Category: Biographies
I was a Christian because I was born one. My parents were Christians for the same reason. It had never occurred to me, any more than it had to my parents, to ask for any other reason for professing the Christian religion. Never in the least did I entertain even the most remote...
Rationalism does not attack the religions of the world, it tries to explain them. But religions do not wish to be explained, and consequently they denounce the investigator as a...
6. CHAPTER VI. Some Objections to Rationalism."Rationalism is cold," is a frequent criticism advanced by theological people. Without God and the hope of immortality, the Rationalist, according to church-goers, ought to be v...
4. CHAPTER IV. The Critical PeriodIn 1888 I became acquainted with the work of the Ethical Movement, which was then establishing a branch in Philadelphia. The platform of the movement appealed to me strongly, be...
3. CHAPTER III. New TemptationsNotwithstanding our many heresies we still believed in Christianity--in its moral excellence, as we expressed it. Jesus was not God; Calvin was all wrong; but still there was th...
1. CHAPTER I. In the Cradle of ChristianityI was a Christian because I was born one. My parents were Christians for the same reason. It had never occurred to me, any more than it had to my parents, to ask for any other r...
2. CHAPTER II. Early StrugglesAs I look back upon the period of mental conflict and uncertainty which marked the closing years of my pastorate in the Presbyterian church, I am comforted by the thought that I...
5. CHAPTER V. Anchored at LastAfter nearly ten years of service in the Ethical field, I felt constrained to withdraw from the fraternity of lecturers, because I realized that under the guise of a new name we...