New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-25
THE SANE TRUTH FROM ANOTHER ANGLE.


| THE BROOKLYN PASTOR SEES GOOD COMING OI
OF THE PRESENT THEOLOGICAL CRISIS.
Dr. Behicuds faced IA large and interested audience
in the Church Of the Covenant lie did not Is''
text but add himself TO his theme The Bible ana
he Present Dri OF Religious Thought prcfacns his
argument with the statement that for him the Holy
scripture. are DIVINE in authority the only and
The iniahbe rule ia faith and conduct 10 THIS lie
added
Permit me To say also that am not here to WELD
a free. lance in matters winch at present are very
earnestly debated among YOU fnn seem u b. diVIud
some Trims That The Drcach i hop"Ic-7 40 n"'
believe II Is; and d. most profoundly believe thA'
you Nlll be more strongly fIsvl and welded t"s,H"i
ior tle lcry furnace ol earnest thought through which
Won are pa>sin. and that the whoe thurrh OF p"I
viii be enriched by the conclusions u VIA D YOU may
be led uJ, my brethren, Geneva Is not a, lar from
Witt~ub4rg ~ IL was $40 years ago. The world hI-
grown smaller and more compact since then Ihoufhi
has become vastly more cO-mopohlan, and me rein
common problems, ana the oa1Ic"'1 upon c,tny ~
are nOating carrying Us all We are he'u"s ~
he ecumenicai once more
THREE THINGS ASSUMED.
There are three things which | wish 10 emphasize
rs preliminary and automatic, things which may De
assumed al the outset. The Arst Is that Inc ofoa'
fact, upon which all religion rests. and WITH "hioh
Christianity specifically deals, have existed from INC
beginning. and cannot possibly be eliminated. III
The second place il should not be overlooked anu
IL should STIR Us profound gratitude ana hoiciuineSs
that the rover,es II time matters II religious
faith are the most part conducted by men VINO 49, &C
| i..feu
not less fire. and boid pu' ui9 arc t. n .hion
lr,yer.ut NS.ealrc can never atdlh Nc w wv i"'1i
Thomas Paine La, outlved ms ap's.oIIe sva FreSrck
cal theory dead year before Davu scIi
struIas was carried 10 hio grave lew quc', -.
aimed spear thrusts from I.Slop sho, "o aItHur 81
u PRICK The precautions az hU = Wv pn.rswer-
Supernatural Religion, which wa null a, una ,,,r,
bie ana to 1a o tg a'G sot. Lie Of Jesus rs
authority, and the world Is not etau3 no' ~ III
men wers weighed aud found wanting ana once SO
more should not forget tat Ia all liie e ht t
.ITN In fh.(
Hoy spirit ha li- part Let US ;cPIa te ~ me IioT
clause IN our common creed belo'o ~ ',p ,trp
ance unique alike in degree and kind Holy men poke
a. they we're moved by the Holy Ghost lt theFe -
also a divine guidance for the readers ava 'iiA0'S a
BIBLICAL STUDY INCREASING.
Nothing is more Significant Of our restless ana seem
inry revolutionary age than the increased attention
which the Bible is commanding. The Biblical revival
has reached U.s. and It is steadily deepening ana WIDEN
ing our younger men provided with much be''ef
compliment 10 pursue their studies in the Scrp,un'' az
they are preserved In the original tongues tah "o'e
we who LETT the lecture rooms twenty -hVe years 'so
And there arr not few men who have brought o"t
,cr Ion 4 egectcd Hebrew Bibles pOdding their va"
u.tenfly and cOnsccntOusly through the chuIe Oiu
fastafucnt We have fallen back RON cy'uo CIV
doyiuLuc lreatsee u the English Bible ahu we c, ,
TIlur back from IanslatOns 10 the Hebrew, u' t
dee aud the Greek, and We coud itacI tlc - G
autographs there arr good many Oi uS WIN "0"'" Wv
our utmost 10 master these. .,. tam,
Take out OF Cav!ns Institutes bis GuoiIons iiU ,
rfiI
nothlng left The Genevan', strength Is III ~, sinI
l,r mastery OF the Word Of God, where no sun ie"' t
,,- few equals and without superior. Anu v" 70"
'n,ruanv with him, and with Lutiier Whch We III ~
any man any creed win an lnalnDe 31oent is
Gve INT one Master. the seal Of whose lhdoi II,
nncn The HOLY scriptures. 70 understand tne'' WIZ
tte utmost cXacness possible Il orr nlet anu and
drtv And il occasion for only cOiera'u ,,.
inv mat the burning questions of our ddl III 49,
;bcught are not speculative but concern the lh'lP
lion of The BDlc. The result may lctVv W. or,at
18th smulcr theology, but that it4eli VIII Dc 80
hicssing Tor the theology which J. neeutn ~, .orid
a-c ion mn A
can understand ..,.,,rtrrn
rEAsoN MUST NOT BE DISCHEDITED'
And Il must be not only theology WHO" "a" ~
d.rst,oJ bat a theology which compols assent DS
an, lo,r ,.asOnabeness OF it, delivcfances Inc 'o'o
Faith precedes Reason, must not be useu u W 80,
cd,t unon reason In fact, may say OF W" ia'''
,ich refuses to anayzc and justify lis oohf"'' -
ule the faith which James condemns IL Is i'N' 49,
-, .,ultl.,s dead Hero is second maiheu
o,Sstlc of our time and men are demanding Inv
o,ogv which Is both Biblical and rational ,o.,
rho times to- are marked by stronger 49,,
drift especially in American churches anu -
cince tolls us that the knowledge OF ma'e'I''
- ,a that the present is the survival ana ue
- - a distant fact. The pOs'uiaiei 80 iutn the
,isod ,nd entTcnclcd. must be carried o'c rbere
sap" % theology, apd Is being carried ev Al
soIjdarity Of thought, an ct"rhai a d. in II tine
universal the new must nave I'D IL 'ho wv
study of comparative religion. o., masterfu ten
et"u' rots TO a fourth and most ctca
co w., ,,oderp religious thought. the h ,han
g.n This keynote was clearly sounoe 'an whnsr
di1 ni, an ago. on Andover Hill, by mA"