New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-23

HE DELIVERS A SERMON ON THE REsIG-
NATION or Or pE COSTA

The Rev. Dr. Minot J. Savage preached Yesterday
morning I'm the church Of he Messiah farK-aFe'
and Thirty-fourth-st he said in part;
have taken my theme as have because at me
sSrifer ON a morning newspaper represent great
crisis IN the religious thought ana me Hiig'""S
5bointinr out 'moyemens tendencies they are only
telling the way in which the winds OF Goa arc
I believe Dr. De Costa h. noble sincere homes {.
consecrated clergyman; believe i"I' ,il'o 81,
his postOn as Indicated in his letter 10 'n, pIsn1r
is logically impregnable Grant his premises ana
coneistcnt from boginning 10 eud and believe that
he has followed his conscience in taking the STEP
ubioh has caused so much discussion
Concrrning Bishop Potter would say nat !
have no question as 10 his honor. MS sln, ,,.l;.
as H." 5eves IN IT, and 10 cod as he understands
his duty 10 God But / think his attitude Is ioe'o
va '' yyei~ona5e wav for stopping where he stops
think Or. De costa is right when he says me ,,.
tarianism f. liberty I'm religion. IS raiionailsm III
the noble Of the term 30 nov h, ,T,s an" irs
consistency. Go not bciive that he Is woni' n"ff
for moment be understood as AIM tMas
Tnitarianism. DO not believe he has .,A ,n,
{, 80 a,se Emily aeo9 Arc there less noble men
and women I'm il? Are there less noble inrm i'll ~
CONSERVATION to human holpiulness ana service, ess
care for the worship az GOO II -. - T., saIs..
m cod and is turning away from Gods truth why
then logically the people n II oush' 10 , Ds ,sbt
,O, a udrs n ministers the men and women worse
But as matter oi tacl ana ,t,acr n ne church
never began 10 d. ,n,lirt,I SO clear headed go
S"nsrcr,,ted TO God and His Truth. 80 ready to help
their fellow men as they are az lhlS nyil'"u D.
Is so with the other churches. me hdPuS'' i''S
~ ha,e found out that the Bible IS simply III.
religious oarn rro oSer Bb S Red to dyiney IN
sprcd with Just MS much Ica.on A. ,'s - nan 81
,h,t We know he never fell We have STUDIED ne
origin of the Bible and have iound onI m6"
every Intelligent reader. knows that w. Kno"
utcly nothing about 5he autn9isB on anv Of he
great truths which The Bible contains, DIo II "''S
touch tho authority of M Dooh "1 s tbincs We
Now We have been finding out th'-t III "a =
have new universe new % Pat'pre Of man.
we knov abonf Church tradition. We know about
the origin Of the Church We know what ~ cam t
are not based on anything like infallloi mDasse
on human ambition. ON the contest, an" . .,a,t
1t is going 10 destroy the authoritatye c ,
Of The church. The dosmauc IN Nan The doc
rotai noprayifv Vicarious Atonement the I'm
tSa i 1o''ii ~. Of Eternal Damnatiou
''' 'p9no for ,hr life ~ M consider e. calamity
oven # modern knowledge does di-cre1i Su, !
is me- death of thcs. horrible beliefs and IN
Autey better than they IS no oert al an eri
Let rs Soc If christianity. j. in danger hrs hrs
ianity must 10 substantially one Of Two thin ras
grown no about the person Of the nrisr or II
must consist essentially in the teachings OF tne
christ Himself Jesus did not tea"n any Trinity
NicariouS Atonoment. ran Of Man. or Total De
r,r,yif, Of tho these horrible doctrines are
not teachings Of Tosls believo I'm that Chris
fanltv which constitutes the essential teaching OF
Tho \azarono and not human devices and phil
osophical ~pcculations on tho nature ~ the Naza-
reno ,.s--
believe that UnitarianiSm stands In position
., ho tho arbitcr and cry. we hold the keys
not thar God has mraculously given 10 MS any
KEYS that We have exclusive Use of. either 10 bind
or - loose 10 shut I'm or out. but We dar" take
the keys or freedom. the keys OF knowledge; the
kevs of faith I'm life. Of freedom and knowledge.