New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-15
THE HIGHER CRITICISM DISCUSSED.
CLOSING EXERCISES OF THE EPISCOPAL oHuRCl
CoNGREss-oARE OF THE NEWLY


CLOSING EXERCISES OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
CoNGREss-oARE OF THE NEWLY
CONFIRMED.
phiIadeipha Nov IA (SpeciaD.-The Protestant
Episcopal Church Congress this morning discussed 'e
slated topic Positive Gains In Biblical Cri'icis'.
The first paper read that OF Professor henrS o.
Nash Of Cambridge, Mass. whose broad hiiiiaeu dill.
liberal address united both views OF the funcons Vi
RtbIcaI criticsm-the development of ethical culture
as well as the analysis of the real meaning OF oroo
Word. He believed it probable that doct1nai oehei
went along with decline In Interest ana aSsef'eu
criticism to be the life of fhe mind lie resaaed 'ie
most positive gain of Biblical criticism as the estaois
ment of the science itself
Professor Could of the Philadelphia DIVINITY ochoo
viewed the losses by criticism as temporary una 'e
gains positive and great The distinction was between
criticism and some of the made OF It, Inc crioe
who assume that the supernatural must DC aisrceA"
as of no assistance forget that 1t cannot De ProroN
that the Christian miracles were Impossible. Inc
higher criticism appealing TO the nobleSt ATTRIBUTES VI
man is welcomed by the student some OF Its results are
stu III doubt but the great contribution IL hiaAeS
toward the right understanding OF Revelation Is III
defining authority, and there has been another gam III
the understanding Of the nature OF reiisoh. io .io
criticism OF the Bible owing much Of the ma'efA
which has put Christianity on the basis OF souho
scholarship. Men who are confident OF the authoH'y
of the scriptures nave now u Udso ioi o0' "F'""''
The Rev 2. T.. Washbum, OF Northampton, MASS, re
oared the positive gain the calm hearing now every
wbere obtained for Biblical criticism which teaches
discrimination and is the very base and life OF the
RibIe one thing that criticism has destroyed Is
boo, religion The Christian religion is founded, not
unon the Bible, but upon Christ, and the Christian
rs,igion has been made stronger and brighter by
criticism.
After a somewhat sarcastic speech from the Rev.
T g. Mortimore, Of West Brighton, \. y, who de-
cared himself in full sympathy with honest criticism,
lint onposed 10 the railroads.&c. school, the Rev.
I F. McCook Of Hartford, in considering the topics,
held that there had been gains in the discovery OF the
nositon OF the Bible In regard to time and that on
The whole the gains from criticism had far exceeded
the losses: but as 10 man could approach the Bible
for the purpose Of criticism without prejudice, he
greatly preferred right prehiices 10 wrong ones,
and pitied the man who unable to exert them.
Dr. Harwood, Of Norwich Conn, said that the
history OF Biblical criticism covered period Of only
10 wears, The fathers of the Church inter
nreter not critics but the critics OF modern times
had all approached the Scriptures with view OF
,scertainlng the truth. The Rev. Dr. John Il. Elliott,
~ Washington was the only speaker Of the morning
who attempted to enumerate the positive losses from
criticism holding that, II the arguments of Biblical
critics were logically carried out, the Bible could not
he placed in the hands Of the people the Word Of
God.
Dr. McKim, of Washington, closed the discussion by