer?)
taken pity upon some sinners and
elected them 10 everlasting life. de-
liverinG them out OF n state of sin
and misery and bringing them II
n state of salvation through the Re
deemer. Christ was looked upon not
as "a sacrifice To human ignorance
and brutality but "A sacrifice to divine
justice for the reconciliation Of an
angry Coo in His W creation for
which He should have lepn held re-
sponsible.
Each Christian was obliged To go
throurh an cxperieucc of conversion.
~reper,ance. faith iusfluco,ion and
.,~rc,inc,tiou bornrn no cnuil hone IN
flee from tho wrath of tho terribly
wicked God mon had invented
Cnitarianism. with its influx of
Eastern iloos its uillnass and ANNA
ihiIi,v mus, have h.on A, mos, agree
ohio raf,,re from tho avfulpess az
tho preshvt.r,,, ana ~C,n,,.g,,ior,l
churches Somavb,, suncrtcio, as IN
ma,nubysics aud ,oua,rr tovord eos,.
nl.,s,r,r.ss in tic ,b.ory ~ leo 4,
was yet eminep,,v rigb, in emnhn-
.iz,r, ia, worth an, r,,,,o.s -, mo,
and III. humanity n, chris, wbe,ber
ar M, I,ui,,riarism besnoko a certain
,b,sica, o,m,,ia 4, Il. .,ar1 % s,y
p,rb,ns tho Now t,npInnd neonl. ma,
,os, ,bo ~.,urdip.ss which ds,i,bted
in an angry and venreful God and al.
49,, i,nross;bi,. h,,,rd,,. .cbor,a -,
s,ly,tinn
A, nv ro,o tho ,ni,h,o roli,;o,
vop an, aud in 1Soo ,h.ra uoro ons
hurdred and hftv Unitarian churches
in N,s.,cbusa,, alone
TIE south which had Inherited ,be
} Church ar ENGLAND was snored IN,
~cruo,,y -, coIvinisu ana had M mood
: az ,b. Unitarian revuls,ou from Il,
SuroIv mr. Harris l.. entiralv vrono
| in .rr,kiuy of IN. southern S,,,cs -.
.n,iLlv prcshv,er,,p yirriri, an,
, south c,rn,in, ver, solidIv church ~,
> Epol,nd and tho he,,er social c,nsso,
, ~,hr,urhon, tho Snu,h v.rc L,uis,ou,.
. liam This is an imnor,,nt factor /,
| ,h, d-,vclnrmen, ana cr,stouizn,ior
of tha sn,,,hcrn character and IN,
I miss,at,mcu, hy the outhor il so.
| rinuy
Tho p,rson,l discinliuo of the puri
tons vns No loss bo rh,rous than ,hei,
: creed and pr Harris notes tina, lame,
\y,t, in Is,s was nuhIicI,. ranroyo,
3 for writing a business note on In,
Iord,s dov hernr, sundovn. tina,
cant, Kcmhlc in 1886 sat for two hour,