West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-05-04
Inspiration OF The Bible.
More Sbout The New York Metholi 4
Ministers

It. the most natural thing known TO
men for inferiprity and prejudice 10 as-
sail the sweep of siciorg and iD,slli-
geuce, ,hoUsa victory comes ly Ole
dicncc to I've "tlrcat Am"
The Methodist charch is Gods adj
vanc' GUARD in the fight nt home and
ai road aud he Nho assaiIs iSin noe.
tkFNf OR IRA CTIcE challenges the jrs-
tice Of God and stigmntjzes the glory
given him thereby for more than $50
years during which time her signal
success has necessarily declared SUI
perhuman guidance.
The sweep of her victories hes been
too great and continued for church
with: ~ false system and pcact ice"
a FREND TO MErnoDIsM,
Brandonville,.W va
April 25 1899.
NEW YORK PREACHERS HEEfING AND
THE INSPIRATION or THE BIBLE
Considera bile interest hus been stirred
- Among Methodists and also amo' q
certain e'asses of irreligious people
throNghoat the country over "a Dispatch
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I'm various critics concerning a certain
pupcr which was read before the New
York Preachers Meeting, Monday.
March g, by Rev. Dr. :. Parks Cad asan
According to the press reports. the
paper i'm question declared that 1.-THE
iuhereRcy einerraucy no doubt was
meanD and infallibiity Of the Rible
are no longer possible OF belief among
reasoning men, ft was also reported
lAfs mn hal 4 huf IL. A
Jonah and the whale is exploited.
bishop Andrews, 10 was stated. was
present and with the otner preachers
applauded the Doctor thereby express
ing their approval.
When the press reports came to our
notice we at once branded them AS
misrepresentation the actual ftcts in the
case md hence misleading. But we
deeitieri TO wait until we could secure
reliable information concerning il.
! The New York Christian Advocate for
last week contains frank and open
account OF the whole De rforrnance in
which the misre presentations are Doint-
eel ont and denied in detail The arti-
Gle is too long 10 rcprOduce here but
We quote snch portions of it as bear
upon the main points OF iptevest in the
reports.
The pauer under discussion, IL is ex-
L
being prepared and re;ud by different
men upon Modern BibIe studies and
| their relation; the difference between
the higher and lower criticism the for
ination of the Scripture canon. ANA the
relation Of these studies TO various the.
ologicirl statements" The positions
taken in the various pa pers, il is stated
the views eNprcssed cnnceFning them
in the discussions which follow their
reading, are very divergent.
Concerning the paper under consid.
Grafton the Christian advocate SAYS:
The sGbiect under discussion was in part
whether The Bibe was absolutely infalIible in
science and IN matte That did not relate q
the pIr ose Tor which the feve;ati0n was gfver
and In this sense the speaker took the ground
that the Bible is not inerrant or infanible: thai
the writers used the current knowledge OF tbs
! time for nIU-tration o incidental references
The ground was also taken thpt tHe inspira-
/ ton j. not verbal. as was held bv many I'm form
/ er times That 10 was an inspiration received
| from God, of truth expressed according 20 tn,
chira" a"ter and temperament ot the writer's II
was maiHtain ined that all parts Of the Bible ar,
not equally inspired, and that II is the right o
the crit cal student 20 determine the respec
/ tive values by comparing them with the fulle
! light Civ, n IN the revelation Of IEsus CHRtsr
The general tenor Of tile paper was pevercnt
and more glowing euioSy Of the histori,
CHHrsT and more ardent statement Of faith n
| Him rs the worlds only source Of light trutl
/ and salvation, has rarely been heard.
The paper also took the ground that the in.
/ sp'red compilers Of the ,arlitr parts Of TN,
Scripture made ue ~ part Of preexistinl
sacred writings.
! These statements of che position TAX
en- ia the paper shows how hasty, un.
reasonable and even strained the con
ciusion reached Nv the dream report
err that the ground taken by DR.. Cad
| man aud which. said the reports. was
accepted by the most representative
/ body of clergy iP America. "plaees tht
/ Bible on the plane of historical book,
and rejects the authenticity Of all parts
/ Of the Scriptures that are not in ae
cord with modern human reason. ,
! Evidently with that reporter the wish
must have been father to the conclu
sion
! The Advocate also states that Bishor
/ Andrews was not present more.tn q
about twenty minutes, and heard prir
"Puily the euiogy of this histori,
/ Christ. He WAS not present at the
close. did not jein in the applause and
no conf lCaco can Be ptlc-d 20 ruv ft..
+ ports % what hc said. he declined -
/ talk for an interview. but gave 80 st.r tc
+ W"'tt OF th" tenor Of the al iress ~ he
( had bcar a. FROM Others" IL is alse
I dsnied that all Vh0 were present and
heard the paper agreed with DR. Cud-
man.
IS TO tho newppa per reports concern.
iug the story of Jonah aDd the Whale
the Ndvoc' { s1vs:
This 81 an e1t're misrcpres ertation The
porer gave The opinions ~ ,evcral perpous re.
durine ~ 10 q myth, bot ho writer Of tle papet
dec lfcd Chat they hnd failed ~ convince hin
aud he was in slate ~ suspended Judgment
with regard 10 The sare prsfoui to uccepi
the testimony Of Cmisr as The end The dis
cussions-
Closing the article the Advocate re-
marks: 'lt /, -uilci mt t1 say that All
representa- tiOns tU.,t the e. sayis L taught
that the scholarship Of the present day
mustreject The Authenticity OF aI, part,
Of the Scriptures that arc not in accord
with modern human reIsOn. are utterly
without foundation. o."
10 Us proper 90 note that this is not
the first time that false reports have
been widely published concerning
views advocated by the New York
Preachers Meeting H. should also be
remembered that reporters wBd the
general public are not admitted to the
Preachers Meetings and there fore Bhcir