The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-06-10
Rev. Or. cIadden,s uobelle, \, Hall.

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Prominant among the leaders of the new
school of theology is Rev. Washington
GLADDEN., d. D., pastor of the First Con-
gregationa, church of Columbus, o. He
believes in a rational and libe%ralinterpre-
tation Of the scriptures and openly repu-
dates the old school doctrines of hell and
future punishment. He thrusts aside as
telligent mind the belief that the heather
millions of the earth are all to be swept,
like so many flies, into the fiery pit OF per-
dition. The fact that DIR. GLADDEN. de-
nounces such sentiments as these as
"%fendish' is sufficient to place him In the
category Of heretics in the minds of some.
DR.. GLADDEN. is more effective as a lee
tnrer and writer on social problems and
questions of applied Christianity than as
q theologian. He has the effective method
of setting forth his theories and plans of
reform in the guise of pleasing fiction. A
few years ago he %expounded u scheme of
cooperation and union among the
churches in small towns in the form of q
magazine story with the title, THE Chris
tian League Of Connecticut" 1t was so
naturally n cleverly lone that many
thought 1t was the relation of actual
facts, and he was kept busy for some time
after the story appeared in explaining to
inquirers thai the leagne was only a pic
ture Of what he hoped might some day be
a reality. Of the same style is his recent
story in the Century On '"The City Club
of Cosmopolis,' in which he sets forth a
scheme OF municipal reform.
Not the least among those who have
been charged with heresy In these latter
days is the gifted, brilliant and learned
chaplain to the queen of England, Fred
erick ". Farrar, D. D. On November II,
1877, Cannon Farrar preached sermon In
Westminster Abbey on "Hell-What 1t Is
Not" 1t was said at the time that no sach
sermon had been heard in Westminster
abbey in six centuries. 1t was u brave
and ringing protest against tho. teachings
OF men who represented the Almighty as
q great Mnlloch who rejoiced in the fact
that he could doom the great majority OF
the race to endless misery. Speaking of
this sermon afterward DR.. Farrar said:
Before o week was over letters began to
pour in upon me from every part Of the
every part of the world. Then it began
to rain denunciations. l was assailed in
scores OF pamphlets; annililated in hun
dreds OF reviews; lecturcd against by un-
iversity professors; and anathematized
by Anglicans, Baptists and Methodists in
perhaps a thousand sermons. But there
were other directions in which l found
unlimited comfort. was surprised,
touched and unspeakably supported by
the many letters which / received from
persons OF the most reverent faith, of the
the most uuimpeachable orthodoxy,ab ove
oil OF the deepest personal holiness"
DR.. Farrar elaborated his ideas on the
subject Of future punishment more fully
In his book, Eternal Hope,'i q book
which has had an enormous circulation
n an immense influence upon religious
thought. The canon's views are not so
much nbhorred in any quarter rs they
were at first, but his writings are still
spoken OF with u shrug of the shoulders
by the severely orthodox and regarded
as dangerous When DIR. Farrar was
in this country u few years ago lie was
not made welcome in some church circle.