The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-27
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The funny man OF the Chicago Tribune
gets OF the following paragraph as ap'
propriate to the times, and especially
appropriate to the late McCreary trial
for heresy:
1--WE are authorized to offer you" said Tho
Spokesman Of the committee, "a salary OF s5,UCt
aYon will have to double II, gentlemen" an
sweFed the popular young clergyman nrmly. ~
am on trial for hereSy aud shall probably be
found guilty"
In view OF the fact that there is
strong point Of realism in this delicate
sarcasm, especially for Chicago, where
heretical preachers are in well known
demand, q newspaper might take it as a
text for lay sermon il disposed to go
into an examination Of the popular de-
mand for heretical clergymen these days.
Strange as II may seem to many per-
sons there is, judging from the numerous
comments, clerical and lay, that are
made, a decided feeling that MCQueary
did not have justice done him. And
yet his ofIense, on It's face at least, would
seem to be radical and objectionable.
Briefly stated, he denied the miracu-
lous birth and the physical resurrec.
ton Of the Savior. He sublimated and
spiritualized the liberalism Of the record
clear away. And yet two OF the five
Clergymen who constituted the court
that tried him voted in favor Of his &C.
quittal, and one OF them has since
stated publicly that there should be
such liberty accorded to minister in
the Episcopal church as will enable him
to preach the gospel in way to satisfy
his own conscience and the conscisnces
Of all who are like minded. This min
lister seems to hold with Max Muller
that there must be great latitude allowed
in the church OF the future.
The thing, however, that attracts
special newspaper attention in the Nc,
Creary case is the difference in the posi-.
tions Of two Episcopal bishops, Bishop
Leonard, OF Ohio, and Bishop Potter. Of
New York. The point is made that
while the FORMER went beyond the find!
ing and recommendation Of the court,
and put upon McCrsary the unwar-
ranted and unnecessary alternative OF a
humiliating retraction OF his views or
else an expulsiOn from the ministry, not
even permitting him to resign, the latter
has steadily refused to cite a popular
New York clergyman for trial, some Of
whose utterances are said to discount
even those OF MCCreary.
The excuse for refusal on the part OF
Bishop Potter is that the Rev. Heber
Newton, the clergyman in question, is
doing good, Is a sincere and ardent min.
lister Of the church, and reaches and sat.
isles q class Of intelligent and influential
mind that other ministers do not reach
and cannot satisfy. Even the fact that
another New York minister invited a
Unitarian preacher into his pulpit does
not appear TO move Bishop Potter to fol.
low the example of Bishop Leonard. He
seems to feel that his diocese ought to
be elastic enough to let any phase OF
Guardianship and ministership have
liberty to execute its particular mission.
It seems 10 be unfortunate for the
Rev. Howard NIcCreaTy that he did mot
locate in Bishop Po:ter's diocese. We
presume he would never have been
cited for trial, but would simply have
been a competitor with Rev. Heber
Newton for heretical favor. In great
city like New York, where the minds OF
men are very active and become very
bold, a quick, bright mind, disposed to
probe into the mysteries Of faith, soon
rallies special constituency OF church
goets. Blshop Potter seems to recognize
that these special constituencies will
seek their theological diet either inside
or outside OF his church, and no prefers
that they should seek 1t inside.
Some people may gay that this posi-.
ton Is entirely too laitudinariau, that