The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-28
WOULD BAR OUT DR.. BRIGGS
PROTEST no BTSHOP POTTER AGAINST
ms ORDISI III on.
pr. Cicndcnin, whose Church Was Selected
for the Ceremony. Asks the Bishop What
the Church wants of II Man Who Doe.
Not accept the B~ibic-Nestry Bucks Him. |

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,sha- M America. is determined that DIR.
charles \. Briggs. who was suspended by Tn,
rr,.hytoriun General Assembly In 1SI3 for
"pro,Aga,iue doctrines contrary to the Scrip-
,r,r. ir the Westminster Confession and 10
hsowu ordination vows shall not be ordained
A. al, Episcopal priest in st. Peters Church., AS
pI.h.u Potter Of the diocese Of New York has
announced. The Rev. nr. Frank NJ. Clendon min.
.nn.Iu..aw % III" lat" Horace Greeley, who
l,- rr,u rector IT tho parish thirteen
y.,r-. ha, written to Bishop Potter protesting
against 'lr ordination Of Dir. Briggs in st.
Peter or IN any other Episcopal church. His
letter was LANDED to the Bishop by one of the
,c-trymru of st. Peters on Wednesday even.
Ing What the Bishop intends to do about it
la. rn, boon learned. His anSwert to DIR. Glen
denim : .r'trr was not received In West Chester
Yesterday. and the Bishop refused absolutely
Ia Indicate what he would do. This is DIR.
CruIorlu- l"ttcr;
NJ, DEAR B:.tor:. \ few days after receiv-
irs YOUR .pttrr advising me that you proposed
L'Ilu. III" ordination OF DR.. Briggs at st.
icrrl. came "A request from some OF your
hIIn done 50 with curc and deep regret, I
isa' A, .urr rs | am Of anything in this world
int the book Is Fundamentally heretical from
If, rca,hlng. il true. would undermine not
auv n" whole Catholic thurch. Greek. Roman
an anglican. but II would destroy utterly even
The tuin and Foundation Of Professionalism.
ut Irales nothing Of any form OF Christianity
eyre.t that which scholarship whatever that
tYr the Bible. we have no Bible except that
which historical criticism" may be able to
d.. from oui The rubbish Of ecclesiastical in.
s,Itu'i1us. llturgical formulas. priestly cere-
nl"upc- and c~aslistlc practices lJ31.l
FROM hGuelln all this we are TO recover the
y rhrnU.hout this book of Or. Briggs is found
the teaching tina, the Bibe: as we have 1t. is
BY, a : a laimt reileetioa Of some lo,t
t. restore ~. our delighted minds. Our Mat
thew i a-rl on the primitive Matthew, 1I4).
w." ,., y ~ 4; a 2f iGs tinGr tG Dr. .6 b5is fHsk lies , the
ivma,c su~e-' this Mark. in getting up his
own story. ani our Gosnel of John is proba-
hSrS in the word 'probably.",
the holy huron throushoHt ali the worldS' re-
ceiles these Scriptures AS the Word Of God. he
answers III l%lajncst words. the consensus OF
the church. the citations and reverent use of
Scriptures in the Fathers. their recognition by
the earliest standards-these historical evil
ienco- have n value in the study Of the holy
ScrltureS.' II the consensus OF the Church
Ia not u lie received upon so vital a subject as
the Bible. why may not the same hand sweep
which ;atls to meetthe approval Of the Higher
The Christian, Church was born upon the day
Of penteco-t. pon. that day tWhitsundayl
the whole Catholic Church reads in her great
est service the account in the Book OF Acts OF
the coming OF the Holy, Ghost-the Comforter
Nothing show more clearly DR.: Briggs COM
rlete misronreptlon Of all truth and authority
He first quotes with approval the words Of a
man who said the gift OF tongues was not that
they smoke in ioreiGD =lnnGHIages, but in the
speech' OH and in his own words he closes
with the clear, bald statement that this sneak
iEE IN many different languages unknown be-
tore is not only psychologically and physically
Incredible. but has, little historic SUPPORT
,&!S; N ,Ns 81; Luke e. g, or ia d1ccs!9rGHing, to e, pr;
hook. says twice over. after naming many OF
the nations there. present. that every man
heard them speak in his own language" We
DO hear them speak in our tongues the wonder
IT. follows, by inevitable logic that II the
statement, regarding, the Gift OF Ton"ues. he
may have been mistaken about the whole story
o the coming Of the Holy Ghost it may have
that day happened down with considerable
force unon those deluded people. But II the
Catholic Church, no sacrament has any mean
ing. and DR.. liriggs's ordination itself would
te eut an hour OF wasted life.
To doubt a supreme event OF Chris tianity, n
statement OF Holy Scripture twice repeated
within a.trw lines. leaves practically nothin OF
do not. as a rule. charge our worst editors
with lying over 9nce about the same thing,
''''ii- VI 'hC "a ~ 1 'hio itii EcNo
on othe awful conclusion. No human magma
ton has ever, e1ualled the imagination Of the
sqmes to Justify our Lord in quoting the Book
Of Jonah that book being. according TO DIR,
Briggs. n work Of the imaGina;ion' GAS. and
e!ent words that Person OF human and divine
history hcfore Whom even Renan stood with
uncovered head.
1t is needless to add that a man who dis
counts So iearlrsSly the %veracity Of the New
Testament and lis central figure. makes short
lii ]trlGS.oUr' Lord said 'oi:the Old Testament
books, these are they which testitysof Me
Tut wien SrE DR., HrtSgs Is through with dessri6-
imasiqation the truthfulness OF, the much
ABUSED S~vaniard is to be preferred.
Why in COT name doe, such as DR., Briggs
want to come into our communion. why does
any man want to have him come? No part OF
ng.h q Holy scriptures as we do; and no part
9th" Church, | believe, hears Gods word with
hihl" IA II j, he disrards the authority and
consensus Of the Church. For what reason.
.neretnte and on what ground does he wish to
eat and histori" sense Of the wGrd. both the
h' TEa and the c"niensus Of the ChHIch: t.,
roor affair. in the calmest wav possible he
writes 90. the Church needs a greater
grace OF God will reveal itself to another
Luther and another Calvin at no very distant
nav lnf tho SlnCtliIcntlOn OF the tnurcn ,and
me preparation of the Bride for the Bride
These are the types Of men. they, who are
c,,nIing 10 restore to purity the great Church.
81 whi"h you are n loved and honorei Bishop:
Lu'hnr, who broke his own VOWS and led n wo-
man 10 break her VOWS. who threw truth and
morality to the winds and cast with scorn
sam lanes from he canon of Scripture for
Ita'hlilG the necessity Of good works and a
goo" lie: Calvin, the author Of the monstrous
nisron"cption and hercsy which bears his
lam" These are the kind of men DR.. Briggs
nU,Hl. ar" coming to prepare the. Bride for the
hrGsgroow.'
II gri"ycS mo. my dear Bishop. to add any
Ir1Ni'e, To vuur already Overburdened life. but
I"el there Is. nothing left for me to do but to
ask You, kIndiy to withdraw the ordination
from -. Peter Church.
l"r some two hundred wears this venerable
iht',l, has stood by the Holy Scriptures. AS
ms tu!r"h hath received the same have
", tEhf To involve its record.
Lastly. Reverend Father in God. until he
nas i"l"ln"ed his errors. | solemnlv protest
TGhlhS' Charles Augustus Briggs. Doctor in
T~iiN,n''y. being ordained anywhere by. our
thurrh.
~ !. VI. O. ENDENIV. Rector OF st. Peters.
Nt>i ihtsTEE. y. Y.
bishop Potter announced som o days ago that
"h"n h" mad" n visit to 81. Peters on May II
~" w''l'! "rdain DIR. Briggs to the priesthood,
IN" pTtsInul intention u-aS RI prdnin nr RrippS