A “CHRISTIAN” CHURCH WITHOUT CHRIST.
WHEN a society posing as a Christian church leaves out the essential qualification of faith in the atonement of Christ, its failure to represent the truth of Christianity is sure to be manifest in its educational work. An illustration of this thought is given in the Louisville Courier-Journal, in noting the church activity of the Unitarians in that city. This is also a fair sample of the whole:— The club will consist of several branches, each of which will be devoted to a separate function. One branch will study literature and art; another, the drama, and it will also give plays; still another branch will take up the study of evolution and go deep into the works of the leading authors on this subject. The class in evolution will begin on next Sunday afternoon and will be under the personal charge of Dr. Ramsay. It will be continued during the winter. The main purpose of this club is to bring out the latent talent in every member of the congregation and make the church more influential. Once every month socials will be given, and at these the guests will be entertained by plays and music. The club is really a literary and musical organization, and is the first of the kind to be connected, as a part, with any church in this city. It is an experiment that has been tried in other places with great success, but Dr. Ramsay has rather widened its scope, and believes that it will be productive of much good.