New-York tribune., 1900-12-31
THEIR VIEWS ON CENTURY.
PROMINENT CLERGYMEN TELL WHAT
TEE CONSPICUOUS FEATURES OF ITS
RELIGIOUS LIFE HAVE BEEN.

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THE CONSPICUOUS FEATURES OF ITS
RELIGIOUS LIFE HAVE BEEN.
In the course of his sermon. "The Conspicuous
| Religious Movements of the Nineteenth Cen
tury" yesterday. in the Central Presbyterian
| Church. Brooklyn. the Rev. DR.. John F. Car
|. son read a number OF letters from prominent
/ tclergvmen throughout the country, giving their
views on the subject DR.. Carson, explaining
his plan said:
with this sermon in mind wrote sixty-hve of OF
the prominent ministers in all the denem nau9bs Ia 1bs
dstinguishng features Of the Christian life and md
@ Of 9 the ang 10 Be sHey S sn from
had not thoTght oyer the m qussssGntt tse tyne ave
men have written msnti0n fsat1T 'ef of
the religious life Of the century seventeen mention
the Young PEOPLES Society Of Christian tS
Of Il the b 0ca bnrch and ten the
evangestic movements
The question which DR.. Carson addressed to
the ministers to whom he wrote was. What do
you consider the conspicuous features OF the re-
ligious life and work of the nineteenth century,"
The following are extracts from the letters:
Bishop Potter:
The growth of candor to the defects Of pres ts
wide endeavor rise to the demands Of the mod,
people. Pee seN''' 4'
The Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talnage:
The great revival movements. without which the
membership of the churches would have been COM
paratively insignificant
The Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight Hills. pastor Of
Plymouth Church. Brooklyn:
ings under Moody. the rise OF the broad school
party in Great Britain. the message of Bushnell
aoang nd Mens 6hrsa sS Assoeaon and the Chris
tian Endeavor movements and the foreign mission
movement
The Rev. Dr. s. Parks Cadman. pastor of the
Metropolitan Temple.
The oxford movement despite its deterrents. the
most remarkable OF the century,. the establish %
of Christian Doctrine aroun6 the New Testaments
idea of Christ and His teaching.
The Rev DR. NJ D. Babcotk, pastor Of the
Brick Presbyterian Church:
The awakening and developing in the individual
Christian of the social conscience
Joseph Cook, of Boston:
The evangelical revvals of 1900. 1926 1881 1857 and
under President Finney and Mr.. Moody, home and
Peoples work. the Christian scope and tone of
reforms.
The Rev Dr. Charles E. Jefferson, pastor of
the Broadway Tabernacle:
Foreign missions the work Of historical criticism n
young peoples movements, the revtvals under D.
l. Moody and efforts to come closer together in
Christian thought and work
The Rev. DR.. George Alexander, pastor OF the
University Place Presbyterian Church:
of the Rsorc chr the Of theo
logical conceptions the decline Of ecclesiastical con-
aspects OF the Church's mission and missions
The Rev DR. Theodore L. Cuyler:
missions arbitration and reform movements.
THE Rev. DR.. George T. Purves. pastor of the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church:
think the most distinguishing features in the
prCg1ess o. Ihrlstanlty IN the nineteenth century
have q F0ce5 Missions 81 the q s6e fas aong he
lines of sound scholarship and the popuIa[%stlSS ION
activity Of Christian laXmen and I'd y9png % sgboes en 9 the
Necessity and the vitality of Christianity o. the
increased Of chrsta4F m F {n o soce9 ap9 and rs
the redress in some measure Of social eVls'
The Rev DR.. F. w Gunsaulus. pastor of the
Central Church, Chicago:
The Chris ianization Of Christian Theology; % the
new sense Of the o6gao4 S oI rsiYa spirit R the
progress of missions; endowment for Chrisuan eou-
cation.
The Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark, president of
the Worlds Christian Endeavor Union:
The missionary, awakening: the uprising Of the the
Vice. yRaHS p''p''
The Rev Dr. r. Heber Newton, rector of All
Souls Episcopal Church:
would name among the conspicuous features Of
or at least the latter part to go too far
afield what is known Christian Socialism ana
the new thought movement, the movement for
spiritual healing.
The Rev. Dr. Mnot j. Savage, pastor of the
Church of the Redeemer (Unitaran):
The decree OF Papal infallihility and the H!gh
England indicating a backwater tendency.
The Rev George B. Stevens, professor of the
ology at Yale:
The "ethicizing" OF theology. Great humanita-
rian movements, mission, educational and rescue
work among the lost and degraded OF every sort
BISHOP POTTER AT ST. ANDREWS.