New-York tribune., 1890-03-31

less sacrifice of Jesus Christ as ST. Bcfilaru N' o
BY His DEATH but by His will In dying voun'ailN
"According to one great school Of theoloslah' III
the Church. The Second Person in the IrlniN "ouiu
have taken our nature upon Him and become our
brother even IL man had never sinncd II was "on
purpose from all eternity to make His iaDef'a''e
among men-tO be Emmanuel our lcachcr ON
Pattern our Source of Grace. That purpose was hos
changed by the Fall: it only sought new method OF
accomplishment. And thus, humanity speaNihe' III"
AtOncmcnt after thought.
There is no makcbccvc about CIR tustihcatlon'
IL is a real act. There Is no mere rmputaton oi
Clst's righteousness to ourselves: that righteousness
is really impaired. We arc actually made just. ho'
simply accounted nut all our righteousness comes
from the merits of Lord and saviour: and lhc'c
merits can only be applied 70 Iii, children Individually
bv their own cooperation. without Him We can do
nothing: by His grace we make His merits ours,
and as the Council of Trent says, IN crownH6 our
merits God crowns His gi':s,7
THE LUTHERAN POSITION.
The Rev. Dr. G.. +. Ksotcl. the pastor Of Holy
Trinity Lutheran Church. made the following state
mcnt DO not believe that there IS tendency III INC
Evangelical churches, such. 10 give mp or Ignore
the extreme theory OF vicarious Atoncment Dy
Christ The Evangelical Lutheran Church teaches tha'
our Lord Jesus Christ proper. vicaFious pro
pitiaory sacrifice she believes that lie suffered Wi
men should have suffered and 50 aiohea ior ; ,',1n,
oncdencc lie .crdcred satisfaction fully sufficient
and available for all the ss 9i al men: ~ man
no need Of any mertorOus work on the part 0i h'a. Az
lie need only appropriate TO himself through llti; & to
promise that IS given. This faith can only conc Sh If0I
God do not believe that Christians have any Iisii'
TO accept any theory Of the Aonement that Is mGi III
accordance with Cod Word EncTy y ogr er"nserSI aEsaiS
American thcOlOgians Dr. Charles lo;tcrhcd hiuu.n'
called the sacred and inalcnabc Int 9f prve ~ y"s ,
only rule and standard. and thcn 70 s''iu 'S """'
he believes to bc the truth OF COG +, 49,. .
In fo
tendency in evangelical churches 10 give up or ignore %
he extreme theory of vcarous Atonement by Cinlst
Newton rector of All souls Episcopal church .",H %
slightest doubt that such tendency Is at WORK ain ia
that is spreading through an lhe nH
1irIy nihe nrsie' the yi,w of the Atoncmcnt
Which current in the period OF s dans snd
buried to reconcile Ills Father 20 rs ana TO De sac
tAcc not only for original snlli hut arc & ,Uf o .r
70 he had accursed thai presume TO say thn cvely
msn shs be saved by the law OF tie seet "i,n i, M Nv
ropllng 10 that law and The light Of nature For hoy
scrntl1rc doh SET out only the name OF JfsS ,
~ literal acccrancc Of these Articles as a,thorlta've
over us il would be bounden ON us TO l'oo p, .r
treme theory OF vcarous Atoneneni. % ali
however there IS a pretty general agreement an9it an
schools of Thought in tic Episcopal Church lat ne,
they orr, to he accepted as the historic monuments oi
The thought Of the Church n the period 81 te Ecigr'
onnions then prevalent-only thi- and nothing NOR.
Thc Articles Of Religion do not form creed su',," &
speaking The true crccd- q onr 'ur'h IRE i n,,o,
crcat catholic Crceds. which we confess IN Io%'," %
| With tho bulk OF 'hri'trndom tH Npp,.' Go.m,,ic
stafemcnts concerning tho Atoncmcni. IhyrM, IhyrM, ''
therefore official tcaolns 81 or .ur''. .,ccr,'r
obligatory upon the thought oi our cMisN; ,i.,c
this crr5r doctrine. speaking i'm General. h,".,e W
that Christians may lswia'y a'.rp, %N "'' i ~ ,,r
various current theories Il the Ncncl'rh' an 80 a.
as they are christians. TINS na,nnsh e, ,sf aN in one c
/ these theories may hId goun' l'r ''li,, Chrit,n i
scriptures In far, however as any '.sun' '...d cS -
uembcr of any particular ch1Ich III m, ,,o no,Gs W
this question will depend upon Inc ''ve" "''" "'''
over him"
HAY MODFHN VIEWS
nrominent clergyman o; tho Presbyterian Church
bo did NOT desire his name 10 BE- u-ed spoke IN ioi"
nm -he ouestion: "Cf course the evangelical 'hFsnAh
CHURCHES hold as strongly "a ever t. ih' 90. .''ih'
Of vicarious A;oncmcnt and there Is not the 7Hk",
cs. possibility Of these churches ever monyhe '"'
statements Of this doctrine. '"lI'h 'ha' a." 80
woald al once read Itself out oi Christianity lhat j.
, whore fhe daucer li", /; r rather IN IN" fact tih'
a. in t.c case OF o'her fundamental o., nm" i
Christianity. tie average hr.cl "i maiN q" , n' .1
ard l,y fall consciously uncOn~ciou IL bcip" li,
standards Of their Church. =, 70 The Non'nrhi III
* fsct that an oniHOusly large number oi oiheI"-
.no, Cbretisn people hold loose and hazy views a.,
| rcrard 70 n There is a tendency 10 minimize II. ana
| a. lrrard the death OF our Lord no more tliai
| ie,ltiful and inspiring example of love ana 81
denial. MANY Of the clergy nave !l-i,-l''' "'', n -
blurred and indistinct idea Of the Aioncnont ana n
tLrjr pnlplts simply indulge in gcnc'air> aD,Il u,
n.rt of that wofal tendency which has 'A
| minated in the revision movement TIE evan
cec,l hurIle, arc seriously hard oanped hy ,nl> -T
f rebellion, urhclief. Their cuifrnt pfc'h". '.'.
thcir current belief are hnly. not only - L." We Gum
! mont Int A. 10 many other fundamental dodnir-.
The doctrine of the Atoncnent. 81, uurhi ~ Nn-'
and calvin T. the doctrine 81 the Iiulr. "'" i ".,
| opinion any other doctrine J. -it1h'' a. '' Ill.,,
pr1Ichc- I'm TIN, city expressed II TIE "h'i "f. Nn'l
| 'vc need In our pulpit~ j. lc-. pmhchin- "i '',
zeecisi the time spirit Of which we hear 80 m"'n anu
more preaching Of the Gospel ...,. ., r.,,...
These varials expressions If opinion maize ~ p''',
evident fr~ that the feet Of an Npnc1c, hf hr' III
T. deeply embedded In the fcmularc, "i ail A' ''''
! sclic;I churches. secondly iha' }"
~ th,m AN attempt has been n'tl'
! 10 commit their mcmbor- 20 certain u,"I,rr 80
to the modus oDei1ndi 81 the Noucmcni anu t.f'''
that there j. today widely prevalent tendency l."
rar~i all such theOrie. merely human ext ina"h o.
an admitted fact which NAV OF may not ic true ""'
| which are not necessarily binding on Christians.