Comments on: David Brooks on the Tory Revival http://deregnochristi.org/2008/05/09/david-brooks-on-the-tory-revival/ The Reign of Christ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:46:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: W.H. Chellis http://deregnochristi.org/2008/05/09/david-brooks-on-the-tory-revival/#comment-3001 W.H. Chellis Sun, 11 May 2008 00:37:43 +0000 http://deregnochristi.org/?p=414#comment-3001 I am interested in Chalmers but do not know a lot about him... except that he, according to Carl Trueman, is the only Presbyterian to gain a (negative) mention in Marx's Das Capital. That give him some street cred in my book. I am interested in Chalmers but do not know a lot about him… except that he, according to Carl Trueman, is the only Presbyterian to gain a (negative) mention in Marx’s Das Capital. That give him some street cred in my book.

]]> By: Iohannes http://deregnochristi.org/2008/05/09/david-brooks-on-the-tory-revival/#comment-3000 Iohannes Sat, 10 May 2008 21:23:27 +0000 http://deregnochristi.org/?p=414#comment-3000 Does Thomas Chalmers have a place among all these worthies? Hugh Watt's biography contains a neat comment on Chalmers' politics: "It may here be said that Chalmers was not definitely attached to any of the political parties of his day. If he once called himself a Radical it was only to claim that his plan of Christian education was the only radical remedy. His closest affiliations certainly were with the Tory party. He had greater faith in its leaders and more confidence in their integrity. He had larger expectations from its policies. The attractive but delusive gilt wrappings of Whig promises were contemptible devices to delude the public. (No political saying of his is better known than the oft-repeated, 'I hae a moral loathing o' thae Whugs.') But when the contents unexpectedly proved palatable he did not hesitate to acknowledge the fact. He obeyed no party whip, though he liked best the crack of the Tory one." pp. 92, 93 Does Thomas Chalmers have a place among all these worthies?

Hugh Watt’s biography contains a neat comment on Chalmers’ politics:

“It may here be said that Chalmers was not definitely attached to any of the political parties of his day. If he once called himself a Radical it was only to claim that his plan of Christian education was the only radical remedy. His closest affiliations certainly were with the Tory party. He had greater faith in its leaders and more confidence in their integrity. He had larger expectations from its policies. The attractive but delusive gilt wrappings of Whig promises were contemptible devices to delude the public. (No political saying of his is better known than the oft-repeated, ‘I hae a moral loathing o’ thae Whugs.’) But when the contents unexpectedly proved palatable he did not hesitate to acknowledge the fact. He obeyed no party whip, though he liked best the crack of the Tory one.” pp. 92, 93

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