The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-12
Accusations Against a Teacher
Of MethOdiSm.
THE DEITY OF CHRIST
BELIEF IS NOT NECESSARY FOR
SALVATION.
Disafected Students of the Boston
University School of Theology
Are In Revolt Against the In
stTuctors = Professor Mitchell
Claims BE Follows John Wesley.

! Boston, Feb. 1.-THE movement by
disafected students against the doc
I trines of Methodism as taught by the
4 Boston University School Of Theology,
which was formerly directed against
Professor Hinckley w. Mitchell, has
now taken the form Of an organized at
tempt by the dissenting students to
! weaken the standing of the school, and
an attack has been made upon ". r.
, Warren, Professor Henry Sheldon and
/ Or. Borden p. Browne.
] Professor Mitchell. after repeated reA
q quests for an answer 10 the charges
! against him, has at last made a reply,
: covering the charges in a full and very
satisfactory manner to the authorities
+ Of the institution. He explains his
I teachings and gives his reasons and
authorities for his ideas.
The attack by the dissenting students
! has taken the form of a documentary
I appeal to the bishops and to the Meth
/ odist church in general. This contains
I over 100 pages, and starts with the
/ question:
Shall Methodism remain Wesleyan
/ in type and evangelical?"
The direct appeal to the bishopI
maintains the following propositions.
That such views as are held by the
/ professors should seek the endorsement
and enCOurag cement of the church
/ whose doctrines it cOVertly seeks to
! reVOlutiOnize, is astounding.
THAT the skepticism concerning a
supernatural revelation should seek
the friendship Of a church under the
uurture Of its own vows and affairs.
/ is beyond credence. But that such
/ skepticism should fortify itself in two
Of the Methodist schools and seek to
become the chief tutor of theology and
thought and furnish the Methodist
ministry with its doubts and negatives
for a life work on evangelism. is be-
yOnd reasonable comprehension"
Twentieth Century Movement.
The appeal claims that the twen-
ueth century movement" must lapguish
and the power Of the church fai1'i if the
ministry Of MethOdism learns to deny
the authority of the word of God to re-
! ject the Nervousness Of the atonement
! and accommodate the claims of Jesus
Christ to a unitarian conception.
They claim further that the teach
ings Of Professor Mitchell embody all
Of the Emergencies from scTiptural
truth and that in them he is supported
by his colleagues, Professor Sheldon
and DR.. Browne. This means, they
claim, the carrying out Of an alleged
boast OF Professor Mitchell to revolu-
tionize the teachings Of the Methodist
church.
In his reply. Professor Mitchell says:
Il am accused Of teaching that a belief
in the deity Of Christ is not necessary
for salvation. This is correct, and in
so teaching I have the support OF the
founder Of Methodism, John Wesley,
and I am proud to be his follower. I
am said to have belittled the signifi-
canoe Of the death of Christ l prefer
to speak of salvation through Christ,
rather than lay the whole Stress on his
death and in this l follow Wesley.
I shall have 10 plead guilty to the
charge Of believing that some of the
stories in the first chapters Of Genesis
are more or less legendary. The state
ment with reference to my view Of the
Sabbath is another Misrepresentation
I don't believe that the world was ac-
tually created in the length Of time
given"
The document will be considered by
the board Of bishops at their next
meeting in Chicago the latter part OF
April. and in the meantime the matter
will have to rest