New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-02
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY, MAY 2. 1897
THE WATSON HERESY CASE.
TEXT OF THE CHARGES AGAINST THE
NOTED AUTHOR AND PREACHER

NOTED AUTHOR AND PREACHER.
London. May 1.-The following Is the full tex. OF
tho petition presented by Or w. Kennedy Moore
10 the Presbyterian Synod last Thursday In the
charges OF erroneous views held by DIR. John wat
son clan Macaren') and rejected by that body:
The memorial and petition Of the undersigned min
land to the Very Reverend the synod Of that Church
indicted to meet nee. at sandsrand or April % asa
with profound concern at the statements publicly
o the Rv Dr. Joh wacn na' Of &
Park Church Liverpool. are not in harmony with
most Vital doctrines concerning grace and saliva
ton revealed In the Word OF God
statements are allowed to pass without any dis
avowal or explanation on the part Of DIR. Watson,
the results will be most disastrous 10 the spiritual
life Of the Church. and also eventually to its out
That your petitioner; conseauenty feel themselves
constrained by their desire to be FOUND faithful TO
Gospel OF His Grace may be faithfully preached TO
the salvation Of souls humby ana respectfy TO
sideraton and deal with It IN the way which, In It's
wisdom. II may deem most fit
The petition is followed by an appendix which sub
mts specimens of the statements that have been
publicly made regarding the doctrinal views OF Dr.
Watson. Many Of these opinions come from Amer
lea. The first statemer' is that OF the Rev. DIR.
Joseph Parker pastor OF the City Temple DR..
Parker. reviewing the Mind OF the Master" in THE
II | knew nothing Of Jesus Christ but what ms M,
book tells me. should think of Him as remark
ape young gentleman who had snndry aCI
beautiful many OF them hopelessly ideal: YET mos
ing under sense Of the snfuness Of the world /
should never suspect That behind Roman murder
should never dream. That this young gentleman
was before Abraham and was the very nSPsoq
should never suppose OF course the Confessions
and the Standards may all be wrong and they are
is right have no fear Of blunt and definite httero-
doxy. but much secret mischief may be wIought by
fancy neodoxy. which Is rather an evaporation
Has Dr. Watson then nothing to say about the
What he SAYS Is ths lie declared that ac
His death. It was an act Of utter devotion to TIE
hearts of His disciples Jesus proposed 10
ransom the race not by paving price to the dey Ea
hear; and reinforcing tho will o. lOA; There Is
rom ShGs tie hers s bat Bat h ma sys n
that Presbyterans have said it, Win my whoIe
tent and unscripural. say mpo,en with special ,I
emphasis. because such doctrine can never save
The Rev DR.. Theodore L. Cuyler. Of Brooklyn. Is
quoted thus:
The Rev DR.. cuyler, in article in The New w,;
York Eyangest said that when Ian Hr Mac! S,Tnb
subscriber TO the Westminster Confession. but that
s nss de s wrn cea
"If DR.. Watson is right in some vital points. adds
c or snd Dr. Mscoah
In another article DR.. Cuyler suggested that ian
erycf re'F@ nd r for dear Old drink
cursed scot'ands sake that he should not indulge
in Dickensh digs total abstinence societies
The Rev DR.. w T. Maoy. in an article in THE
United Presbyterian" (Pittsburg). wrote as follows
Dr. Watson. If living in America. would be classed
with the school OF s9calcd 6eras f"r in
the life TO II they have been humanitaT rams
here He puts into h ord m9u dns o. k Ef OF with
the physician, because he had not been haro on lIie
poor people whom ne haa vi, vlss Hb ih
ing Christian people Will swallow without the least
dne cam Give FOR claim for mere Is that Jesus
died and bore our sins ana carried our sGrro fa
We w pc thst Pst%ensth of religious faith which
makes all our blessings flow through the Atone,
i he unsafe o! borders Of encouraging dying men to
trust in some Other. way OF entering HE 'nah
through the mvrts Of the Crucih'd.
"The New-York Independent" sTid;
ANY Theist. Trinitarlan or Unitaran, and we
are not certain but We might say Buddhist. Ma Ma
hometan or jew could make the promise IN me t
ethical creedD for we suppose that they an ne
eve that christ was noble ebe M peier Whatever
rho Row DR. John Hail. the Rev. DR.. Charles II
porkburst and other well-known Presbyterian min
listers N America writing In The New-fork
Herald" condemned the creed for It's omission OF
such fundamental truths as the Trin'ty' the
Deity of Christ, Ills AtoHelntHI ny "!'"e' III
need OF being born again. the pardon OF Sill "heh
Chr,st "a trusted the need of the Holy Spirits
sanctfyng power-which are louhu III lio'e''""'
creeds ali the world
From an article in The Expos!tor' for January
1897 on the Mind Of the Master. from the pen OF
the Rev. Dr. Chadwick, Bishop OF Derry, an article
which has attracted much attention. the following
is taken:
There is an unpleasant flavor of Renan. in his
sugary mood in the EXPIRE ssloh winch oeiis
To speak as If inspiration ebbed and flowed
I'm the breast Of Jesus IL not only nonsense, pul
very mischievous nonsense, indeed
In u recently published pamphlet. entitled THE
Reyealer and Redeemer" DR. Moore said of Dr.
Watson:
In many other quarters the opinion expressed
that the teaching of The Mind of the Master
was not i'm harmony with the Confession or Faith
and in this view both the eulogists and the cities
by for having broken away from the fetters
OF a and antiquated theology while others
ments propounded in the volume could have come
from a Presbyterian pen 1t was hoped by many OF
DR. Watsons friends that he would nave SAID some
thing TO allay the perturbation or spirit wnica
showed itself in many tokens among his brother
ministers and fellow members in the Church.
Nearly q year has elapsed. and nothing OF the
accepted the position assigned him, both by those
who coincide in his Views and those who do NOT.
The situation has consequently assumed graVer
aspect. This is rendered more serious by "A general
impression among such as read religious works.
without duly Weighing their meaning. that there
can be nothing object TO very much In the writ
ngs OF n popular minister whose opinions are not
challenged by the authorities of his own Church.
Under these circumstances the writer has felt y
his duty examine more closely the Views which
Dr. Watson has put forth
NAY SEE HER GRANDMOTHER'S PORTRAIT.