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DIR. NEwToN's LlseRAL VIEWS.
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Sensation fn the Religious world.

Sensation fn the Religious world.
New York telegram: The Rev. DIR.
Hebes Newton OF All Souls (EpiscopaL
church preached sermon Yesterday
which is calculated To evoke much dis
cussion in religious circles He made
"A SuccInct statement or his much
mooted views. His text was: "Hold
fast 10 the 70 m OF sacred words.
The re vereud gentleman said in sub
stance IL had teen said OF the Nicene
creed that IL was ilt only To he sung.
On the other hand, II would be hard 10
ret the Westminster creed 10 music.
The Nicene creed ~ The ampllfication
of the apostles creed.
Scarcely a doctrine which is in dis
pute in the churches round about US
can furn sli proper ground Tor dis
pute ia our roomy church. he said.
1.-The only affirmation in the Nicene
creed h Tie large. elastic declarations:
Il believe IN one catholic md apostolic
church We can thus judge OF the
catholic SIN which would rule out the
foremost man in the church for the
bisl opric because OF his opinion con-
corning the ei iscopate.
What must we believe concerning
the Bib e: Nothing beyond tie simple
declaration OF the NiCene creed-who
spo 10y the prophets. You may hold
10 the plenary inspiration OF the scrip
lures aud beneve every word dictated
by the Almighty, or YOU may hold that
larse aud reasonable view which IS
spreading through our church so
rapidly with equal loyalty TO our only
authority, the creed.
What does the church bid as be-
lieNe concerning the story OF the Gre
alionf You are equally free TO read
the story IA Ienesls as history or para
BILE. WHAT does the church comma nd
us 10 believe concerning the origin OF
evil. the fall OF manl Nothing what
ever. Concerning the atonementi
Nothing except the language of the
creed, who FOR us men and for our
salvation came Gown from heaven.
Cont efuing future punishment Moth
ing not contained ia the language OF
the creed, lie shall come again with
glory TO Judge both the quick and the
dead. All theories OF the character
and duration OF the punishment are
extra -credals. The first form OF the
articles confined an article on future
punishment aud that article was after
ward withdrawn.
'What OF the rAsurrectiong That
clothed j 1 bodily form, understand TO
| he the teaching OF our great creeds.
The nature OF the iesurtected body is
not affirmed You are fee 10 believe
this in the literal sense OF the body LAID
IN the grave or IN the larger sense in
which most men read II.
"Our great creed" concluded the
| speaker, lis tile reconciliation OF
| Christianity With Itself. Christendom
is torn and smembered before our
eyes. IL j. paral, zed with doubt.
| The strife OF creed~ is seen on every
side. Man cannot find shelter under
| the reformation confessions OF faith,
with their longdrawn metaphysics.
Concerning the sacrament and the
Lords supper we are free TO believe al
most anything that commendS itself
| to Christian consciousness. On all
these themes on which the creeds are
| silent IL is natural that men should
think. Opinions must be formed and
held, and the Christian, layman or
clergyman, Is left free TO form his own
| opinion.
"The Nicene creed is n charter OF
| liberty. IL frees us from ne-tent lis
OF the burning questions with which
protestantlsm i on lie TO day.
He who reads the signs OF the times
sees the alternative TO throw overboa rd
| the creeds or 10 simplify them. To-
day could our protestant churches be
content TO part with their reformation
confessions OF faith and adopt that
great catholic creei which has come
down through the centuries there
| would he IN end OF strife and conten-
| tion. DR.. Bridgeman would not have
TO leave his church for his views on
the questions OF future punishment and
| DR.. Briggs could excite no con
tenlion in his church on tile ques-
| tion of Inspiration. Our great
creed is the reconciliation OF Christian
faith and modern thought, OF theology
and science"