New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-21
THE PARSONS STUDY.
ECHOES OF RELIGIOUS NEWS AND COM
MENT


MENT.
The Evangelist continues its arraignment OF inc
stated Clerk After printing letter OF Dr. ROoer's
replying to its criticisms Of him the week before lasU
II proceeds show that his defence Is not ADEQUATE
That he did run" the General Assembly, "Ihe bNai-
gelst" says, evident TO everybody WHO was PRES
emit And it quotes o remark of DR.. Parkhurst: II
had not been in the house five minutes before Sd"
who was running the Assembly Moreover lie ran
the Assembly we'll according 10 this journalistic critic
From the first moment TO the last he "pervaded H.
OF course resented his obtrnsion of hsen. bu.
apparently all they did 10 whisper mildly 10 each
other: "why doesn't he take the chair at once ana
save the trouble OF referring to the Moderator
= Tho Stated Clerk SAYS The Evangelist DC
strobe the platform like Colossus lie was con-
SANITY on his feet and his manner was so obtrusive
and dctatoral as to give great offence to great part
fof the Assembly. VIII lie DC 30 sVCu 10 -
produce the particular passage which makes MN ''c
general adviser and prompter OF the Moderator anu
vrtual dictator of the Assembly, II. on the contrary
ne has no authority except that which ne taReS uPou
himself. and which he exercises only by suicfance'
often IN the great annoyance Of his brethren Is 1t not
high time that the assumption was rbuked, ana tho
presuming official were put back where no belongs
sometimes indeed, he is set down. and setdown manu.
When a man takes the chair who Is used I" the ways
~ pubc bodies he does not care TO take partner In
The moderatorshlp We should like to see man who
| would run, the late Howard Crosby or other moro
rcent mOderat0rs But gentle scholar In the chair,
who knows much OF Hebrew than lie does of man.
aging large public body, is as clay in the hands OF
the potter"
At what season OF the year the world created
strangely enough the wicked ratlonalsis who arc SO
fond Of obtrudng their merely human speculations
upon have no answer to the question: while such
emnently orthodox authorities as Dr. Tamage ana
Crrden's Concordance give all the Information
t1,o ette I'm a
Tamage declared that the the work OF creation began
on Monday morning In May. Cruden, now
ever favors the autnmn will be seen by the loi
lowing note under the head World;
at also inquired at what season OF the year the
world was created Tie generality Of the fathers
think It was created In the spring But great mum
bcr OF others, among whom are the most learned
chropoocsts contend that the world was created in
autumn. They urge: 1. That the Hebrews, the
Erv and most Of the Oentals began their year
at autumn, which custom they had received from
their ancestors and they from the first men, WHO
would naturally commence their year from the time
when the world logan. .. When God created Adam
and Eve and all other animals lie was TO provide
them with necessary nourShment 3. There was fruit
upon the trees in the Garden OF Eden, GEN ill., B. 1t
was therefore autumn they say. in whatever place we
suppose Adam to lave been created"
Dr. Lyman Abbott's article entitled The Theology
and cogent description OF the present theological stu
alton 1t is an admirable statement OF the beliefs and
aims those who represent the new theology in all
the churches. It's spirit may be inferred from the
following passage: There is n growth going on IN
mems souls, and the contests whether IN COngrega-
tiona Church, or Episcopal Church, or Presbyterian
Church. or swcdenbOrgian Church, Friends Meeting,
are the Incidents Of great growth out Of the past into
the future II must stand, In this year OF grace
laOl and say that the Church Of Christ made mp, on
the whole, OF honest earnest men, has been studying
Gods Word for eighteen centuries, and has not found
up to this date anything but falSehood; that now We
have suddenly discovered the truth, must destroy the
alsehood and begin again. l. for one, should be
50 discouraged that l would not begin. MOI there
was a profound truth In the old system. Rather,
there IL profound truth in the old system. And the
truth OF the present and the truth OF the future Is not
to win its victory by pntting 10 death the old system
except as a arger truth destroys smaller one and
g7nder view Of truth the less grand truth; except as
the oak destroys the acorn. the fruit the blossom and
the manhood the childhood out Of which it grows.
propose them in this article. to endeavor to point
ont what underllcs these theological controversies,
what is the divine and provldentia Significance In
them, what is the prospective growth of the future out
Of a noble past
An old roci-ribbed conservative, who says that he
wants commentary on the Bible except the King
James version of the same sends me the following.
which
cusOns Of the higher critics. let US consider the man
Friday in Robinson Crusoe In all orr ordinary yer
sOns OF that great work he Is represented as savage
from some neighbOrng country Carib, probably, |
whose language Crusoc cOud not understand and
whom he named Friday because he discovered him on
that day of the week But there IS good reason 10 be
evc that this portion Of the text has been corrupted
Friday possessed none Of the Characteristics Of saV
age and on the contrary, exhibited some traits Of
character peculiar to Italians Moreover 1t is known
that the Italians were fond of sailing In the time OF
CusOe. What natural than that one Of them |
should have been wrecked on this unknown island
Following these premises, arc forced TO the concu
sion that the castaway whom CrusOe discovered was an
Italian gentleman named Nanfredk And either
through the bunder OF some editor, or because II was
English novel the Manfred changed. in later
editions. u Man Friday: and then an explanation OF
way the Friday myth In De Foes masterpiece gained
wide currency. and 10 l. generally believed that
II will require many years OF higher criticism to over
throw IT, People are so stupid. They think that this
mans name FRIDAY because their Robinson CruSoe
SAYS So not realizing that true critic never believes
what be and hears, but pins his faith 10 an original
conception Of the traditional story invented by himself
out OF his inner consciousness. II We TO be
lcvc everything We read in books, where does our
reason come ia ~
In a paragraph in this column in last Sundays
Tribune criticisng the Rev. Dr. b. +. De Costa, Of
this city made Of certain expressions 10 which
that gentleman took exceptions In letter which was
printed the next day In The Tribune Or. De Costa
Is csmable clergyman, who has always fearcsSy
performed what he conceived to be his duty, and l
regret having said anything in my criticism Of him
calculated to hurt his feelings
LOUIS WIyDMULLER on STLIER
In the number of Truth of this city for June Is
Louis Windmuller has able and forclble article on
The Danger by which our National Credit is Threat
cned7 Here are the concluding paragraphs:
The danger by which the entire system Of our cur
rency is threatened arises from the mistaken notion
thai can do c-hdndcd what the whole |