New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-01
PAT1oNALIsM AND HIGHER CRITICISM.
THE " 1r-prTrR OF THE RATIONALIsTIo
MOVEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY.

Wooster. Ohio, July 3l.-The Rev. DR.. j. W. Men
dorhau the Editor of The Methodist Review of
N.u, York CITY who has recently been engaged Ill
discussion with Dr. Harper of Yale College upon .he
suhiect NJ Higher Criticism Of the Bible IS spending
his vacation in this place resting from the many
t,ondopt unon his Journalistic work, but he readily
gave his opinions concerning the subject IN senor@
and the individual contestants in the dScusson'
HIGHER Criticism is OF two kinds he saNi' pe-
.,,a or ,,,onaIistc such as is avowed by Kuenen,
Williamson and Renan, and Conservative, or con
,rucvo such as Is maintained by Professor Green Vi
punceton Professor Strong Of Madison, ana or'houoA
critics as class Unfortunately, Professors Ia'u
and Uarper of Yale, and others In some Vi o''
American schools, either inclined 10 accept Ut Ho
without apoogy the advocates of, the destructive VPe
~ criticism We hold therefore, that 1t is Important
m NIT the brakes any tendency 10 raIohsiS"
nroper when it shows itself in our American ne 30
,,nohocted II will rapidly develop and prove IN tie
rd as fatal 10 evangelical religion among us as II uu
in Germany prior to schleemaeker
AS Higher Criticism undertakes TO oVerthro" INC
.s,,,or.l authorship of large number of BOOKS OF
tho Old and New TestamontS as IT alleges historical e.
w. T., all tbe books of the canons; as 1t employs
scient,Hc and historical method In lis cAeeesiS Oh
doctr,ne and as it substitutes illumination ior III
1,,,uat,on ignoring the supernatural altogether or
Eliminating II by trick Oh interpret alton, leaving
=. . pibIe falitle erroneous faulty In It's e&egesS'
neror IN ethics to other books only because Oh the
ovo,uon of It's ethical principles through the ages
ond authoritative in religion only because the ihu-
,otion az lis writer's bor1ered on inspirauon-lt
nov we'll he asked in what respects 1t differs from
,ho ,atonalsm of Ewad. Kuenel, Wellhausen ana
pnran, In method spirit and results the two are
,sn,icaI and a disclaimer OF a purpose on the part
>. A. ,,,ics NJ their friends 10 harmonic with
.,,iona,,.ts in the face of established identity OF
work VIII not vail. l., 49,.
- professor Harper PROCESSES to be neutral In the
oeic, but a. he is the mentor OF the higher critics,
aIv.vs en,phssizlng the results of their Nesilga-
49, 'a,d urging them q, worthy OF attention; II IS
uom rbat his position BE- fully DECLARED. The iacL
t ba a. NOT neutral. but he Is me JUPITER Oh 'hc
- nc oaIist" movement in this country. professor
% a. he Mercurus because he Is the chief speaker
l%iu discinle, and has organized the higher cnt.
o. Srsm on' into systematic heerodoXy am proud Oh
Hsi -, that The scholarship of the Churches y not
VII oII' i'm the grip OF inc raCOhahs's'
Princeton college FOUNTAIN Nsn,hod1lt
,,,on or a Methodist periodical or SO far as
snoie Methodist minister who has loined me
% cr,ics in their destructive historical ana ~
hIgnei ,ors nptwiths Standing Mr.. Faulkner, IN Ms
eIaiS 70 marry the charge Of ralionalism In mo
any, N has assumed thai many Methodist elergymeh
sic,dT in the bonds OF that great inquiry.