The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-30
BUDDES YALE LECTURES.
rPRoE.U ToTTEN AND OTHERS STIRRED
UP M THEIR UNORTH0DOEK.

UP Ri THEIR UNORTHODONY.
Rudde Called n crank InhdeIO from 9
Prominent New Haven Pulpit-ManJ
Yale Men Disturbed by His Theological
Idsas-His Controversy with Totem
NEW HAvEK. Oct. 2e.-The chief tonic Of in.
terest in university circles here IL the course
Of lectures which Prof. Karl Budde. q learned
theoloRian and scholar from the university Of
StrassburR, Germany, has been giving In o.
born Hall. Whether the university was in
formed Of tho purport Of these lectures when
the learned German was invited to enllghten
the minds Of Yale undergraduates upon sew
eral delicate points OF biblical history IL not
known. but there are many Indications that
the responsible persons regret the choice. The
matter has gone so far that several professors
In the Divinity School have warned their
Glasses against the dangerous doctrines put
| forward by Prof. Budde. and have openly OK
pressed their dissatisfaction at that GENTLE
mans appearance at Yale. Another WE'LL
known member Of the theological faculty has
attempted to explain away the presence OF this
advanced thinker at Yale. and to shift the re-
sponsibility for the professor and his steach-
inRs to other hands.
Prof. Budde has been denounced from a
prominent New Haven pulpit as o rank in
| 1iel." and the university called to account for
permitting him to promulRate his doctrines
under It's protection. Finally, to add a pic
turesuo element to the episode, Prof. Budde
has been drawn into q lively newspaper cod
troyersy with Mr.. Charles A. L. Totten, both
upon the results Of their theological points OF
view and thespersonal fitness OF thestwo men
to discuss such important affairs.
"Who is this Totten. anyway" exclaimed
the wrathy German. after reading several
newspaper articles in which he was severely
called to task; and the ex-professor returned
the compliment by describing DR.. Budde's
teachings as the New Budde ism"
Mr.. Totten. however. is by no means alone
in criticising Yale for the patronage extended
to DIR. Budde. Though 1t has been known for
some time that the New Haven theology had
mitigated the rigor that characterized IL be-
fore the advent Of the higher critics. and that
there was more than one member of the theo-
logical faculty who had been converted to their
ideas, there had been no indication that It
was prepared to 60 to the length suggested
by DR.. Budde. The latter appeared In New
Haven under the auspices OF a national COM
mittee appointed several years ago to engage
the service Of biblical experts Of the kind. and
with the full approval of Yale. This commit
tee was appointed for the purpose Of arranR-
ing such lecture courses in the various intel
lectual centres. aftor the manner Of the Hilbert
lectures in England. Among those interest
ed In the scheme are Prof. Harper Of Chicago
Univ ersity. Prof. D. q. BrInton Of Philadelphia,
the Rev. Z. E. Hale OF Boston. and the Hon.
Andrew D. White. the present United States
Ambassador to Berlin. The purpose Of the
organization IL to arrange for lecture courses
In some religion. or phase OF religion. from o
historical point q view. TO be delivered an
nually In the different cities OF the a%ssocia-
ton, with the understanding that all polemical
subjects are to be excluded.
1 A0nnrd ma Uffh h nrNufninnn ~ Ia
fg9 sR Iaf I yea, q qr %IiReLligtonns Il. Liie AMONG the
Religions Of the Primitiye Peoples.'' All these
d iSsture Th Esr yeS very r pGipqBja ndd SDd w ssTi faEit SFfh b.
the committee to give the results of his inves-
Prot. Sanders. the Yale member Of the COM
m @tSate' P PSStD Bad dden viii fH' also speak Pc xxi, se fforen the
HTsSTSsrd%i he University Of Pennsylvania. and
.u RT; ssdd st. hS Y., suoG Ne s1d in sre ~ %}sol IaTss
School men; Osborn and College street halls
Increasing as the Jews Of Pir. Budds's sur
prtstng disclosures spread abroad. The doc;
and largely built, with bpshy dark whiskers
and hair. His discourse is occasionally brill
liant and sparkles With e2igrams; It 10 not SO
that has attracted such general attention as
the subject matter OF his lectures; His gen
lHSsliEgi2|Hs ideas Of the Hebrew People Before
Pr: Budde belones to the most advanced
school OF German theological thought. He
oii'f tRs o 10 T 1estRl1ssISn . Ia9G seeks Gf t the e1 5S9k,
everything upon rational. scientific grounds.
He declares that such an interpretation is alb
t siGin'fH faith S:i that Il Is Is useless lnSl nuIt to e 41 sae men Hnrl to
be attracted toward a mass Of proiessedly his
does not believe that he necessarily UNDER
mines the Bible when he declines to accept q
i course pe 81 isStS IF is b ststsS% sydte5 ,1 Ell P e En-
s1blsct. OF YsfhEWeRR tJeho SHS6HSSe Wo isSet "a ob soe
l G6.G inaepfpndsnt Of the Bible itself. AZ,
SSRIsIdinFg The tRe t tRSnS $Sa; Rui ana 1d' iEssdi q! Wis Rs
was not monotheistic. nor did he forbid his
% otHs1 HnSa e E. bow Syd dow o. before the altars Of
affairs. not included IN his SPECIAL YpI pro Vince
that OF war: He remained behind In his seat
on f5rI Mount I Sinai" AND was Fl no service to the
Israel. according, to Prof. Bqdde:Gs lectures.
bible may say. The three great Jewish fes-
tiyals. for example. that, Of Unleayened Bread.
not received from Jehovah at Mount Sinai, but
bby Eye Ru after t their Isr entrance erd into ! Canaan, said
the Baalim. the gods OF Baa!. a. If proved by
the fact that the rational life comprehended
many aspects foreign, to the ,geniuG OF ,Je-
hoyah. The great. strides made by Israel In
agriculture are evidences of this fact. for the
1sraelites could have learned nothing OF agri-
culture from their Jehovah worship, which
was entirely warlike.
These unorthodox views Of Old Testament
history. and many more of the same kind, are
responsible for the interest which the pro-
fessor's lectures have aroused. The theoloRi-
cal SCHOOL Is not undivided in its opinion of
DR.. Budde's historical theories and the pro-
priety of inviting him to spread them before
the growing minds Of the university; Several
have no fault to find, Prof. Frank ?. Porter.
who holds the Hinkley chair OF biblical. the
ology, Is outspoken In his approval of DR..
IBsIdde's views. and Intends to elaborate them
the professors regard their German compa-
triot as . dangerous man., and have quietly
warned their pupils against accepting all that
he has to say. They also regarded his lecture
course as q misfortune. and are desirous that
II, the future the speakers orthodoxy DO care
folly exa~minedbefore he u, permitted TO un-
possible, to learn just what influence Prof.