UNITARIANISM

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 410, 20 January 1909, Page 8

UNITARIANISM

I T>— i' f Scot*b*f criticism; Professor M'.jienae s ; remarks ..'at. the laying of thpifoun-. aatiori- stone .of-the Unitarian Church 'may - . ,UP as ;a' 'statemonfc '' that'-, what Wfis/goml; enough'' for, our forefathers; should be; good enough fpr. .the.'entire ' ra'ce^'And ™®'%sw4d' deny .'.to. .others,, the/right to. follow the dictates ■of;'hjs , ,o^n , ''(»nyiotioiis.' >I"iold Many writers', that every human being shojild- l^;. extent.of his';desire to. him —Nothing prohibited,'sealed,'. or hidden. ,'No subject can'bo" too sacred to be.iuMerstbod. Each' perwp_: should • be,-, allowed to, reach his jy®:: 'Kpnest thought. He.. who ' threatens; the,investigator | with:, punishment '/herej -or"- hereafteir,-is an enemy ;ta' the. humeri'race; .and ho ivho to bribe the investigator- with the promise'of ,is. a ; traito'r to. his felloV-men. Itiere is no real inrestigation witliout freedom—frewloffifromVthofear of gods !and men. a ll investigation-rail ■be. pursued 'invthedight-'of reason. , Evej-y man should .bo true to; himself, true-to .the inivard ; light.. ; man- in-, tno laboratory °t his /own.',-, mind', ' and . for . himself alone, should 1 test the ''so-called.-';faets,^•. .the of • all : the world. .Truth in accordance'with his. reason, should ' be his guide and master. truth,'thus, perceivgd,' is-mental virtue, .intellectual- purity, true manhood. This •is.freedom' To throw-away one's'reason at the command parties, -.or.gods is to. be. a. slave. It is not simply a-right, but', it is' :the. .duty. ofevej-y- man /to think and investigate for .himself, and every man who itri«s.'to ; thist by force or fear, is doing, all-, he, can to degrade J and enslave ; his 'fellow-men. v ..Therefore,-..!'believo all .free-, men will comniend-' l'rpfossor- M'Kenztefor his. utterances'b.ased> upon- his -honest investigations.—l' am, etc., .'-sV: ' ■'• '■ ;••:• ,' 'January 14. . AMERICANUS. i;