The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-06

a loyal citizen of n state whose laws
and constitution he secs to need re-
vision" one factor in the situation
HE seems to he overlooked. how
ever. is the difference between the
clergyman as an officer in the church
and the individual member: such a
difference as there Is in political life
between the citizen and the office
holder sworn not only to obey but
to enforce the laws. You may
bring the officer down to the level of
the private In the ranks in respect Of
orthodoxy. you may hold the private
to standards equally %exarting with
those OF the officer. or you may grade
the requirements, as the world has al
ways done. IT MAY or may not he
.sophistical to argue hat the creeds
did not produce the church but the
church produced the creeds. the test
Of conduct Is honest conviction That
respectable parsonage the average
man in making choice is apt to feel
that niles he can conform to the
rules Of an organization 1t is no place
for him. Mr.. Bridges does not even
him here at the refuge which his So
ciety offers for the Independents OF
religion, and so establishes for II n
new claim to consideration.
IL IL a great mistake, says the ethi-
cal scientist. to call this an ire
ligious age. II is an age in revolt
against traditional forms hat do not
justify themselves for present fitness;
an homes age Of sincere searching
for right beliefs. Many religious peo-
pie are, wholly without hypocrisy.
mistaken as to their own real creed
paying lip service to "supernaturalism"
they are pragmatists and believe in
the universal rule of natural law.
81 shall probably not" says the au-
thor Just n little self-consCiously. he
called upon to defend myself against
the charge Of theological conserva-
tism.' But he is a very mild radical,
indeed. holding that many social
standards and institutions which to-
day are assailed as obsolete. merely
because they are commonly justified
on supernaturalistic or other unveri-
dab,e nrinciples are really rooted in
tho i~pe,inc,ivo moral u,isdom ~ man
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II authirapIe' Inc heau vi 'ne rum
cal Soclety OF chicago Is eltner an
artistic or a nicely dis
eliminating eclectic. the observation
being ventured in view of his prefa-
tory statement more chivalrous than
logical that what's had in tho hook
10 his what's .pood IL tho socie,y's
Tho nra,cbi,c r,s, % co,,rso no GOOD
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spe'laIlZed preaching mas IL ls rep
resentatiNe character, coming SEMI
officially from the seekers after truth
in the non-miraCulous content Of
ethic.
A cross section shows various views
on relipion morality tho meaning
and nurnosa -, lito.
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Immortality or the spur OF the fear Of
punishment after death.
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ana a hummer OF other "e'r'''me 'ih
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