New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-28
PRESBYTERIAN ALLlANCh'
DELEGATES PRESENT FROM ALL rN
OF THE WORLD.
,>.rs,nre,,xc. ADDRESS BY THE REV. DR. hANo'
PASTOR OF THE FAMOUS BARoNY CHI "'"'
OF GLASGOW. SCOTLAND


OF GLASGOW SCOTLAND.
Washington Sept. 27.-Delega'e' arId as
q 90 900 Presbyterians throughout the Wi, Ave-
sembled at 1879 a. to-day in the Ne" a., sess,on
nue. Presbyterian Church to at'e"u NV
OF the Pan-Amercdn Alliance. An davs
rh eesstons Of the alliance Will last 'c', ~,
The bodv Is purely dellberatve. ana ho' ,,arr
sense legislative. It's capacity IL ehtney =, ober.
The first session to-day was deVo',on"' t,a,, mr.
actor the services being In charge OF '"e bitch
Wallace Radcliffe. pastor OF the Gnu" mum was
the sessions are held The ope"'"s Iv,,t pro-
nreoched by the Rev DR.. John lie ',,oa,coI
fsaor 81 church history at Princeton lneo'Ve mo
seminary his subject being The At'l."0e
Reformed Churches Toward the blole' ,,ror,.
Tho snbiect of higher criticism 80 calico, p'o"'
ises to he one OF the seriously mooted suDy -
tho nresent council. 1t was dlrectiy u,or,,v
hotb IN the sermon Of Dr. De witt ana suosePu '',.
w 49,, ,rrooI address Of the president OF the co..'-
ell the Rev. Or. j. Marshall Lahse' "
Scotland. .,, ',
prroRNED CHURCHES AND THE BIBLE
p.farr,ng 70 the attitude OF the churches repre-
so,,,e1 by the council toward the Bible Dr' De
witt said:
This attitude IS embodied in the well Know sHh
phrase of William Chillingworth HPrornstents
1t Involves the great propositions, raI,poms
Holy scriptures are the supreme RUE ,,;icient and
i4 cno they do not need for religious pur
poses the mediation OF the church as en atfde Of
ail the Protestant churches. But MIL or
churches have emphasized dhe b,,rc has empha-
sized their LOYALTY to Holy Scripture Ihey haNH
believed that they themselves would stand OF Ia"
would be far from the truth to say that the re- to
and dependence on the Holy Scriptures The great
Roman Church, in which medieval Chrs. .
authority. But 1t places TRADITION sue Wy sI -
Scripture. and Of both scripture anu antSorotiye
witness and the interpreter Inc rs t ii i,
churches contend that the Bible alone IL the ru'e
| of religious faltn
These excerpts serve to indicate the position taken
by the members Of the council. as the address re-
cafved the cordial approval Of the members.
| DELEGATES FROM DISTANT POINTS
Al . o'clock this afternoon the first business ses-
sto, NJ the council was held The call OF the roll
disclosed the presence Of 1874 delegates. representing
, churches from all parts Of the world Two members
IN whom their associates have particular interest,"
| are DR. James Stewart, of Lovedale, South Africa
and H. s. Bosnian, of Pretoria The FORMER j
strongly British in his sympathies III 'he pres
ont crisis in the Transvaa, while the latter just al
etronol,. upholds the Beers. DR.. Stewart was per
epal friend OF Dr. Livingstone, the famous African
| explorer.
,rh, feature Of the afternoon session was the ad
dr.ss Of the president of the council. the Rev Or
J. Marshall Lang. pastor Of the famous BafohS
| church of Glasgow Scotland. His address com
| r,,nIod the interested attention of his AUDITORS
| oItbouph IT was quite evident that his comments
unou Higher Criticisms and the position or I'M
church thereon will be made the topic of discussion
later I'm the slttlugs of the council. Referring Il
the position Of the Church upon this question: DR.
Lang said:
The churches which this council represents VII
| command the attention or the age onIy III III
measure I'm which without lowering either thei
testimony or their ideals, they recognize ana mar
room for It's trends and habits OF thought, ana II
expansions and complexities of life. We are no
worshppers Of the past. But If II Is false liberia
ism which ruthlessy tears the present from IN
past II IS an equally false conservatism whic
insists that the moulds into which the conclusion
! Of a bygone period were cast shall remain nke
and rigid for an future periods.
! In Christian theology there IS The word whic
enIureth forever" Christendom. Eastern an
the great vertes declared in the New Testamen
and embodied I'm the Apostles and Eicene creeds
These vertes are the content OF the faith once 10
! ali delivered 70 the saints and In the end OF IN
nineteenth century, as In the end or the hrst IN
Church faces the world with the protest, IF an
| We have received, let him be anathema' Bu
| while the centre IS the same yesterday and 10
day and forever. the circumference is ever eS
Let There be growth to the greatest extent, bu
not change Of the faith.
PROGRESS But NOT HASTE
, We all wish to progress. but we do not wish
rush down steep places into cOnfusiOns. In Whlc
. | th- integrity Of the faith might be lost We a