Evening star., 1925-05-04

/ epigram that have done much 10 make
| his name internationally familiar" in
a discussion by the Springfield Union.
! He is refreshingly sound on some
! topics" states the Union, obviously
| unsound and superficial on others, an
artful dodger and again bold sooth-
sayer. He believes that the American
| Constitution and the British Empire
represent the two greatest accomplish
! ments of all history, and yet has
| crisply remarked that the voice of the
/ people is the voice of a parrot. A
colorful, vital personality, with a great
| deal to say worth the saying, he is as
| sured of the most cordial welcome
| here"
The New York Times estimate is
| that the dean is the most stim-
ulating and perhaps the most
powerful preacher of his time
| The source of his gloomy" title
| is sought by the Knoxville Senti-
mel, which then explains: He gets
! his nickname, we are told. from his
| favorite theme of the downtrodden
middle classes Of the United Kingdom.
| The dean can scarcely be so gloomy
as he is painted since he makes such
| brave efforts at cheerfulness and hu-
NOR"
''He is a kind of second Theodore
| Roosevelt" suggests the Pittsburgh
| Sun, with his almost unique capacity
| for keeping his eyes fixed on things
| idealistic while his feet dig up the
! sod of reality" Plato's place in the
| philosophy of the great churchman
! interests the Erie Dispatch Herald.
1T is rather interesting" that paper
| says, Ito hear one of the great
| churchmen of the world quote Plato
| as to the eternal values of life. When
| asked what side he took in the bat
! tie between the liberals and the funda-
mentalists, he replied: L am a fol
lower of Plato. His values are eternal
| Then when he was asked what the
| values of Plato were, he answered:
| Goodness, truth and beauty He not
only said what he believed WIS true
| but what thinking men in all ages
of the world have believed" The
Tulsa Tribune credits the dean with a
spirit of droll satire when sur
| rounded by interviewers. and thus he
managed to parry making a direct
answer to many perpleXing questions
| which the reporters hurled at him.
| The Tribune believes he gave the
New York press platoon 'the trim
ming of the year"
The deans statement at the Yale
| Divinity School that preachers, If
they are applauded, are as happy as
| if they obtained a kingdom, and it
is this that ruins churches" is taken
up by the Indianapolis Star, which
believes that he impaired sound ad-
vice which might be needed by some
veterans of the pulpit as we'll as those
who are still students of theology"
The Youngstown Vindicator is in
| spired to remark: "And so, it seems.
English preachers are very like those
much nearer home" The Sioux CITY
Journal adds: IF there is ANYTHING
in Dean Inge's indictment, it is a plea
for greater sincerity and higher cour-
age not alone in the pulpit, but also
in the pew. 1t is a question whether
SINCERITY and courage are not more
| needed in the pew than in the pulpit
| Certainly if there We're less fear of
| the truth in the pew, there would be
less hesitancy in the pulpit and less
reliance upon beautiful intonations
and fine phrases. The Detroit Free
Press finds that "eloquence too often
substitutes in the pulpit for real power
and earneStneSS."