The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-27
CONVENTION OF
BIBLE LEAGUE
Meeting Place Is Birthstone
Corner" in Boston.
WILL OFFSET RATIONALlSM
LEADING SCHOLARS AND WRIT
Frs WILL PARTICIPATE.

Boston Nov. 26-Tne American Bible
league, organized last year for the de
1eTse Of the faith ia the Bible as the
word of God is 90 hold its second con
Nention on Dec. 6, and 8. under tho
auspices of the Boston branch league
The meeting place is the historic Park
street Congregational church. which Is
familiarly known among New England
tnltarians and UniverSalists of the
Older days as Birthstone corner"
The American Bib.e league was or
gained for the defense Of the Bible
against the misconducted criticism Of
The rationalists who are now teaching
within the church. calling it good
Christianity. what Tom Paine. Vol
1aire and others of a hundred years
ago taught outside the church as in
fiuelity. The president of the league
Is William Phillips Hail. Of the Hail
Signal company, the well known "busi-
ness man evangelist; the general sec
rotary is the Rev. Dr. d. 5. Gregory,
late managing editor Of the Standard
Dictionary and editor of the Home
Ieuc Review. the treasurer is Rush
IagSart of the Western Union Tele-
graph company. and in its director
ate and membership the league in
ciudes many Of the ablest scholars and
divines in America.
The hrst annual convention OF the
League. held last May in New York
City. attracted large audiences and
wide attention, and produced a pro-
FOUND impression. The proceedings
were afterward published in a pamphlet
entitled, Bible or No Bible" At the
Boston convention next month I've gen
eral theme for discussion will be Bible
Criticism. and What Is Involved in It"
The aim will be 60 set forth the correct
principles of sound criticism and TO ties,
by them the misdirected criticism
largely Of German origin, whieh AYERS
itself as the accredited results of the
best scholarship" and whose advocates
hold that the Bible is not Gods super
natural revelation, but is mans natural
evolution. made up of myths and
legends and devoid of divine authority
The opening address in Boston will be
o. Tue9tay evening, Dec. s. and will be
delivered by the president of the league
William Phillips Hail. The address Of
welcome will be made by the Rev Dr.
Albert H. Plumb. president of the BOs-
Ion Branch league. The topic for the
INST evening is the Principles Of Sci
emilio Method" that lie at the fOun-
d. ton of criticism, under which topic
p ofessor Luther T. Townsend D. D.
OF Boston university, will speak of the
collapse Ga EvOlution:" the Rev Pro-
lessor George Frederick Wright Ii.
j. OF Oberlin college. will speak of
scientific Criticism Falsely So
called and Rev Dr. B. d. Hahn of
Springfield. Mass, viii show that the
new metncd applied 10 Bible history
would make t,avesty of all history.
General topics for other sessions of
the convention VIII be The Founda-
of loo, no
general secretary VIII set forth what is
TT ue Knowledge Of the Bible and the
Leagues Proposed Method for Promot-
ing IT. Sanity i'm Historical and
Archaeological Investigations. 'Prin-
cipies OF Critical Hebrew Scholarship. -
The Authority Of the Sacred Scrip
lures. foundations of the Christians
Faith! fhe Hope Of Mankind Through
Redemption Under the last topic win
BE- set forth the bearing of the ration
alistic views on the hopes of mankind,
the progress II missions. and Christ ;
cal ict the immediate evanEeliZ1tiOn
OF the world.
MANY leading scholars and writer's
viii participate i'm the discussions OF
the topics among them being Rev l.
u. Watson. ID. D.. Of the Buffalo Chris
tiau Advocate: Prof ssCr G.. Frederick
Wright Of ODerlin Professor Jesse b
Thomas. -. D.. Rev. DR.. NJ. G. Kyle
tho Psychologist; Professor A. IT
SaNce -. d.. or oxford university
England; Professor Robert Dick vii
d. ID. d.. the Orientalist of Princeton
Theolacical seminary; President Solo
mon Schet htcr Of the Jewish Theolog-
iCsl seminary, New York: Amos r
Wells OF the ChriIial EHdeavor World
Rev. IN -. j. RurraU of Kew York
Rev. Irs. Arthur Little and L. =. Hen
sln OF Boston. President Hall of Union
seminary. and Rev DIR. William Ash
more. the missionary from China. Tn.
convention addresses wiz be pubhshee
81 fun bv the league.