Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-01
AS ONE WOMAN SEES .I'T
Girls Of the Day Before Yesterday
Appear to Have included Courses
Of Theological Lectures In Their
Lists Of Social Functions
by SARAH d. LOWRlE

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BY SARAH d. LOWRlE
"Ho 'oslns ovel "o"o" "" '..ss -
= book not long ago ana l we emuSeI "
nnd among ner dance psoHTams. CgssS
commehcvment Souvenirs anu .n. Wy :ss..s,s =
}etsam OK three or four sessons s,n.,..i oIs
lecture prosram of course OF snso!cf,cc. sa
iectntes sven oy lrinceton pr0tes5or rcas.S rcG.
N rhiiadelphia on the 'Contesslon ot Ssitn
Oh thc frespytefian Ueh0mlnnuon.
., II seemed 9dd; IN the lisns oi tnS ps'sus: Ns:
;ny, Una. any erI OF eisn.een . ScI.o nss ~ ..ssrS
!ntereyteu enousn IN sucn suDyectvS y" ss s..sI.
tnose iectures ana 70 preserve tne sy"opslS
among the other mementocs OF ber Sooo
times. ,.
.I yng useureu me tna' sne was "ys sns @ O.N AZ
s, ss.h,u ,nSt'. ana tnati morecver' ,..S was nS I
thing to go to them tnat winter, eno
among Prcsbyterians especially the SERIOUS ou
Ss,n, s1ar esens ne .nat Sounteo: sooe"oa' - '"'
rr,%ay 1My soncerts count now. A.. T..
spitsat,,on OF the scriptures, tne tneo,o.lcs. .!
theory reeord;nr e tbe GodSeod. the ' ssera. .
ments. fra nfonement moral ohiixntions.
i-nortbodo~v mn. h.,,.r.d "a \. an .,,s,
and to be jn;lseJ md convicted and con.
demned. Orthndo.v wo. bcl;cvcS "a no more
firmly sstshiisIsd fhan ever. and it, cham.
Mons we're the nnnmiar and much .iauded
leaders Of thought.
RARQpHod
the bulwark Of orthodos tbeoioey' irst be.
cause be had most s,,ccessf,iiv routed =
fellow theoioeian who was deemed viru.
ion.,, ,,.e..Ss "M.y VIZ waS H.
spiraton % Of tSs Scr;ntmres @ s%'u "t nvhiic ,risl
for beresy ; second. because he was not only
learned in ali that toncSeJ on nbiiosonS;cai
and theolosicai religion. hnt no wns also
immcnselv ant NJ tnrn;nv H.. ieorn;nc "a
good account on h;s aide ~ controvarv.
and third, because he was both wittv and
strotoev. onJ Ia.t s III ss .Mm ...iIUa. s
Princeton ijn;vsrs,ty nj. ror,Siv nosit,on
was nm asset Tor wSntcver Ida he choss "a
advocate.
In fact, the name Of DR.. Francis Patton.
of Princeton. was n rrest name 10 coniure
among men and women Of a rcsnonsible sort
ported Protestapt doctrines Of strict theo.
logical orthodoxy.
n T THAT time It was enough TO say Of q
"A doctrine that it was true in order to
true" was the attitude then IN vogue toward
religious ideas. '''
am remembering This. NO I write uifb
considerable ostonishmcnt. bccomse' nova.
days that is not the attitude Of the nnhiic
1t might be said today that II n thin9 Il
important it Is proof that IL must be true.
but tho accent IL is;d aiwovs nn tbo i'm
portance. A great many true things arc not
impOrtant--to this M nrticuiuar ,lnv and v.n.
Grafton.
was more than ever aware ~ that ,vhsn
I listened the other evcnino IN tint same
DR., Francis Patton ,lei;v.r;nv ,m~ch ,he
same lecture that he had given nerhans
persons in one of the downtown Preshyternn
churches Of this city under the auspices o.
tne leading Presbyterians OF today in this
vicinity.
lie was just as brilliant as he ever was,
just as quick at taking advantage Of lapse
IN his adversary. just as learned in bis sub.
Ject ana as facile In making its difficulties
apparently simple. But there were no
mostly well over fifty.
THE subject under discussion was the
i oriein Of tho consciorcs or n. nr Dot
ton put it, the origins of The sense ~ moroi
obligation in mon '"' '@"'' " '''''"'
Very clcyerly. os vel, nc ver, ,.o-rod,,
and with charming Aosbas ~ om;cL I;,! I".ns;,,!,
tion md been nnnivs;s ,ld tb;s $50. Joa.p,
of theology nlnv with Tho thoo.;as ~ ~
origin Of the conscience from tha ,"r, NJ 'ns 10
and from the days of Dascsrtos 70 thns" .'f
Kant on the Continent: but Who, ''I ho haI -"
inter another on Tho steus of hI prhf,t. bf;,a nHt"
cal theatre, and rs n grand finale suddenly
flushed on the orthodox theory of the in.
herent nature of mans sense OF moral obi.
gat!o" and then had rung down the curtain
on the tablcau-when he had done Mi This
he had not answer ed the real question thnt
the real world outside that church is asking:
Have l u conscience? What does il saw;
'
TT DOES not interest the moderr younc
i m,n or woman what tbo orcha",aa, 800 ~ 40
oonsni"r " y" i"~ ,xho,h"n t"e mrtneooey M OK the
his liver or whether bc pSt il os ho nc 1sts IT,
h, s ~ y" g.. '.,hn. nc soa as nc gers
~ Fnnnh H. ;o;t;ns We ., ne was porn Win 1t
~ .r",r n h;w, ILL., r"ms' %ms" W Sot mere, OF
h;,S ,,h;nh n', o.nn In Avtp'. Mhnt concerns
MN WIN @ umons tne many voices that
,i"a.io speuH " % nn'n - <Tnsc,emce: ana whm OBJ
ltsu;.'',' s;. Ill.,, "'.onk .ne nunS that seem to
ciaam nt,n ~ .ns "ost S,,, mora! ana what Is
niS,.' lneanS W n'tu' uuy 70 uoa' DUTY to
ones own prediction? And il there IA a