CRITIC AND THE NEWTON SOIREE

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3650, 31 March 1869, Page 5

CRITIC AND THE NEWTON SOIREE

■ , ' ' Ko tin Editor of the Daily Sottthxhn Ombss. t , Sib,— l never »ddresa,,» miied aiidienpa suohas ihftt , o^TdeicUy/e'euing^* l^ 0 * 1 feeling 'the extreme dij£culi;y<of making tny e^ct.me&ninjg .cliftr^t'o;--*!! frho listed— » dithculty -,fclt,,\)y every ' f tt«a ,whp^ instead of running wiih thestrpempf jK^ular thdUghCi itid' feeling, eladeaypuw to kpo^ what js if uefajidtQ; hM>little tfiujfied tte meaaiug of svtijit I 's*i||*t F&P <|(|w!^n'i«ioiitga ). ,iio«v« oa,nJr ptherwise ' fin^aay^|u|t" wUKiiii Hfcer,' except iK%tit i« aWri¥mototfi! i-V-ir^i

aMtto^paevtha - Tio^w^lMW.^^JF. 118 geiifclenesi^f the ChMStiiil4f<ril J(»^o^ the la^r I • ontendVM* 1 tauit pleM fo*it; that the'f«*Jwg will show itstlf in aotionn, £b4 th»* we hava,no right to exotiie oitoelvei from either, the fe*ling\\ori the achoti on the jjround' that they are opposed Jo. oiir natural inclinations. Wh»t appears to me so rthinfit* w *he popular fraohinK is, that, the moral prs4pta Vm-V.* *J* 'Wttned away iito vaj?ue indefiniteof Ohr«| toy, , fc possible Uterality i»\#y«n to niero ceremonial, ThW » . J . • t Jloure dur With»r«i K i#d whose saprenw aim « w «•«*» <F naoral and ifpltitnal fenovftion. ' \. M «L tbmlw me goily of.afrJaol' bfgood ta.^,V . I , .orfWgJT «••«* aw.re-iior itf I.aoW.r not %fiW»g fr-LY*™ JP » Critic's" a^thor^-thatoei^^r. W«llw Orh • ooo^regation belieyed iua ftiih* W V* l^*?-? few elect. Whether it be soor *w.4 *}■"•««■? Dr. WatHa wMd not wi-h me to withhold tif opposite oonviotion. " ■ God's equal -and unparalleled lore to every IndWdnsl ; of -the race l« to me to , faodaraental, a' truth, of .eTangelioah religion tbac, v^hen you fate that *\ray, I can s^e no gospel left for malKfatf4 ' *ffd «i«Fefow, on condition of withholding that ttu&,' I «hoatd Hvie, no .object in attending aoy reiicious Meeting whatever.- - Moreover, while' I would not' williiigly offend e»en fastidious de!io»cy in the manner of pr«ietiting;a truth, I shouli f el that I paid any people ft very fcor compliment by concealing my own convictiona 6eoatt*e they do not share them I give men cwdit for so much fortrath that they would not allow me to purchase rtftii -goodwill by">« n « untru« to mv own conscwnce. And I hope that is not bad taste. I c*n only regard it »b another evidence of th« baneful infl-ience of sect«riamflm that the speakers at a denominational soirSe must farat know all >th» denominational lentißK-nts th^y must not touch upon. N<.r can I think that by suon a method either catholicity of heart ot honesty ■ ol •peeoh h likely to be attained, There is a gentlemanly way of doing and saying everything, and 1 nhonld be sorry to err in thafci bub I hive i always regarded it as th» highent <ja*Uty of a Christian gentleman to he everywhere «« him«elt . Thei»e i» nothins of which we are so little able to judge aa the influence of • wan'i words, aotitftfi, character, and lifa. One 1 oi the ancient wise men has said. "Count no man Iteppy till he has iiv-d his last day." Mote truly ma I .* it be s«d, "Judge no mm'a influence till he is dpad If to be in a very small minority were to have lntle inflit' titio'6, itiob were Enoch, Noah, Abwham, and Blijali among the feast powerful of men. I h^ve been apfc to regard thorn as among the strongest. To cohere with •? Critic" that ray perßotial influence is very small co-te me no regret while th« tf.nvietiona I hol<>, T hold «o deliberately »nd firmly, and so highly value the truth contained in them, that L »m quite oontent to l«a»e the issue t > a higher court than man's. «i»t I could gain popularity by a ternpoiising policy I believe, but not that I could mcrease any little power for good that I may have.1Mn,&0., SAMUEL iDGKR.