The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-04-29
SCHOOLS FOR INFIDELS
CHARGES AGAINST METHODIST COL
LEGEs By DIR. MUNHALL.
DIR. Buckley Declares Methodist Bish-
ops Are Too Closely Annotated
with Men of Wealth.
New York Herald.


Higher criticism was bitterly attacked
by the Rev. DR.. L. w. Munhall, an evan
gelist from Philadelphia. at the Methodist
ministers meeting, at No 80 Fifth avenue.
yesterday. He declared the churchs enemy
was now in her pulpits; he asserted that in
two of the theological schools Old Testament
professors were giving the students all the
objections to the Bibles authenticity, with
out attempting to answer the objections, and
he related instances of young men made inf
dels by attending Methodist educational in
situations.
Although vote of thanks was accorded to
DR.. Munhall for his address, it was not until
after. sharp criticism had been made. DR..
John Riley Thompson. of Brooklyn. charac-
terized the address as 1.-The most dangerous
paper heard here in a long time" and
thanked God the prevailing type of Method
ism was rot that of DR.. Munhall. Dr. Buck
ley declared some of the bishops were get
ting too intimate with wealthy men who en-
dow the colleges.
DR.. w. F. Anderson declared DR.. Munhall
guilty Of heresy in putting the text of the
Bible higher than the living Christ, and DR..
George P. Mains said:
mo such vague charges have been
made here against an institution near New
York ought to be made. They should either
be withdrawn or else made specific and fol-
lowed by an official Investigation
Dr. L. w. Munhalrs theme was 1.-The In
tegrity and Authority of the Bible. DR..
Munhall conceded that many of those vino
teach the higher criticism" are entirely
honest. but he vehemently attacked their
teachings nevertheless.
NO sensible person., he said. will OBJ
ject to any devout and honest effort TO as
certain the dates and determine the author
books composing the Bible. and the exact
text of the sacred writings but we insist
that the examinations and criticisms shall
be made by competent persons. and that,
before we will abandon the views and faith
held by the historic church for eighteen
centuries we must have. not conjectures,
presuppositions and bold. improbable as
SYMPTOMS but demonstrable facts.
Nearly every objection raised against
the integrity of the Bible by the present
day higher critics can be found in Volume
VI Didot edition of Voltaire's works and
Paine,s Ag s;,, of Reason 9I. See Chapter TO-
THE plan of the battle has changed. The
enemy used to be outside the breastworks;
he is now inside-in our own pulpts, in our
educational institutions and editorial chairs,
but it is the same battle. and the weapons
used against the book are The very same
the infdes have a ways used" d.
has failed to reveal a single naccuraey
i'm the Bible There are still many Difficult
ties in explaining the text. but many such
difficulties have been cleared up In the last
ten years, and the others may be-" The
| speaker declared 1t to be impossible TO
preach an infallible Savior from an I'M
| authoritative Bible. He related this in
stance:
TT is said some one asked Mr.. Ingersoll
recently. why do you not give your lecture
against the Bible any more?' He replied,
The professors and teachers are doing that
work so much better than l possibly can,
and their influence is much greater
| Il do know he continued that in two
| of our theological schools the Old Tesla
ment professors are giving their students
| all the objections against the integrity OF
| the record. and making no attempt what
| ever 10 answer these objections, and these
students are going out 10 fill our pulpits
| with little or no knowledge of the Bible
| their minds filled with objections 10 the
| book the church commissions them 70
| preach. Can any one reasonably eXpecl
| spiritual results from the ministry of such
| men?
| Il know of one OF these young men. who
! within four years OF his graduation left the
| Methodist Episcopal Church. became pastor
| of a Congregational church, then pastor OF
| Unitarian church and then a blatant In.
| fidel all in the same town
| "A wealthy member OF our church. dele
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