| Show s t rt I A JW us TIIII iI INI IONt11 TC11y1 J J t L S Dr Emil O lllrteh n Jewish Patti i of Chicago on Sunday last delivered a discourse em Agnosticism In which he defined the dlsUnitUm between atheism and agnofctlclim I as follows Atheism Is dogmatic nihlltxtm lg 7y j gj lntIlm Is expectant ttutlous out 1 withal anxious attontlon 10 fuller kt nukd l IL lie made the owplnl dlnralhlO I I that allulsm Is extinct loda and added Ii V No ekar thinker will dare ot riots r late hour mulntaln that the concepts of fore o and nuotter the consort 31r rlroo of tees dpm and etolutlon of life lv natural seltcilon will l notice the i tj miEtery of being and Incoming 1rocess nevir ae counted for product loUoo and terse lhemarlVeo are hlcn tat brnchms ae are muse mid i effect the athelslln Interpretatlon of the unUeme head with lnflnltd 1l 1 greater dllUrultles than doe > the the I tulle This the lelol tlem of the name CCtt aenostlc ntnwid Its Intiodutlon I 4 hushid footer and effectually the braien voice of arrant atheism I f 3 Cnqutlonal l agnoety 101 us 010 I Iv Tned bj llabbl lllrsrh Is I nn Imprno tent upon atheism as defined by him l 1 to end tho fairness ot his ele > pnltlon will I I bo generally com > di d It follows 1i then that Inn human race Is I attune ing Iji abstract InUIMzeiuo The ele lopincnta of physical and mental iclence utet lunvlnclnc It that It will I n err he able to satisfy Its t mi fur n kuoule Jge of the caus t things out of the ncgatUe ream a of nlhclsln In other words s has Kheiwn the rosltlon nt the nth i t to le untenable The atheistic In Itctallon of tie untcree bristles i Innnltel greater dlincultles than > < the thelstle aid the ter learn of the age Inclines the min la of Ih ire n who achieve It In I the dliectlon i the least I pressure which Is trmnr the immobility ut least ot a Cieato nut while It may he and prohahh te I true lint rrnnl nlhelm is I tn th dflcreasc among learned nonprofeHsoi of rtllglon and that there Is I among this class a cetrrcspondfna disposition disposi-tion to admit the existence of a Cud It Is I pot true that this tendency Is 1 accompanied 1 > y nn advance ltl IIIP direction of pure mornlo While the world Ii I rowlnc Inor enlightened and Is I adding to the num her and strength of Its arguments In SUppOtl ot the cxlne ot n Cot and th truth of the rtcrlj tures It Is I steadily stead-ily becoming moro corrupt Its alto arc eommltted In defiance of greater light which adds to their gravlt and to the guilt of the race As tending to show the trend of advanced thought among Jews In the United States the following sentence from nol > lllischs discourse may not be without interest flat nn She olhor hand noltclm Is I ns emphatic a lotcst i against the Presumption ot creeel builders and erred hllhlet before tn dnv the Innole ef these prctendedly lllliml netted watchmen ot Zion knew no Iound They declared to know God fully ns well asthet knew their next door neighbor and proceeded to give H detailed description of Him pretty much In the style of a penitentiary warolon ado erttning the recapture ot nn escaped convict We are under Croat ohllnllo 10 IRnolIbm tar having 1000come1 tellclon from tin dpollom eif hit dllli and In Its IIl1lmnl etc 1 menl most Irreverent fjmlllirltj which COUld nol but hrd contempt notIlm Is I also the offspring ot the convlcllon tint the 0enlle1 monmllon ot elous existence are IMI1U No student ot Philosophy today will deny the contention These open mlviinced proofs upon close anal Yale without exception beg the question ques-tion They assumed nt the very outset out-set what they In the end would demonstrate demon-strate 1Iul ngnoatlctem overlooks one dial nspect of the problem UellElon Is I peietry rend ns such not analytical It ahl n > s Is I synthetic Virtually religion re-ligion has at nil times been eonceellnir that man hI nrnrehing cannot llnol out loel Orlhodoy has att iij1s emphasIzed emphas-Ized the Inufllolne ot reason nnd Insisted on the neenenlti of relnllon to give man light on this mystery Judaism as expounded by Hi thlnlt err bona nevereeruplet 10 aol Shot ot Goth we nrc unnlole 10 predicate postllle nUrlhut The fundamental Qutlon for us 1s I not what God Is In Himself but what He Is for as 1lm IIOtI by our nature ere ennnot go tar her limn 10 express our feelings ant atlsfy our need of harmony nod unity In terms of our pcrsonallt The ex Iramundane God we of the liberal school have replaced by the Immanent Ood who reveals himself to 111 first and torrma81 In the hlhor consclou ness ot our own ues and reponl 1 hilitle 1 For Judaism Gad Is I not a cold distant dis-tant nietnphj steal absolute He Is I the lIallxlnw prlnlole ot fur mural IIr Agnosticism falls to take account of this factor Jewish theism Is I built up Ion I-on this baits We cannot comprehend God bit we may nppiehend illm Prom the foregoing It will be observed ob-served that there Is among tho Jews of America n tendency quite similar 10 whnt he I shown hI some ot the leading I ne Protestant divines In this country a depirturo from simple nnd robuet faith In a personal nod who 1m In times past revealed His will and Ills aws nnd a knowledge of Ills attrl bules 10 man and n Ublltutlon ot acue droam theory amounting 10 downright skepticism |
