New-York tribune., 1900-01-30

PLYMOUTH'S POSITION.
DR.. BROUGHTON COMMENTS ON THE
ACTION OF MR.. PORTER
A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE EXECUTIVE COM
MTTTEE OF THE EvANGELIsTIc FOR
WARD MOVEMENT.

There was considerable discussion among the
clergy and laymen of Brooklyn yesterday over the
action of the Rev. Horace Porter, the associate
pastor of Plymouth Church, who in the absence
of the Rev DR.. Newell Dwight Hills on Sunday,
declined to read the announcement Of the revival
services from the pulpit of Plymouth Church
The Rev. DR.. Len G. Broughton. a leading
speaker Of the revival movement yesterday said to
a reporter:
Plymouth Church has taken For many years /
Christian or a Unitarian church, Its action yes
terday is equivalent to declaration on Its part
! am firmly convinced that had DR., Hills been in
the cb;,rcb 7 an great adn1irer of nv EJillis;
and have read With wit delight MS sermons and BOOKS
as the saviour Of the world but arr Sorry to
his pope thd6 do ho htS and at least some OF
l am fighting Unitarianism as belief not as
ever 60 as the emblem of mans salvation. That
g Is my ldga Of Teg3n nor drfa cannot d help it. - then II
gregation Of Plymouth Church,
help along he revival movement II cannot ' do it
people are offended at the doctrine of Christ cruci
fed. which is being preached at these services. I
never in my life saw people so willing to accept
Christ
Would DR.. Abbott If he were pastor of Plymouth
Church have adopted Mr. Potter's attitude?" rr.
Broughton asked
Certainly he would the quick reply Or
Abbott is Universalist and Unitarian combined"
How about Mr.. Beecher?'
Mr.. Beecher is dead"
DR.. Broughton said that he would leave for his
home at Atlanta, next Tuesday.
NOT sECTARIAN OR BIASED.
The Rev Dr. E. Homer Wellman, pastor of the
Church of the Atonement. told a reporter that he
was sorry that Mr.. Porter had taken the position
he had He said:
There is no just ground for declaring that this
s ethods We are United to Wage war on sim in
and to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. If some
cannot be held reeonsible. should Individual
opinion color the whole movement.
The Rev. DR.. T. S. Henderson, secretary of the
Executive Committee, said:
This movement is against sin, and unbelief
is sin We all stand by DR.. Broughton. The OBJ
Ject of this movement is to save souls and for
the uplifting of those already saved. Why do not
our critics attend some of our meetings?
A MANIFESTO ISSUED.
At the close of the MONDAY meeting in the As
sociation Hail of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation Building yesterday DR.. Henderson issued
manifesto which had been prepared by the Execu-
tive Committee of the 'Evangelistc Forward Move
ment of Brooklyn" 1t follows:
The Executive Committee having charge of the
Brooklyn, feels that it it to itself and to the
people of Brooklyn to issue the following brief
The movement was started to preach the Gospel
levers in their most holy faith This is precisely
n5I,ote5 boI ba ne 80; ae R bf si &c ber
exposed and salvation has been offered In not a.
single instance have these services been of con-
troversial character. Whatever controversy there
may have been has been conducted in the pages of
the newspapers, and not patfronl. The
movement is not crusade, but an evangel. It is
salvation that is sought and not controversy. The
Executive Committee has a Press Committee which
is empowered TO present and to report the
ment to the public, and 1t holds itself responsible
only for what its Press Committee declares and
publishes. The Executive Committee asks the peo-
pie of Brooklyn to base their judgment of this
movement upon facts which they know to be facts.
This only is fair play. 1t invites the people
to the meetings and get their facts first hand. The
movement is too important to be judged by hearSay
testimony. Come and see DAVID GREGG,
THEODORE S. HENDERSON, Chairman.
Secretary.