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August ii, 1909.
DR. ELIOT'S N
On Thursday, July 22nd
mer president of Harvar<
address before a summer s
bridge, in which lie said so
following is the abstract 1
country in the daily paper:
of a new religion, he is repo
u win not be bound by dog
be simple, but its field of acti
be training in the developmen
will attack all forms of evil,
element. It will place no relii
of nature. Prevention will bt
surgeon one of its members.
' The new religion will not
future generation is to be led, 1
there will be no personificatit
fication of remarkable human
"The new religion will not
changed quickly. It will not
death, but with joy and life.
"God will be so immanent
needed. Its nriests will atrivo t
conditions.
"The new religion will not
present ills by the promise of
This so-called "new relig
hew. It is an old worn oil
all needed by man. and a i
human nature and the nat
This is Unitarianism teach
ing its own fruit and gone
the Christian religion, deny
the incarnation, the authc
change of the human hearl
there is no sin, and, therefc
and no divine forgiveness,
need of one. There is the
the phrase?"Xo deificatioi
ings"?It is a scoffer at tl
"TU? ?t:?:? ?in
a nt new icilglUU Will 11C
be changed quickly." All t
of human culture, with fiv<
and "the improvement of i
tions." Before the rise an
of Christ which is encircli
and love and practical her
gram is both sad and silly.
The Unitarianism of Nev
so utterly empty of all tl
seek after religion. If thei
satisfy human conscience a
in the eloquence of Parki
has done his best to pour il
A great company of men
its environment found the
was preached by Dr. Chapi
truth which they needed, tl
hearts responded. It was
It will bear its fruit in lives
happy homes, in good livin
terment of human society
sorrow and neare in death
* - 1 ? * *'
hope of immortality.
Just why the former pre
Unitarianism and his deni;
THE PRESBYTERU
EW RELIGION.
, Dr. Charles W. Eliot, for1
University, delivered an
chool of Theology at Cam>me
surprising things. The
.vhich has gone over the
s. Prophesying the advent
rted as saying:
ma or creed. Its workings will
on limitless. Its discipline will
it of co-operative good-will. It
There will be no supernatural
ance on anything but the laws
> its watchword, and a skilled
be based upon authority; the
lot driven. In the new religion
on of natural objects; no deibeings.
teach that character can be
deal chiefly with sorrow and
that no intermediary will be
o improve social and industrial
attempt to reconcile people to
future compensation."
^ion" is neither religion nor
t rejection of relicrion. as at
confession of reliance upon
ural evolution of the race,
ing its own sec|uence, bearto
seed. It is a rejection of
ing all that is supernatural,
>rity of the word and the
: by grace. In this scheme
re, no place for repentance,
There is no Savior and no
scoffing denial of Christ, in
i of remarkable human bele
grace of God, who says,
>t teach that character can
his is the humanitarian plan
e-foot shelves of old books,
social and industrial condi
ci progress of the Kingdom
ng the globe with its light
?eficence, the Harvard pror
England has never seemed
lose things for which men
re was anything that could
nd human heart to be found
er or Channing, Dr. Eliot
: out, spilled on the ground,
and women in Boston and
Word of God's grace as it
man and his evangelists the
le good news to which their
the Way of Life to them,
pure and sweet,in good and
g among men, and the bet.
It will bring patience in
and comfort in an assured
sident of Harvard, with his
1 of Christianity should be
\N OF THE SOUTH.
asked to the platform of an
ology is an enigma to us.
dom" that is a defiant assaul
sacred and dear to all Christ
Cambridge address can be
with the thought of those w
God, who is "the Light of tht
THE BEST E\
The temptation often com
pone to some occasion when
appreciate it, some specially
prepared. He has labored
theme. He has wrought wel
he has something good to s,
out badly. Not many are at 1
give all that good work to ju
mind to reserve it. He contei
the little company which has
and indefinite thing, "a little
He would better give the be:
this people, to himself, and tc
gation of the faithful few d
ness, the very best he has to
ually of the class to appreci
?Hnf ...? i i 1 '
iiuu nit uiiiiidLcr na.s a naDi
cause they are few in numbe
will soon come to say that t
number of the faithful few
smaller. On the other hand,
them the very best he has, th<
pliment that is in it touches
too, in their hearts and mind:
vertise the fact that the mil
on ev<Mi the had days. The ni
and the minister has his rew;
the appreciation of an incr
hearers.
By giving his best every 1
reputation. He comes to be
all the time. He will not "fa
of the people and of the comr
best every time reacts upon
trim. It enables him to do i
The effort is quickening, eh
vigor of thought, his beauty
illustration, the warmth of 1
speech will all feel the gracit
The best one can give is n
oil for the sanctuary must bt
tuary's sake, no less than for
offered must be without blei
vidual worshipper as for the
dor must be as gracious and
country and its distinctive pi
court as in a great one. T1
hearers are the wage. He r
little company as in the erre;
time the most effective work
reason of smallness of num
hearers with the power and
the gospel. When thus dea
man to man, if his shafts be
may miss the happiest result!
5
Episcopal school of Therhis
is an "academic freet
upon that which is most
:ian churches. Dr. Eliot's
put on the five-foot shelf
ho never knew the Christ
: Wordld."
rERY TIME.
es to the minister to postmore
people will hear and
good work which he has
hard on some interesting
11 upon it. He knows that
ay. But the Sunday turns
the church. He dislikes to
st a few. He makes up his
ids himself with giving to
assembled that very vague
talk." Has he done right?
st lie has. He owes this to
) God. That little congreeserve,
for their faithfulgive
them. They are itsti
f
aic it iiiusi. ii incy nna
t of putting them off, ber,
with "a little talk," they
hey need not go, and the
will gradually grow even
, if they find that he gives
:y feel rewarded; the comthem;
they get real good,
3, and they go away to adnister
does his best work
imbers gradually increase,
ird in a good name and in
eased number of faithful
time the preacher o^ins a
known as up to the mark
11 down" in tViA Actitnof
nunity. And his doing his
himself. It keeps him in
even better the next time,
rvating, stimulating. His
of diction, his aptness
lis heart and the glow of
dus effect.
one too good to give. The
; well beaten for the sancthe
people's. The sacrifice
mish as much for an indimultitude.
The ambassastrong
in representing his
rinciples in a little foreign
lie souls of the minister's
nav earn it as well in the
it throng. Indeed, ma/iy a
one ever does is when, by
ibers he gets close to his
beauty and sweetness of
ling with them almost as
: not polished and true he5
of an effective ministry.