The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-23
GREAT CHURCH WORK
DIR. MINTON TALKS ON THE MIS-
SION OF PRESBYTE-
RIANISM
DEFINES POSITION OF CHURCH
Christianity Should BE Above De-
nOmfnatiOn-Educa Char
acter of Religion - Good
Word for NIacaIeSter.

DR.: H. c. Mirton, moderator of the
presbyterian assembly and chairman of
the general committee on revision of the
creed of the Presbyterian church adj
dressed a large congregation last even
ing at the House Of Hope. Dr.. Mlnton is
professor of systematic theology at the
Seminary of Ca ifornia, situated at Be h e.
ly, that state, and is accompanied in his
visit to ST. Paul by DR.. S. B. Mccormick
president of the Coe college, at Cedar
RAPIDS, Iowa. Beside the visiting clergy
men there were seated on the platform
the pastors of the Presbyterian churches
OF this city, among whom were Rev A.
y. MQdruIA Rev. A. E. Driscoll and Rev.
John Sinclair.
The speaker was introduced by Rev.
A. b. Medium, who said he had been
chCsen for that office because DR.. Minton
was a sort of theological stepfa Their Of
his, being one Of the hOnored professors
In his theological alma mater. DIR. Mel
drum further said that DR.. Minton had
many reason for feeling particular in
tcrest in the city of ST. Paul He had
been ordained before the presbytery OF
st. Paul. and he had succeeded a former
pastor Of the House of Hope as pastor
Q! the church at San Jose-so, in fact,
MS interest was in the church as we'll
as the city. DR.. Minton said in part:
Il nave been Informed that l am ex-
pected to tell you something this evening
| OF the twentieth century movement III the
| Presbyterian church, but that there has
| been any radical change wrought by the
! trfrs ition from the nineteenth to the
| tWentleth century L cannot see. The
| lire OF demarkatiOn between the centuries
| IS purely imaginary, and cannot govern
| progress. The period Of time encom-
| passed within the nineteenth century we
| she lid by common consent note as the
| greatest Of all centuries, for unuuestion-
| ably 1t was the greatest in everything we
cal progress L have no sympathy with
| Dr Stead in the statement that while the
! nineteenth century was the greatest of
| all In material things, it marked retro
gIession in things spiritual. Missionary
work Is almost entirely an achievement
Of the nineteenth century; the Young
Mems Christian association was born
curing the nineteenth century, and it's
founder still lives; and the Young Peo-
PIES Society Of Christian EndeaVor is
| still in its youth.
Il will not argue the righteousness
OF denom1nationalism.- l think every in
| teIllgent and thinking man is reconciled
70 accept denominationalism because it
is. But [ do feel that no man has a
right to love his denomination more
than he loves the whole church. We
should above all Oe Christians.
The problems of the PRESBYTERIAN
scribe as three-fold, and the first-class
problems we may group under the head
OF assimilation. 1t has always been a
principle of the Presbyterian church that
Presbyterians should be weighed rather
than counted, but even numerically we
are large denomination, as we have a
AAACAAAbCA sup HOW OIL I,UZO,UUU. Inc 1nflJ-
ence of our church, when we consider
our missions, is as broad as the planet
user. The Presbyterian church stands
on the middle ground between the Ro-
man Catho1c church on the one hand
v men constitutes the pope the vicar of
COD on earth, and on the other hand the
rat!onalism of the Unitarian church,
which holds the Bible to be no more
than any other book and to possess no
strength beyond the intrinsic merit of
It's contents. Between these two ex-
tremeS stands the Presbyterian church
with the Bible as its confession of faith;
1t combines the latitude and liberty of
the one with the dignity and stability of
the other.
Religion Is Education.
The second class of problems we may
classify under the head of education A
professor at Cornell college has said that
education is the religion of today, and
another professor has made the state
ment that education is the burning CUES
tloh OF the times. And we may well
consider their words when we think that
the educational question embraces the
relation of the Sabbath school to the
church, the relation of the Y. P. s. G.
r.. to the church, the question of parer-
tai authority, the school question, the
relation of the theological seminary to
the church and the status of the state
university. | do not wish to oppose the
state university and 1 thank God for
the good 1t has accomplished; but [ do
wish to raise my voice in favor of the
CHRISTIAN college. These institutions
exercise a most potent influence in the
formation of character. A young man
should first be sent to q college for
education and instruction and then to a
university for investigation and re-
search
Il have heard a learned man say that
Princeton saw It's greatest day before
1t ceased to be a college and became
a university. The college cares for the
personal education of the student and
that the university does not and cannot
believe it was your Minnesota attorney
general who decided that it would be
against the law to repeat the Lords
prayer in the public schools l do not
suppose the people of Minnesota are any
worse than those of other states. but
it certainly must have been a man of
no religion or of irreligion who would
frame law to make the recital Of the
Lords prayer illegal. Beware lest YOU
educate the mind at the expense of the
heart You of st. Paul and Minneapolis
should bear in mind that you have here
the college of Manchester and should
give it your support.
The third group of problems we may
designate as evangelism. 1 have with
great pleasure heard it said that the
Presbyterian church was one of the
greatset in missionary work, and l do
think that our church has done very
creditable work in that line Our mis-
sions have spread throughout the world
but still there is work to be done and
1 believe we shall find the missionaries
to do it,