[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —It struck me,
as I read your interesting article of last Saturday, that here was an admirable modern example of what happened to St. Paul at Athens. He saw an altar " To the Un- known God," and, far from finding fault, he took it for his text, and showed the people that God was not so unknown as they thought. " In Him we live, and move, and have our being." He commended the Athenians, for of course " too superstitious " is a bad rendering of " duel bati.c000rripov;" (Acts xvii., 22), "religious," or "god-fearing," being more the idea.
Why, now, should' we not go and do likewise concerning the workmen's religion of brotherhood ? Why not say, " Yoa are right, only what you seem to be inclined to worship instead of Christ is the very truth of Christianity? Christ did come to reveal universal brotherhood ; to make all men look one upon another as: brethren, for He is not ashamed to call the lowest His brother. It is an unworthy thing to reject Him because some men (clergy and ministers, if you will) do not obey Him. " Why," as He said, " of yourselves judge ye not what is right ?" Judge of Christ by Himself, not by men's perversions.—I am, Sir, yours
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