OCTOBER, 1910.

Soutb plac~ €tbical Soci ~ty, South Place, Finsbury, E. c.

e bje ct o f the S oc i ety .

"The Ohjed of the Society is the cultlvatioll of a ralional religious ~entil11ent, Ihe study of clhical principles, and the pr') 1I10t i lJn of hlll11an \Vclf.lre, in harmony with advancing k nowledge ...

M E MBER SHIP. \ ny person in !-tympathy with the Ohjl'd or this Sm:iC't> "lIh~trihin~ the j\pplil.:atlon Jilmll flJl

tl l c..·ll1h~rship. and payill~ for a ~itlin~. is thereby constilukd a I\ft:mhcr of the SUl'Icty. Th(J~t ~I cmlll'rs only who an: twenty-onc Yl'ars of a~c :md llP!)·;Irct .... who~.c nanll. ...... haH' bl'l'n tWc'.'ln· rnonths upon the rc~j.;lcr. and whose scat rents fdr lhe pn·\"jol1s quarter have been paid. !-;hall hl' ql1alified to H)lc anclln hold office." E.rlrnclli·oUl 'ltr NIIh'.~.

Sitlin~s J11a~' be ohtained upon applkatlol1 in the Library. or to :\11'. GE.OI{GE. C\TIlE I~AL L . South Pl:tc<..' CIJapd, Hon. n<"'g:i~lrar 01 ) l lIllhers :md I\~~ociatcs, prices \'arYlllg frnm IS. to 10-' pn quarter. l 'er~ons under twcllty-onc an.: charged half the usual rat(':-;.

1\SSeem.TES. An~' person in sympathy with lht Object nf the Socil'ly, hut nnable to attend tlH' ~cn'i~c~

re;,!ularly, may become an Associate upon payml'1l1 of :1n annual suhscription of nol less than h\'c shillinJ,.!s. with the pri\'il<"'Ac of rCCl'j\'ing the monthly list and slIch other pl1hlicl1iollS as thl.! Committee 111:1)' from time to time determine. Sllbscriplion~ may be paid in the Library or sl'nl to the H un. RCJ.!istrar of ~ r embc", and .\ ssociatcs at abo\'c address.

SUNDAY MORNING SERV ICES. The followin g DISCOURSES will be delivered on Sunday mor nin g s,

Service beginning at ELEVEN O'CLOCK.

September 25. - HERBERT BURROWS,-" What's Wrong with t he World?"

Anthems

llymn~

{I. "'ha! or lhe ni!:h!. W"lcitlll:ln I (1\" 75.) 2. \ \·h050 hath this \\' lrld' goods ...

{No. 110. Th. t !Hall b ~rcat. and h.C aionL' , XC). I I I. Bc perfect Ill)\\' and he!'L'

October 2.-JOHN A. HOBSON, M. A. A New Cl.1ristian Socialism.

Anthems

Hymns

{ T. God is a Spirit ... .., 2. Hi nt! out wild hells (No. i4) ...

{ Xo. 83. I ~aw on ..:arth anuthcr light No. 3D. lIu~h the. luud canl1nn'~ roar

TyOIl .. ~dtc et/tU"

.. . S!c.'/ Ild!l/e Rl!lIllrl . .. 'froJlssdJ"

October g.- JOHN M. ROBERTSON, M.P. - The Meaning of Rationalism.

.\ nlhetl15

H ymlls

{ J. \\'hen wi ld \~'i nds shake the cider bral,c (Xo. 203) ... 2. I-l e wa..:, dC~plscd... ... ... ... ,.. .

{No. 63. Ari~c. my ~o1tl! nor dream the hour.:;. ~o. 17. \11 oflcnn~ tu the <.111 ille of power.

FI()'U't.'y

/Iomll'l

October 16.- HERBERT BURROWS. The Modern Inter p retation of Lift'.

It ymns

{I. God is not dumb (~n. 221') ... z. OUC' b~' onc the sands (~o. 26) ...

{No. 15 .. Earth. of man thl' hounlenu~ mother N'o. C). Tell me.:. not in mournful numhers.

October 23.-JOS£PH McCABE. An Impression of Australia.

.\n thcms { r. Onward and onwarll .. , ... 2. \Vake for the ~\ln has scattered .

{No. 56. All are architecls of fate. No. 11<). Forward! the day is l1rcakin~. H ymns

October 30. - C. DELISLE BURNS.-Tennyson 's " Tithonu~."

A nthems { r. Bl'cnk. break, hreak 2. Tcars, idle llars.... ....

H ymn" { No. 112. A dreamer dropped a random thol1~ht. No. 61. Do not crollch to-day, and worship .

ScllltlJr'I! Silus

.. . . '\III,j,'II" J.iUl l. l.'I1I11011J1

... .lIrFa1'l·fll ... Sll IIhm 11

. Visilors nr c i ll1l ilcd 10 oblai ll ill/V III/alio ll "c.!.!I/"rlill.~ Iile Socicly i ll file

Library 011 SlIlIrlay III 0 rll i ll.4s. A Col/ectio lt is 1IIade nt lhe close of eocil SCI ?, jcc 10 clla ble v isllors 10 cO ll l ribu le

10 the expellses of lhe Society.

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Sunday Scltool. The Children meet at All11ficld'!) HoLd,oPPo!)I,t: the L.J1APEL. cnry Sund4lY ~Jorl1it1~, at n.

;lnd their lcs~on h; gh'cn during' the discourse. Members and lriends wishing their chi ldlCll to attend the school are requested to communicate with lhe ~ccrctary.

The Childrtn's Library, in the c.:Ja~':»·roonl over the \"c~try. is open en.:ry Sunday Morning bcftJn: ::10 aftlrthc service. H lb . {:\Ii~~ <'d~l\Ch l.OWIr\G.

October 2. - Mrs. Lister. October 9.-Mr. W. Varian. October I6. - Miss Jeannie Arklay. October 23.-Mrs. St. Aubyn. O~tober SO. - Miss F. Law.

0 1" .. I ,-a rl a,,!; l\Ibs S. \\'ATTS.

Vbitors l-.rillgin,:! chilclrc;n to llH..: Sunday l\lorninf! ~U\"Il,.C!-o an.: curdially in\ ilcd tu a llu\\.' t1U':1I1 to ;tUclld the Childrl'n's Ic~oll.

Cl'c1isfs desil'illp' In affelld f!ll Srn·ius (/1'1' 11/1011111'd litrl/ lite COlllll1l1/cc !It/1'('

1IIade arrall.~Cll1cllts lor //(lIl .\III.~ f lt cil lIIae/lilll'S 111 tll" /)<1SCIIICIII.

The Building is to be let for Meetings, etc. Forms of Application may be had of the caretaker, 11 South Place, E.C.; and when filled up should be sent to Mr. N. Ltdstone, 96 Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park. N.

The Chapel is licensed for Marriages.

Arrangements can be made for the conduct of Funeral SerVices on application to the Secretary.

Lending Library. The Lending Library is open fn e to 1\1 cmhl·rs of ti le Society a nd Season Ticket 11 old~'1 ~ 011

111lcby 1I101Ilin~~ before and ;ilter the Sen·ic(,;~. A!'socia:cs ;lIld Xon ~I(;mbers 01 the Sodcty I1n ~ ullclLr n:rtain co nditions be grantul the usc of the Library upon payment of a t:illilSCI"lpliol1 01 .IS. (Id. rcr a nnul1l . The CatalclJ.!'ue. l1lcll1dill~ a ~upp!Cl1lllH for 1905-7. i:. Ill/\V all ~alc, price 6d., intcr!l'an.:u copic~. C).1. Borrll\\"c.TR may proctlll: copies of Ihe IH.:W Rupplcment g:ratJs on applic..1.lion. Sl1b~n ip­lions tuwards the pllrcha~c and lepair of bool.s ;tl'C in\'ittd.

H OII, Li/Jrrllialls l1\liss MARY R\WU~GS, -106 i' larc Sln.ct, Jlal:'kl1l:)" N. It: ) \\'.I\J.t IS M .\xsl·oun, Lherry 'I'··et; Court,~.l t\ldcrs~:tte Slrc:d. E.,C.

Rambles. Octoberl. - Hainault Forest. Conducted hv Mr E. F. EI<I"~"T(>~. ~I,d at Livcq,,,,,1

Stn:cl (G,I' •. H., \\'cst Sidc) for 2,25 train for Gral1~e llfll T.lkc day tickds, 1(;, Tea al Kin~'~ Ikad, Chig\\'cll 1~ ()\V.

October S. - Mill Hill. Condm:ll'd h,' )It o. ClIRISTlE TA IT. Med at G"lders Green 'taU"n ( liampstead Tube) at 3 r.m. Tea at :. Ad:llll and Eve," Mill lIill.

October 29. Library of British Museum. Conduded hy Mr. 11. ~nlo". )I"t in Clllr.U1l:C hal', 2.30 pill. Mr, aud l\lrs. B. ~Y:\ I ()NS h,1\'C kindly ullcrcd tn entertaill thc p.lrty ;lItt.:l­\\'ard~, X01"l~. .\5 the party Illust be strictly limited in numher. \\'ill tho!ioc dcsiwlh (If attt.lldillg kindly apptv to Mr. EHXEST S. KrxG for tickets

l'it...'kds, '2/(1 l aeh for the Courst.:, can he ohtaillt.:d in the Lihrary, Ill" of • hl'

!lOll . S ' {HET.EX:\1. FAIJUIALL, 8 Scal'borollgh HOiltl. Slrlluti GICI.Il, K ,C'S. EHSEST S. !(t \Tr. 15 .\~nl's Road, ,\ dOIl, \\'.

Ramblers' Dances. The namblcrs' lJalH:cs will tlkl..' place at .\rmlidd·~ Hulel, South Plal..'l; (7-10.30). 1111 !"i;ltl1l'd.ly~,

Oclob\:f ::!:!. Novemher .5 and 11). Decemher 3 ;ulCt J7. S ingle dal1cc~, 2~ .. ~crit.:s of h\'l' tLinl..'l..'!-'., IUS J 11 ~J"litt..~ of the ~criolls d dicit ull last :"; .... :l:-Oll. the COllll11ittl'l: ban! (\I.'i..:idcd I1l1t tll I.ti..,c tl1I.. pill C.

anclmcmhers arc urt.!eci tu gin,' then' bc..,t sll}lnort. and to hrill;.! frit.l)d~ alld U 11I.d:c the l: H: Y enjoyahle an'! l1lexpcll~i\'c daJlcc~ a :-;u(:CI,; ..... ., lill.Ulci;1I1y,

lIeltl. ,\<.'(.., FI.Oru.NlI·: LIJJS"JOXI'" 9'1 Hlacl\~tolk Hllan. Finshury Park X

Members' Meetings. The III",t )I ecling will he held ,,11 Wednesday. October 12, at 8 p.m .. \\'I"'n a Pal"" .,ill he

rc.,d by )Ir. D. \.:llRISTllC 'fAIT. enlilled The Need for a New Policy at South Place, r .. II"" cd by discl1~~iC)n. The chair wl1l he lakt:1l hy :\11" JOIIX ALllln':'II,

eounty eouncil Scltool ehildren's Treat. \Vork \le lin;.!"s Will he hdd during Odnl"",. :\'o\clllhcr ,\lId [)\.'CI..'ll1hlr hCII ,alii, ;ut.: in\"ilcd

to a~sist in thl' nnking of g;l1l11CI1 fill" 1")01" dtilcll\·n. Thl' fir~t rncclint! will ht..: I,ll (kluht"1 10, at :>,30 p.m., at the fnllo\\'ing ,\thIn..os \lI!'!o"1 \11 3lJ J.amhollc HII;ld, South IblllP!-itC.lll. & ,\\".

1/,,", S,, \11".." Jtl)"HI~J.:, qh 1.lad tfll' l. I{n.ld. :\

Ferrer 1\n nivei'sa ry . . \ Publk .\ l l..·cll1~ will hl' hd" nil Thut" da . Uctober 13. ht.:illl.! till: .llIllircr, try \If OH.: hooting

of Fcrrer, at \I.:hich illl .llltlrc",'" will he dcli\'l'l"cd h\· :\Ir JOSEPJI \IC<':;,IIE, In Memory of Ferrer. Short speeches by Mr. GeORfa. ~;REEX\\·O()iJ. ;\1.P., Mr. JOIIX Ht·SSEI.L,l\l..\" and :\Ir \\' " HE.\Ftll,I,. Chair t"ken at 8 p.Ol. Admissioll frce. He ... crn.:d ~e It tiekds will Ile IOl'wankd Iw 1\[1'. C. I': HOOPER, Secretary of the Halion;' lisl Press ~\ s u\.'i;di'I11, :' Ollld fI }Oh11"0I1 t; COLI!':, b,L., ';11 II..'ct.·ipt ,11' ~ tamp(:d directcd cn\'elopc.

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Vublic eonferences.

The lJisclI ~;f)11 Com l1littt.:c h:'\\'c plca ... urc in announcing the rolJo\\"in~ Con ICrc;nCCf, un \\'cdllt~­clay I.!\"CIllIl.~S. Admissioll free. .\ 11 interested arc cordially i lH'itcd tll attend and take part. Dour~ Opl:1l at i r·lIl· Commence at 7.30.

October 19. National Autonomy in a Federated World. Inlrodlllcd by Mr. J I' GH"' I';~ (Suhject Racc:-. Interllational Committee).

November16.-Hypnotic Suggestion as a Curative Agent. By Dr. T . W. M l1T:lEI.L (P:-'Yl,.'h,..:;lI I{c l'arch Sol."idY'.

December 21. The Principles and Methods of the Defence of Vivisection. Inlro­duced IH' Mb I.. I :'\'()-.H·-H;\(~tun (The.; Animal t)cJc,.'ucc ;u1(1 A l1ti· \·i\·i~cCli()11 SOCil:ty).

1/011 . Sct".- \ \" C. \\'A1H~. 67 P ct hcr tol1 Hoad. I. ....

Monthly Soirees.

The u!-ual MlIllthly S'l ircc will lake place 1111 :\ I ()nda~·. Ot:tobcr .~. when Mr" C. P AYXE will read ;t paper on Camping Out, illustrated by Jantern ... liciL's, ~ T ll~ic , tea. and coffee, T ickets, !)d, each. 7 1030.

"j he Soin,.:c on ::\Jollday, Xovcmbcr 7. will he dC\'lJtcd tn An Evening with George Bernard ShaWl ncadin~s hy mc.:mhers and friends, :tnd '('neat 1l1l[~IC hy ~[I SS PII II .rpp,\ ~I·YIN~OX. Thcn.: \~'11I be illl il1ten..:!'>lin;! Exhihition of Portl·ail., Print, and )bnuscripts. from lhe collecliol1~ flf :\Ir , 1'I.1:Jo:J)EHIU{ 11. E\'.\ xs ;lIlrl :\[r D. j. J{IDEI? Tl..'a ;\IIcl Collet.' 7 to 10.;10. Tickt.'ts, 6d, t.:ach.

11 S' {~! I's. E. G. OI Elll. P AI)!icl" Iload, Lewisham. S.E. 011 •• ((S. ::\11- , LrnsToxE-C.UIIERA1.L. ih M()I'~al1 Mansions, tli~hbl1ry, i\

Sunday Vopular eoneerts (ehamber Music). T be T \\" I .. ~TY-F IFT ll SEASOX will hc~in on Sunday, Odoher 2,:l.t 7 }1, I11 .. w h e ll lhe 5(" ,l h

Concerl ",ill Ld..:c·placc, The fullowing arc thc arrallgcl11~llls tor Octoher, 5 I far:to; a pre .... cnl rlxed:

October 2.-SCIIU~I.\XX CEXTI"'.\ RY COXC IWT. llls/rulllw/ali.</s: )lc,"l's . .I "h11 ~;lll1lc1ers, <"';harlt,;~ \Voodhou~~ . Em est Yon,L~c. J, Prel1\' ,·I1CeI'S. :1.1)(1 ~ r i,s Mar~ard \\fild . 1 ·')Cllli.'~/ :

, T he programme wi ll 11H:lttdc th e Piano Tr io ill 0 mi nor. P iano Suil), anu the Pia no Q u inlet.

October 9.- / lIst""IIJ(!II/aiis/s: The Chaplin Trio on· Xcllie Chaplin, :\Iiss Kate Chaphll and ~ lis:-. ~ rabd Ch:lj,Jin ' . "(),alt~/: The Prl)~ram t11e will include !J\·IJI".lk',;" .. DII1l1ky " '1'1 in,

October 16.-l w;/IIIlH(!H lulisi.').' l\li ~ J Cb!-.ic Grill1~ol1's strinf! Quartet ( l\Jiss j es"k Cd111S1 /11 :\Je .rs, It arnl.:.1 BOIa.lrms. Ernest Tomlin on, and Edward l\ Jason). rO(fI/is/: :Mr, HCl.!,inald lla \' ltbul1 ( 11. ia:-.t appcar;ulcc bcfnl'c his departure ior ,\merica). ,Jf t1mpnuisl: :\bdame M. E. (;OI11"oy, Thc Pltl,~ ·al11IllC \\'ill include Schuhcrt's String Quartet ill (j.

Cctober 23.- TI1.',lnflIlCIl/aU. ... /s: ~ I e ... sr". GI...'l'ald \ \'aknn, Darhi:-.hilt Joncs, ;\Ild Hichar cl H. \Y,dt hew, r (lc'dlisl: Miss Jen ny Taf,!ga l't. The PrngLlIll Illl' will indude T~c'ha il;:o\\'sky's j .)i;\11t) Tno.

October 30.-SPJ·.CIAL COXCE RT UF ) 1()\)E llX IlH ITISJI CI I.\ ) I13E H MU-IC. / 11.-/11/-H!'fI/flIIS/.': Mr. John Saundcrs QU:lrlet. ,,·te. J·~)((llis/.' :\I r <"uldon Clc.:alhcr. Furt her partic ll )ar~

lu hI.:. ,lIl1lOlII1CI.:d lall:r.

DOflrs ope11 al 6,.w, COIlClTts at 7, Adnllssil)n Frcl' with Collediou. Transferahle T i, ket, 2/6 (Ill" .,/(~. in l'ludil1g Programmc weekly hy p05t) admitting to t he Rescn'ccl ~c.lls every Sl1l1 c1 a~' for th l I l.lll-SC. lS4III, from Oct. 2 to Ut:t.:. 1": in cll1sirc, P Jogr;1Il11l1C Sub5cripliol1 for lIall-Sci\~OIl, l /h,

L:ullImittee l\f ect1l1g~ UI1 Octobcr 2 and 1(', at 5.45 ]1.m. pUllctually.

T hl.: l{epoll of thc Twcnty-fuurth SC:l.5UI1 is now r eady and may he had,un applil'a tiol1.

~ I r. Wcll ard 11. \ \ ":llt hcw's Tb l'cl.; I..cct urcs:C?l1l Th e D l:\'c!oplIl cnt of ChatJ1bt:1' MU;:Jic arc publblH;ci at the 11l"I~C of tiixpcnl'c net, complete.

11,,", Treas. -FH,\XK A. lI AWKI:\S, 13 Thurlow Park Road, U ulwich, S. I.:.. /l Ull, ~fC.- AT F IUil) j , CLE:o.I EXT~, 25 C;l111dcn Hu;tcl. N. \ V.

E>rchestra.

Condu ctor: Richard H. Walthew. rhe l'Uu I~TEE:\ I' l l SEASOX h;\s now hegull, ;1I1d pritdiu.'s will I.\.: held 011 l"lday~ fro rn 7 to

I p,m Il i:.. with l11uch ;llbLlctioll thal lhc COl11l11illce arc cnahled to annou nce that ;\Tr. HILItA IH) 11 . \ V.\LI"IJIo.\\ has consen ted to relain the PO!-.itioll of Conductor. Subscription fflr the "'51.:.15011, £. r IS, <rl;l~-:lhlc, it prd\.'lTcd, by 10 t. in Odob~'I', :lI1d 1016 in January), F OI- fllrther par Ilell., trs Sl't." I' ro 'Jlt.'dU~,

1..ldies alld gl!lllicllll'n \\'i~hil1g tll join the On:ht: tfa an: rcquc~tl'd tn C011l 111t1J1icat c..' wit h the

1I,'Il. \1'1' A . 1 CLEl\ lIlN·IS, 25 C; Ul1r1f.'ll HO'ld, j ~ \\',

"tIll' tjE,·I'.lt\1 lCHl.lltlTEI' \\,111 I1llll 011 '111111 d:ly Onl1bcr' Cnrll.:spotlrlcncc dealing \\ith Ill.lUC'1" Iilr COil Hh r,illOI1 ... honld ht.· ,"rw.lrdnl lu t'. \\' 1<1..' HI at Ihe t.'.lrlic!-.l P') ihlt: ll10ment \ 11 1ll.\ltl:1 IcJ.tlll1J.! lil hn.lllu· !-oilollld be .uldrl ~ul t •• the T n:a."t tl lcr.

IoO,ct:rdal'il 01 sub cClll1mitlu.:s arc notilic..'d lhat handbill ... inlcmh:ct to be 1.:1n.;ulatcll with t h e \ l lullhly I.i:lt t-huuld he clcll\t.:fcd tu The Utopia Prcss, 44 \\'or~hip titrcd. E..C. It i~ hoped thOll tllO::.C SCl.rd<lli\.." who have ;\ddre!'>~cs pf pcrsnns inh::res.led in l lh:ir work lothel' than ) Il'mhns . • \sst)l:~at cs. Ill' ::; ..... hOI1 T kl.:ct Hohh:1 , \'ill 'OI1llll ll llil:ate them, with a view tu ~ lll' h pl:n .. on~ recci \'lll~ t he ~ I unlhly LI~l regularly.

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NOTES AND COMMENTS. \\,ILLIA~[ COCKBUH .

I r is with deep regrelthal we announce the dealh o( 1\1r. \Vtlll<lm 'ockburn, of Croydon. \Ve are indebted to Mr. \Valli s 1Iansford

for t.he [ollowing short memoir : \Villiam Cockburn was taken suddedly ill after his relurn

fro111 a recent holiday; the same evenil1g he had a seriom; operation for a ppendicitis, and lhe hopes of his family w(;re in tile balance (or three long and anxious weeks. V./hen progress appeared most promising he was snatched away, on lhe 3 I st Allgnst. Born Oil lhe 23rd February, T8SQ, he died in the zenith o( hi s prime. Ih: joined South Place as a young man, and look an acli\'e part in all its intelleclual acli\· iti es.

Ile belonged to the c1,ISS for the discllssion oi Ethics al1d Philosophy, and was an ardent student of Herhert Spencer.

He served on various commit tees, actively encouraged soci,tl inlercolln5e amongsl the memhers, andLJuit.e recenlly he had COI1-sented t.o act (or lhe Society as a representative local member (or the district in \\'hich he resided.

A warm admirer of hi s teacher, Moncure COl1\\'ay, h(; became houor:try treasurer of t.he "COli way l\Iel110rial Fllnd," anc1 it is largely due to his indefatigable efforts that lite prescllt lll(;asur(; of success has been achie\·ecl.

Latterly he had lived too far fr0111 to\yn to attend South Placl: regularly on Sunday mornings, but with his characteristic acli\'ity a Id enthusiasm he started an Adult Class for 111en at Croydon. This prO\'ecl very successful, and was greatly appreciated by the \\'orking men \yho attended it.

For several years he had heen in c1eiicoIte health, and was ohligedlo curlail his outside work, bul his keen inkr 'st ill e\',ry­titillg touching the \\eIrare of South Place \vas unfailing to the last.

\\,illiam Cockburn was one of a group of me11 ancl women who a ways stood steadfast in their unswerving purpose of up­holding the Society in all its lllultitudinOlls c1ifficulties. Dis friend ane! father-in-a\\", \\'iiJiam Cro\\"der, and his friends, \\1. J. Hl:) nolds, Clarence Seyler, and William Sheowring prt . .:ct:de I him; now he too has passed (r0111 us.

A LETTEl~ OF DH. COX\VAY'S. I 11 \ye: het:n requested to allo\\" tile follo\\·in.~ letter, part 01 ,In illteresting correspondencc, t.o bL: inserted in the J\Ionthly List. Perhaps I sboulc1 say a fe\\ \\orcis as to bo\\" I bec;lln.: acquainted \\'ith Dr. Conway. It was thmm isc: On one occasion, alter thL: scn'ice, ,t memhL:r 01 thc con.r.;regation \d1Ol11 J knew illtroduced 111l' to him, and when Wl ,lrrivecl at the ?lfoorgak Street tation I 1')lIncl :'.fr. Con\\"a)' (nol then Doctor), Mrs. COIlWa), alld Colonel IIiggillson ill tlte earn,l,ge, alld .\11'. Co ,\\";1\ kindl) ill\ ikcl Ille 10 ,tHeml a "reLept.ion" at I11S IlOllSL: at necllOl:d Park~ L'nfOl tunatei) I hncl a previolls engagement.

.\. kw years ,lfter this eveut t.he Cnitari,lll Chapel at Preston, which I attended, had open seat.s substit.uted for lhe olel pews, and

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an apse addeclll1 which a new organ was placed. Special service were held to commemorate these events, and at my suggestion Mr. Conway was invited to conduct the first, and he consented to do so. Both his sermons on that occasion are included in the " Le 'sons for the Day."

I may explai n his reference to " \\Talters" by adding that the H.e\,. Frank Wailers, a former minister and dear friend of mine, was the author of lhe sermon referred to. Both broad-minded and eloquent men, and both, alas! have passed into the silent land. G. BEWLAY DALBY.

2 Pembroke Gardens, Kensington, V./., DEAR SIR, April 24. I876.

I am exceedingly obliged to-you [or the admirable discourse \\'hieb you have sent me (on" Universal Heligion "), and albeit Mr. \Valters clings to the Christian name-which I think in any interpretation implies that we must look for the religions culmina­lion of our race backward instead of forward-I am very glad that you have so broad and free a mind with you. I am, of course, much gratified that my Anthology is doing service in your society.

I read the note in the ., Inquirer" signed" An Intuitionalist," but concluded Jlot to reply, not having time lo carry on a news­papl:r correspondence. I did \lot, as the letkr shows, say that at South Place we are working out the doc/rillcs of Parker a\ld Fo.-, but their prillciplcs-by which I meant their freedom, their spirit of inquiry, and faith in demonstratecl truth. But as to belief I am farther still frol11 Mill, though not so far from Herbert Spencer.

My faith is that there is a great divine reality and force in the universe, \\'hich \\'e feel but cannot kl1o\\·.

Ever yoms iaithfully, 1'.1. D. Co:-m-AY.

A FIKAL I TOTE ON TH01'.lAS PAli\E'S GRAYESTO. 'E.

\VE are pleased to be able to announce that the fragment of till: gra\'estone referrecl to by Dr. COllway as having been presenee! in New York, and no\\' deposited in the Thomas Paine Natiollal Museum at New Hocilelle, has been compared with tile photo­graph of the Liverpool fragment. Mr. W. 1'.1. Van del' \\Teycle, of New York, writing 011 the 21st July to Mr. B. Percy ""Yard, says: ., it exactly lits thl: fragl1ll.!llt in Livcrpool." .\lthough ill any case tilerc could not well have been much doubt as to the authenticit.y uf thc Livcrpool stone, the fact now ascertained should remo\t: all possibility of dispute. The Ne\\' York fragment, having becll continuously prest'rvecl by Paine's friencls "of the Bayeaux famil , ," must of course he .~enlljne, and as the LiYcrpool stone Jits on to it, that also 1l1ust be genuine.

Even if we kne\\ nothing of till: history ol the st011l~ 110\\ at N w Roch<.:1k, it \\'olIid he ton "hslIIci to ' believe that sl.:p;mtlc portions ()f a forged gra\estonL' \\' 'IT' illdependently treasllll:c1 as authentic relics in America and England.

The fragment ill the New Rochelle Museum .. I aine," and in the next line the word "sense," the badly l:ngravec\ tille, " COlllmon sense."

bears the l1ame forming part of

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CONSTRUCTIVE HA TIONALISM.-(collci7lrlcrl.) A DISCOURSE DY MR. IIERDERT BURROWS, APRIL 24, 1910.

(T/Jcjirsl pari appcan"d ill lit" Scp/clllb<.,. MOll/lIly Li,I).

Theref'ore it is one of the first duties of all constructive Rationalism to examine everything they oppose which seems to militate against their own presentation of Rationalism. To deny without doing this would be just as hide.bound as are the "hurches anti the priests when they utterly condemn everything Rationalistic because of what is written in a book or promulgateci by a priest. Hut we enter on a very different category when wllhout proof we are asked to accept a certain theory as a cause for these abnormal occurrences which we cannot \erify. There are two safe grounds to take: never assert without sufficient evidence, for that is unscientific; never universally deny, fur you cannot prove the universal negative. That would be unphilosophicaJ. 1 never deny anything without examination; all I do is to say, I was not there. And there is a further important position: that much more and cumulative evidence is required for an abnormal occurrence than for one which is within the ken of our ordinary daily experience.

Proceed on these lines, and your Rationalism and Free-thought are safe whatever happens.

To iurther elucidate what 1 mean, let me give you a little experience of my own. In his bonk on Force and Matter, Buchner, the German scientist and Rationalist, says: "There can be no scientific doubt that all alleged cases of actual clairvoya1lce . . .. rest on fraud or illusion. Clairvoyance­that is perception beyond the natural reach of the senses-is, on physical grounds, an impossibility." Now, from actual experiment, I know that Buchner is wrong. Clairvoyance is an actual fact, and I have seen it under circumstances chosen by myself where neither fraud or illusion was possible: circumstances in which a man saw through opaque objects, the human body, for example, and also while outside a room described accurately what was going on inside.

Supernatural? Certainly not. Rationalistic? As certainly, yes. I know enough through close study of the X-rays and their etheric vibrations to know that under certain conditions it is possible to produce the same or like vibra­tions in the human being, and to transform him for tbe time into a practical X-ray apparatus. • TOW, I could have done one of two things. I could have simply said, I am a Rationalist, a Freethinker, and I refuse to experiment because I know the thing cannot happen. Then I should have been as foolish as Buchner. Instead, I took the other and, as I think, the wiser and Rationalistic course. I said, Here is something repurted which is contrary to my ordinary experience, and which, if true, upsets my previous concep­tions of the laws of J\ature. As an honest man, a Rationalist, a Freethinker, it is my duty not to rest content in one groove of thought. I will see for myself. I saw. As a Rationalist still I had to revise my previous ideas and to form new conceptions of natural laws, becau~e as a Rationalist I had used my reason and as a scientist my experimental methods, and had arrived through the weight of evidence at a new conclusion. Then, still as a Rationalist, I could no longer honestly give utterance to the old conclusions to which Buchner committed himself and in which I once believed.

I am afraid I have been somewhat pedantic over this, but it was neces­sary for my jJurpose, that purpose being to lay the first foundation of con­structive RatlOnalism, although you may possibly think I have been a long time coming to it. I reiterate that that first foundation is that true Rationalism does not demand that we shall all come to one conclusion whether of denial or of affirmation, but that we shall all use our reaso~ honestly and to the best of our ability, and while coming to a decision on it for the time being, exclusive of any outside authority whatever, natural or supernatural, we shall resolutely keep our minds open to fresh Jight from whatever quarter it comes, so long as we are assured that it is light, and not darkness. In doing this we must as resolutely preserve our absolute ~i~ht. of fair criticism of thas!.! opinion~ .o~ assertions which seem to us lUlmlcal to human wel fare, but such cnhClsm should never be dogmatic till we have exhausted every legitimate means of discovering the grounds on which the contrary opinion is held or assertion made. If 1 may mal(e a personal application of this, shall I appeal to those of you who may not agree with me not immediately to set me down a~ a hydrocephalolls microbe with water on what I am pleased to call my brain because I happen to have stucti~d or seen things. which may .be as yet. outside the limits of your own expenence? Tn all kIndness but In all senousness let me say this: there ?lay be as great.a bigotry in Rational~sm as there ~s in orthodoxy, and it IS a temper of tlllnd to be guarded aga1nst. There 1S no construction in it,

7 but rather a tendency to narrowness, and . ometimes it may be to bitterness. I have lived long enough to know that we cannot all force our thoughts into the ~ame groove. In no department of life can we do this. If we coulel do it, life would be a mental hell.

Rationalists war against orthodox supernaturalism, as it is called, and we have a ri~ht so to war because of its general implications. Tt is the great irrational snrd of life. But], as a Rationalist, have no right to war against any mental belief honestly, although, as T may think, mistak nh', held by an inrliYidual so long as his belief is confined to himself, to his his own pers"nality, and dnes not enter into relation with me or others as indivirluals or as citizens of the State. It is more than possible that if this rule llad been observed the battles between Rationalism and supernatural ism would have been relieved of mllch of their bitterness. But it is because orthodoxy has never kept its hands off that uations bave over and over again been even dren hed with blood. •

So constructive Rationalism bas before it in the future a gigantic task in all departments of life. Having learned tbat mere denial is no real build r o f men, and that the open mind is an essential, it must everywhere ancl everywhen put into force its own affirmations. Even if the theological battle were entirely won, the great work of Rationalism would only have begun. The Rationalism of the future will have to concern itself much 1110re closely with all the activities of life, for the very reason tbat in its inHial stages it has to deal with the creation for man of a clearer mental atmosphere. In politics it can never be satisfied till for all citizens there is equality before the law, till .all artificial class distinctions are abolished, till justice reigns in every department of the tate, and till true freedom is the attained birth­right of humanity. In sociology its true aim must be the valuation of man for what he is and not for what he has, and this can never be accomplished till it has substituted for selfish competition the rule of harmonious associa­tion, which shall mean the care of each for all and all for each, and fellow­ship as the only true foundation of the State. I n religion its efforts must not begin and end with destruction only, even if that destruction of old forms and creeds be of paramount necessity. Constructi"e Rationalism must sbow tbe way to a nobler individual life, out of which shall spring sweeter manners, purer laws-in short, constructive Rationalism must not simply mould tbe individual in a fixed groove of tbought, but rather help him so to shape his life that out of it he may, in conjunction with bis fellows, secure tbe fullest opportunity and satisfaction for bis highest and noblest needs as individual and a citizen of the community. A 11 this because it is the work of true Rationalism to endeavour to obtain harmony of action in all tbe activities of life, even a it strives to obtain such harmony in tbe reli~ious realm. This will be something of the mission of constructive Rahonalism, the building of human character; but it can only be accom­plished by true Rationalists who, as our South Place object well states, shall cultivate a rational religious sentiment, the study of etbical principles, and the promotion of human wel fare in harmony with arlvancing knowledge. I can conceive no higher ideal wbich we may set before ourselves as worthy of attainment. But for this constructive Rationalism the essential need is true Rationalists. If without acti"e protest we see injustice in the common­wealth, unequal laws, the sordid lust of life enthroned in the State, we arc no true Rationalists. If without active protest we see and suffer economic oppression, the dominance of man by man, of class by class, of nation by nation, we are no true Rationalists. If in our own individual lives we put mere social considerations in the place of true morality, if we quietly acquiesce in the conventional lies of our civilisation, if in our business relations we fall below the highest standards of bonour and fair dealing, if in our homes we allow our selfishness to reign instead of self sacrifice for others, we are no true Rationalists. 1£ in our rational life the women draw their skirts from the prostitute in the street as they would from a leper, forgetting all her need and all her temptation, and never remembering that she is their sister, if the men pharasaically pa s by the loafer, the wastrel, the drunkard, without lifting a hand to save or a voice to sympathise, forgetting, too, that these are their brothers, and that had conditions been reversed the situations might also have been reversed, and if both men and women neglect the children of our civj]ised barbarism whose hcme is the slum, and whose playground is the gutter, they are no true Rationalists. True constructive Rationalism should have a heart as spacious as the world, a mind as open as the sky, a soul as free as the mountain wind. With such a heart, with st1ch a mind, with such a soul, tbe Rationalism of the future will march to its sure and certain resting place in the lives and the work of men.

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