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Show Ferguson's Religion More Private and Personal Than His Father's By "90," in Atlantic Magazine. Ferguson's religion is a much more private and personal thing than his father's. For that reason it is harder to get at and more difficult to describe. It governs his life much- more than he suspects and provides him with just what he needs during a very brief and bewildering period. The men who are active in religious work he regards as no better and no worse than any one else. Their activity alone wins them no special consideration, con-sideration, but, on the other hand, it does not place them in a class alone. Ferguson's father used to call them "gospel sharks" and they were held in more or less contempt by youths who joined their associations and dabbled in their undertakings while they sneered at them behind their backs. Ferguson may or may not share their labors, but he no longer sneers at them, and if they "make good" they are elected to his clubs and receive college honors. This change is well to ponder on. It is more significant than it seems. Ferguson will never be as "religious" as his father in the class of ninety, but he is quite as likely to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. |