North Park union., 1902-02-14
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THE WALDEN MErHO-
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vHlOAY, pE06OAHY -, 1909
THE WALDEN MErHo-
DIsT-EPIsCOPAL CHURCH.
UNDER The ABOVE title, Presiding
Elder Phifsr takes us to task about
our editorial in the UNION, Jan. "a,
,'The church at Walden"
We regret that the Elder took 60
seriously. q matter that we never In
tended should precipitate discus
sion. Has IL come to pass that the
church at Walden has grown so i'm
,naculate, that it's above newspaper
criticism? About the morals and
Christian integrity Of the members,
We made no comment. Only, that
The church did not seem to grow and
progress ~ 1t should after years Of
hard work, and the expenditure Of
hundreds of dollars in money. But
possibly that is none Of our business.
And possibly, the fault, if any, is
With the people, and not with the
church management. Well, We be-
1ieve that is true, to some extent;
but certainly the growth of the past
has not been interfered with by the
Union. One little criticism is not
enough to cause the church to stand
where tits now. But let us see it
the article referred to, deserved the
rsbuke it received. The Elder
states that we assumed the church
did not grow because ait believes and
teaches the reality of both miracles
and tho inspiration OF the script
surcs"
1t would be difficult to construe
blS language to mean any such thing.
But what we did say in tact, was
shis:-"You may say the Lords
prayer, teach the Apostles Greed,
make long prayers, wear phylacteries
broad and long; but unless you get
down into the conscience, and touch
human hearts and reach human sym
pathy, and human infirmities, very
much Of your work will be in yain." +"
Is there anything there about mira
tles or inspiration Of the scriptures?
We also said that the highe or
Literary criticism had forced the
thinking class of people to abandon
belief in the inspiration Of the script
ures from beginning to end. What
we meant BY that was, that while
como scripture may be inspired, all
is not; and unless we are much mis-
taken, the mass Of thinking people
today entertain that opinion.
Rev. Camden N. Cotern, one Of
your church dignitaries, whose ortho-
doxy cannot now be questioned, in
speaking about the apostasy Of Prof.
Pearson said: "It IL true that not
III the Bible is literal history, and
that man or church would indeed
be foolish who would Insist upon in
terpreting every part Of the Bible as
literal history"
The Elder states that alst-All
The orthodox churches In ohristen-
dom believe and teach Miracles aud
inspiration That's just where
they ars IN error concerning mira
cles. You know Elder, that the mod
srn world knows nothing whatever
Of miracles by their own expsrlen CO
And further on-a2nd.-The schol-
arshtp Of the world is by an ov'
erwhelm,ng majority christian, and
supports Miracles and Inspirations. y
You should have said the scholsrshir
Of the orthodox christian world.
The assertion IS it is, is tot
broad. Tyndall, Huxley, Darwin
Helmhotta, Mayer, uasckeL and ev'
en- old Baron Won Humboldt did MOI
endorse miracles, and they are among
our greatest thinkers.
Al to Dr, MoAfee, said no thing
About him To the article under criti
clsm, but his nanae did appear in the
naiYpinx from the Denver daily.
Elder Phifsr goss on 70 nay:
Re Il yoa nals ths town paper II
gfns . destroy bslisf y The Super
hAaAras II Christianity, it will b.