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Show THE MORNING EXAMINER: OGDEN, UTAH, MAY ' 19, SUNDAY, 1907. v': WHITE-HAIRE- D n 1 1 1 1 1 1 it n i n n INTERVIEW 1 o 1 1 m 1 ' ' '" !. YOUNG PREACHER WHO HAS SHAKEN .THEOLOGY t u i im.m.w.1 1 1 1 1 in m i n l : i : i imwH uni 8 m KHwtum hh i i i hi 1 1 WITH REGINALD JOHN CAMPBELL, WHO (SUCCEEDED DR. JOSEIlI PARKER AS PASTOR OF THE FAMOUS CITY TEMPLE IN LONDON, AND HAS STIRRED UP A TREMENDOUS . , , s , JMMOTION BY HIS ADVOCACY OF SCIENTIFIC CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM. for his chief ranger, all the land around being royal demesne and tha King's favorite hunting ground. Within a few yards of this rambling two-storhouse was hatched tha Gunpowder Plot of the Infamous Guy Fawkes, commemorated to this day on every November S by the youth of England. There Is no more peaceful place in all England than this home of Mr. and (Copyright la the United State Gnat Britain by Curtle Brown.) All Pigfcf Strictly Observed. IjondoB, Bay E In another age ' Reginald John Campbell, paator of the City Temple, would have been burned at the stake aa n heretic. And theiw are thoee today, perhapa both in the United Staten and Britain, whot, betteva that ha merlta aneh a punish-nianman and women, too who cheerfully would help pile the faggots around him and light the pyre. As readers know, n big religious coairoveny la raging, and the Rev. X. J. Campbell la tha atorm center. Although Br. Campbell had expresaed his views as early aa September ofe last year. It waa only at Chrlstmas-tldthat his message was set forth fully la tha public press. The world was startled. Hera was no shrieking demagogue, no belatant charlatan. It waa a confession of filth In science by an earnest minister of the gospel, of tried and proved sincerity, a tha anccessor of the famous Dr. Joseph Parker, tha holder of the pastorate of London's great City Temple. Somewhat to hla own astonishment, apparently, Br. Campbell was suddenly hoisted Into the position 'of Chief Apostle of the New Theology although ha abominates the title. This mu, of Irish parentage, of Scotch extraction, of English birth and education, la today known in nil tho four quarters of tho globe. He Is denounced and praised for hla la a boots of different languages, and la thousands and thousands of letters and newspapers that eome pouring In upon him. Aeoordlng to Mr. Campbell this "new theology is not agnostic; but la the gospel of the humaalty of God and the divinity of maa. In speaking of tha movement following his candid confession of "new faith, be says: This Is only Incidentally a theological movement. It is far more a moral sad spiritual movement. It is a religious quickening; It la rising spontaneously la every ebureh Is Christ-sedoand sooner or later it will call tho whole civilised world back to God. It will put aa end to the alienation from roUgtou to the masses on the one hand and flf the Intellectual olissss ae the other. It la tha Gospel of the Kingdom of God. I sought him out In hla boms. I wanted to get behlnA the scenes and sway tom the pulpit where this maa. hi hla black robe, sways multitudes with hla mualoal votes and thrills thorn with hla magnetic psnonallty. Ctey HU la e celebrated locality some Bute dletanoe tom the village cf EkflsM. g matter of nine or tea muse to the north of London. - HU1 Lodge la n large white etene house serehed at tha top of tho hill, it Is Mrs that tha Her. It. J. Campbell Uvea. King George Q built the house At first sight, Beginald John Campbell takes one by surprise. Luminous eyes that seem to search your Inmost are what one sees first. thoughts and constantly They art deep-se- t least so one fancies chanre color-a-t now densest black, now fighting blue, now beaming brown with glint of gold. They are the predominant feature of a pale, asee Lie face, iatensified by bushy eyebrows; by curling, wavy, whita hair. Slight, frail, almost womanly, la tha figure of this man, with small hands, small feet, email frame: a breath might blow him away. But his arms are long and he knows how to use them. His voice la rich, resonant, musical. He received me in hla everyday s, working garb; plain, verging to featured only by a loose velveteen coat. II la a bundls of nerves, of steaming energy, of vigorous enthusiasm. Not a dreamer, but a worker: not n mere student, but a lender. 1 quickly found that out. He did not preach to me; we talked as man and man. He sat one side of the groat fireplace lost in the roomy chair. Hla body was crouched along the seat; hla legs crossed; one long arm lay over the supporting arm of the chair; the the other held and caressed the big central wave of hair which crowned his head. It Is a trick of hts when epeaklng at his ease to snatch this kick and hold It. Reginald Campbell's father la a Methodist minister at Beeston In Nottinghamshire. The son was a feebla child, sickly, threatened by weak heart and weakar lungs. So hL father, struggling for a foothold In a crowded city, gave him Into the care of the boy's grandfather, a stern old Presbyterian elder. Here in the open, Invigorating Irish air of a manse In the heart of the Orange country in Ulster Reginald spent hla yeuth. lie knew little of his father or mother. When bis grandfather died the boy faced the problem of exist-onc- e. He entered University College, Nottlrgham, and whan he graduated turned to the profession of schoolmaster. He waa aa assistant master In n high school In Lancashire, near Manchester. It was aa Episcopal school and while there young Campbell hungered for the church. He was confirmed aa a member of the Church of England. At this school Mr. Campbell fell In love with the sweet, womanly woman who has been hla helpmate ever alnee. Two years after hla marriage, the proud (ether of a child, Mr. Campbell entered the Oxford University aa a student, lie went to Christ Church, the college fKing Edward, of Gladstone, Salisbury, at a majority of the inodera Prime Ministers of England. In n long spell of illness, news was brought to Ills bedside that he had graduated and that he had won tha honors of the university la mod-er- a history and la political science. When he recovered his health he fought tha gnat fight. Tho mysticisms of the High Church of England fascinated him. but he revolted at tha dogmas. Great churchmen of the day argued with him. Yet he wrenched himself away from that church and began preaching la the little Free Of course," Beatrice uld, cheerfully; Ted wouldnt have let you ride him If there'd been any doubt about It." Bha felt, rather than saw, her husband's glance of shamefaced approval aad resented It. We will both keep you In sight, sha continued, "to see how you get on." At that moment the bounds gave uld, calmly. tongue. There waa the abort pause "I dont admire her In the leut," of delicious excitement. But tha trice uv her lips move, and guessed at tha words, Bha (lid not know if they were true or not, bat aha and tha mars wonld do their best. She rods her carefully, choosing easy ground. Ted and hla companies were ahead. 8be almost lost sight of them. Ths other woman's golden hair flanked In the light before her eyu and almost blinded her. But the fox doubled. Au euy ride scram grass, and an euy Jump over a low fences brought her alongside of her husband and Mra. Caallla Just when it seethed they least expected her. They were going gently to cut acrou the loop that the hounds were making and coma np with them a eoupla of fields ahud. Their hones were clou together. They wen talking eagerly they rode. Farlelgh uw Beatrice first, aad his face darkened. barns and farmhouses, red tiled and black beamed. The house Itself Is full cf surprises. It is a maze of winding passages and little stairs, many of which must be negotiated to reach Mr. Campbell's library, bis personal domain bis study and the workrooms of his secretaries. The walls are lined to the ceilings with 1,000 hooka. Great flat library tables are strewn with Hter- - there came a marvelous change Fa mous people from all the world so- journ at Brighton.- - They came under the spell of the young preacher thin Free Church convert from the Church of England. The little church overflowed. Marie Corelli, Professor Mrs. Barney Baraato, Lord Rosebery, England's present premier Sir Henry CamplieU-Bannermacabinet ministers, great scientists. n altab-blnes- alle- ged-heresies a. r Campbells. Around it are undulating In tbs front of tha house stretches tba rhythmic formation of aa Italian garden; to the right of the house a more grotesque Dutch garden. Down a leafy walk soma hundreds of yards and through a white gate one suddenly cornea upon a farmyard, with atsblea and Helds and woodlaud. f. csnriBU, kr Ills Aimo 1 the ary litter, newspapers, magazines, hooks, letters and manuscripts perhaps aa methodical but certainly aa untidy aa any editor's office. Amid the atmosphere of roomy armchairs, prints, pictures and luxurious ruga there la a striking note of twentieth century modernity, the presence of American typewriters. ly, celebrated pulpit of ths Cl,. Temple when It should become L cut. Aa phophested, ha followed Dr ker a the City Tampla. Thai p., M nearly four years ago. There Is now talk of ousting puu, Campbell because of hla cunressU of faith. Some outsiders have Bd tw emw through the courts to turn him out of his pulpit. But this Is not wprrrlu him. Nor hla friends sod supporter? who are legion. I thought It would be In teres tin. to know why and how Mr. Campbell had come to make hla departure from orthodox views. There la m single cause or m. son, he said, have have bm teaching these truths for years. 1 the pharase t dU-lik- e New Theology , but must acoept it because it has coma to stay. Some of the arguments am aa old almost aa tha hllla. But its general adoption la coveal with the adoption of modern science. The groat results we have from modern science today are comparatively new Modem science of Itself Is eoarealy fifty years old. Science Is only the mind trying to understand the uni. verse. As soon aa religion becomes theology It must either be consistent with science or he foredoomed. For the universe explored by science is after all, tho very universe which calls ths soul to prayer. For wut of a batter phrase let tu call tha movement the New Theology. But one can call It also the higher politics or the higher sociology, far U Is one and the same thing. The reform movement la the gospel of the humanity of God and the divinity of man. Social reformers may not admit It, they man not know H. They may say tha movements tie parallel. But I believe they are one and the aame. The church has nothing to do with getting men Into Into heaven. Its real work U to get heaven Into this everyday world. Too long has tha church been trying to save men from suffering In tha world to eome. Too little it has concerned Itself with the root Buffering In this world. But social reformation, that is, ths Gospel of the Kingdom of God, la surely and swiftly spreading. When mss get up In the United States congress, In the English parliament, In the legislatures of the world, aad discuss and plead the cause of tha poor, the betterment of the unemployed, the eanlUry housing at the masse, old ag pensions, they may be called by the press and public socialists, labor leaders, what not, but they era ths true Christiana; they ere preaching, as well aa I am, the Gospel of tha ' Kingdom of God. What la wanted In tba world today la a general conference of churches so-d- nn naou citt warns, lovdom, t vue as as, a. a rssm a aw m a -- ww a churchs around Oxford. And twelve years ago ha definitely acknowledged a church not of hla father but of hla grandfather. As a Cougrcgatlonallat, Brighton called him. .The church there at England's queen of watering places waa amall, forsaken, practically at lta last gasp. But la a year ) churchmen, literary lights of all creeds, denominations, flocked to hear Campbell. Such waa hla mooch that the other Congregational 1st church la Brighton jras Joined to hla Seven years later all England acknowledged him aa Inspired preacher, and. Including Parker himself, recognized him as the mu to HU the just d Thirteen.) (Continued fiOE always .ksHttl 1 wfcaa a 1 chMgu." come a time love la so near dead that only a mirlord acle can revive it Bha would fight man' to the last for the love that was hen by light, for the wont of U was that "Oh, btffi thats aha loved her husband so very much you know; lota of husbands better for the change. Her baud trembled on her bridle and wives really do live happy, even After and her spirited mare, taking advan-tag- a of tha tremble, plunged In "Of sou roe they do; love may change for tha better, but It changes among tho crowd gathered In ths all tha asms. A time comH whsa the roadway outalda the front of Tarent maa stops worshiping the woman as Rouse. One or two people looked at aa Impossibly superior being, aad her with as much surprlaa as Irrita- knows aha la only hla follow creature Why' Bee! cried one of two girls Alter alt not hla superior, perhaps ot owes hla equal. But If tha wom- who had been chatting together, an la wise, and takes tha change aa whats ths matter with you? Were a matter of course, not resenting the you ualeupf Isn't Lord Farlolgh with youf tom of worship, but making herself sweeter and more desirable as a fel- said tha other. X thought hs didst low creature than ahe was as a mere let you come out alone?" As if la answer to the girls quesidaaL than, provided tho maa la 's worth loving; tha very beet sort of tion and her own thoughts, Lord figure waa at that moment love begins. But It Is a dangerous against tha sky on tba time The wont danger Is that an- silhouetted other woman should appear on the summit of a little rise in tho road. oeno la the character of the impoe-tbl- y Mra. Csallls was with him, riding a superior being Just when the Telegram, hone of Farlelgh's which husband has begun to see faults in hs had never allows Beatrice to tha wlfsL Such a woman would have mount. Beatrice caught her broth. been no cause of danger before that And he didn't even tell me! time of change, she wonld ha no danger when ones It was safely passed; could almost hope shell got aX apllL may bnt If she chances to appear Just at Wall, Ita my chance today. tha dangerous moment, there la no be a dull' little thing compared to her,' but cfct ride, aad he and ahe aying what may happen." .see It today.'! Thaos words weighed heavily on hall were turning up Into the People pretty little Beatrice Farlelgha mind drive toward General Tarent'a house. a she rode alone, except for the Beatrice went with tho rest without guardianship of her groom, to tho for bar husband and hla Moot at Taront End. They had been waiting to eome up. General Tarent spoken long ago by dear, kindly, turned from a group of men with prosy old General Tarent, who knew whom he was eagerly discussing soma the world, but managed somehow to matter of local politics to help her to love It no tern for knowing It. That hla manner was unusually wh before ahe waa married, before alight; kind and fatherly. He gave her In h was engaged even; General of Dick Atterhury, to be taken Tarenfs preaching had seemed very charge Into the house and fed. Diek had wise, hut quite far away from her or seined to be waitng there os pur- ker life for, of course, ahe had never meant to marry union ahe foaad that The last time aha had awn Dick to ana man who wonld not change, peak .to 'they had parted vary bitwhom all girls dream of aad one terly. She had refused him telling woman la a thousand masts. of her engagement to Lord farlolgh. Wall, aha was married now, and aad Dick had aesmed to think he had the time of change had come; her bean treated badly; ha had uld hard huabaad was quite aware of her things, and declared he would never faults. He knew she had a temper; willingly apeak to her again. Since that aba could make sharp speeches, then he had avoided her m far as he and waa sot always quite In the right could do so without open rudeness; whei she quarreled with her friends. today he wu horribly kind and reThat wav why die laughed at her dis- spectful. like of Mrs. Csallls. He had got aa Had It .gone so far already then? far aa laughing at her when ho Did the people know that ths time wh eome for her friends to stand thought her la tho wrong her words were no longer tha Inspired utter-enee- o round her, so to speak, offering comof an angeL But ha laughed fort and protection? Waa she already affectionately; there waa no tries of ona of the women nice people are (hat sneer that tells a woman she sorry for, and at whom other leugh? may ss well give up the fight, tof Just opposite her husband and Mra. non-BM- te Caallls had risen from tha table. Mra Caallla waa very tall and goddess-Ilk- a with a delicately arched bom. and fair hair raised softly from a low Bha waa talking with a forehead. certain gracious indifference, which wh her characteristic, and became bar. Beatrice' turned aad caugbt Dick looking at her, too. Mrs. Caallla la one of the most beautiful women X ever saw," aha u Good heavens! Far-Iclgh- Beatrice, do you think I need a chaperon?" he uld. Yea, I do," sha aald, aharptly, through her clenched teeth. "Well, ahe's undertaken more than ha can manage, and Mra. Caallla lauzhef. Beatrice was not meant to hear tha words, she knew no much; but her husband had been meant to hear them, the other woman dare sneer at her to him! This wu fhe end, then; tho fight lost. Her life wu not to be beautiful any more, hut pitiable and contemptible. Pity and ridicule, that was what tha wu to have la future. Instead of love and honor, and she would have to go on living aa If It didn't hart She uw nil her future life before her la the few moments It took to cross ths field. An uncared-fo- r wife, fretting alone at home till he grew old, or elM a wife like others she knew, very smart and much talked of In the papers, always wall droned and brilliant and Interested In something, seeing her husband now and then at other people's houses, and nil tha while loving him so horribly. And that woman whom hs would never love ho had once loved her. had been able to abut tha door of the huven aha had Jut be- wu com-pasio- . MR8. CA8ILIS WAS WITH HIM. RIDING TELEGRAM, A HORSE OF FARLEIGHS, WHICH HE NEVER ALLOWED BEATRICE TO MOUNT. Hid Dick, and Beatrice bated him for having so little tact that ha let hla resentment tell In his' voire. She roes Impatiently and managed to low Dick In the crowd, but he was waiting by her mare when she wu ready to mount. She hated him more than ever. Wu it her Jancy, or was the Mine maddening undercurrent of sympathy and championship In the manner of every one she had spoken to? "Wunt It kind of Lord Fsrlelgb to lend me Telegram?" Mrs. Cullls uld they were together for a moment while the huntemen threw the hounds Into ths cover. Do you think I shall he able to manage him?" bounds one after tha other took up the scent and streamed away through tha cover Into the open, well In front, but giving every on a chance of a good start. After a sharp scamper the hounds overran the scent, and although the huntemen made ona or two cuts rould not regain It. so n freeh cover was tried, and again with success. Reynard, driven from hla warm bed by tha sound of hla enemies, hurried away against the wind. Beatrice saw Mrs. Casllls settle herself In her saddle with an air that said plalaly that sha meant to leave her well behind this time. The mare can't hold out much longer" Bea He seemed to be pulling up, returnSha did not hur the answer to ing, evidently to be nur Mrs. Caallla that Tha next thing ahe knew wu that aha wu sitting on tha bank. Her again. Mrs. Cullls wu clou on tha fence husband waa gently bathing her face now, riding with overconfidence and with a wet handkerchief. too fut. Sha wu looking at Beatrice "Touro all old girl," h and at tha very moment while aha aid; "youre notright, n bit" hurt looked Beatrice felt that bar poor Hla voles wu more loving than worn-olittle man wu going to ever heard It before She refuse the fence; she nv an expres- he had the handkerchief away pulsion of triumph rise In the face of pushed her rival her successful rival and led. "Take a pull out of my flask. Ted heard bar laugh. Then all tha misery and bitterness Hid. "We mumt have you showing in the Jealous wifes hsart changed the white foatber new, my dsar. It the plucklut thing I ever uw suddenly Into a frenzy of hate. AU wu the little bits of anger that ahe had In my life' The whole field Is praisIndulged In and repeated ll all ingSheyou." one or two others standing her Ufa seemed merely amusing bohw lide It. They had bun the wav- by, and wu the mors putsled. "But ahe told you 1 heard her Ml ing of the hand of some hidden, fury, that awoke now, ani I rods at her." bowed Itnlf a giant; If took possesStupid woman, no aha did. sion of her and mutered. mads Dick taka her round and show "Kill her ride at her, and kill her the gravel pit shed have broken bar neck in hut for you. Id no idea bar: ahe shan't triumph." Ths evil Impulse only luted a mo- of It. Some aprlng must have flooded ment, the turning of a wrist and It la tha night and carried the bank heel; next second she, would have away Juat when she'd have taken given her life to stop the mare, but the fence I uw It, and rods huh to It wu too late. The Infamy of tha top bar, but I shouldnt have been act appalled her; ahe tugged at tha in time Your riding at her wu tha relna with all her fore, .but In. vain. ena thing that could have uved bar, The other womans face, ugly with hut your swerving off Just at tha foar and spits, teemed. close to her right momaut so that yon ware split and aha wunt wall, that wu splen-diOh, God I don't let me do .thing my dear, and 111 never forget like this," she guped. "Kill me. but It!" dont let mo do It! Stop It eomebow; can't! She knew by his face what he Sha throw all her weight on tho meant She got np trembling, and right rein. Next moment there wu wu thankful for hla support Other a shock slighter shock than ahe people began to offer congratulatloaa and pralsee But some ona had a carriage clou by, and wu patting It at her rlapoul. Sha 'could not eollect herself sufficiently to apeak, but her at i' u Ie d, X husband accepted tho offer for her. He lifted her Into the seat then ha got In beside her. "You are eomtngf" she said. "I thought doesnt Mrs. Cullls expect you to taka her home?" Tod looked very re"My deer! proachful. ."You are not hurt I know; hut of course, you are shaken a little. Mrs. Cullls must Uke cart of herself! He hesitated and tnrned v.ry red and looked very young, and then poke awkwardly: When Mrs. Cu'lls seemed to thick she pleased of r-"hs could speak I uw I must have been mnklrg a tr'i at myself, so I steered off bit 1J I hadn't I'd have been in tba giarel pit myself, by tha way: but I dna'f think she'll cate about my socle' y any more. She didnt like whet aid when sha accused you of ildls u gun to She aee. had swerved aside u Mrs. Cullls spoke; tho meadow they wqya crossing lay on a hillside and sloped gently down to her left She wu riding some twenty yards to the right NEXT MOMENT THERE WAS A of tho others, and n. little ahead of SHOCK. Mrs. Cullls. Her husband she saw had left his place at the lattere aide had expected a moment of uncerand wu about thirty yards lower and then ahe and her mare down the hill, considerably ahud of tainty, fell together amoig the gran ot the both tha others. hank. Mra. Cullia votes waa ringing Ted wu over; Beatrice could Just la her ears: She rode at me, Ted; aes hla hat over tha top of the hedge. the wicked woman rods at ma" at her I" J I LmLm half-sleepi- u 1 -- |