, 1904-12-01
MEETING
OF BIBLE LEAGUE
SESSION To BE HELD IN BOSTON
ON TUESDAY,, WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY.
Meeting Place In Old Park Street Con.
gregatioral Church, Historic for
UNFOLDING Faith in Bible as In.
spired Word Of God-Number OF
Prominent Speakers.


Boston, Mass, Dec. IA wide in
terest is being manifested in the CON.
ing convention in this city of the Amer
lean Bible league, to be held December
6, 7 and s, in the old Park street Con
gregational church. a church which
has become historic for upbuilding the
faith in the Bible as the inspired word
OF God. The American Bible league
was organized to do just this work and
the meeting place is. therefore, singu-
!arly appropriated.
The league will meet to discuss
biblical Criticism, and What is In
volved in It," a subject of present vi
tai interest. At the former convention.
held last May in the Marble Collegiate
church, New York. large audiences at
tended and wide attention was attract
ed, but the Boston meeting already
promises 10 surpass the former n in
interest. The object of the league is
to oppose, not higher criticism as such.
but the misconducted, illogical and I'M
|ScleItllC IdllOHdtiStic anu ues'u''i'S
criticism, recently imported from
abroad, and exploited in popular pa
pers and pulpits and in theological
schools, as the latest assured results
of scholarship" League leaders hold
that these ideas are not modern, but
are merely the old infdelity of Vol
, ,ir, Dosynap o-I Ton, Dainn rn,
vamped and christened scientific
The president of the league. Mr.. vii,
liam Phillips Hall, widely known as
the businessman evangelist" will op-
en- the sessions on Tuesday evening,
ard Rev. DR.. Arthur Little of the Bos-
ton branch will made an address of
ing is The Principles of Scientific
Method and Prof Luther T. Town
send Of Boston university will treat
of the "Collopse of Evolution Prof.
George Frederick Wright of Oberlin
college will speak of the fallacious
methods of reasoning employed by
Bible critics. n Rev. DR.. B.. d. Hahn
of Springfield. Mass, will show that
the false methods travesty history.
The speakers at all the sessions Of
the convention will include some of
the loading scholars of the churches.
Among them, in addition to those al
ready mentioned, will be Prof. Charles
NJ. Mead, one of the three surviving
ex-members of the American Bible re-
vision committee; Prof. A. H.. Sayce
of oxford university; Rev. DR.. NJ. G.
Kyle, the well-known Psychologist OF
Philadelphia; Prof. Herman v. Hill
precht, the Assyriologist; Prof. Jesse B..
Thomas of Newton theological instl
tuition; Rev. DR.. l.. D. Watson Of Buff
falo; Mr.. Amos r. Wells. editor Of the
Christian Endeavor World; Rev. DR..
D J.. Burrell of New York; Rev. DR.
P. S. Henson of fremont Temple, Bos
ton; Rev. DR.. William Ashmore of the
Swallow mission. China; Rev. DR.. Rob
ert Dick Wilson. the Orientalist o
Princeton Theological seminary; ana
Rabbi Solomon Schechter. president OF
the Jewish Theological seminary. New
York.
The discussions will be constructive
rather than merely critical and defen-
sive. The topics cover the whole
range of vital issues in the field OF
Biblical criticism. But the object Of
the league lies outside of and beyond all
these issues; it is to help men to a bet
ter, more systematic and comprehen- |
sive knowledge of the Bible by a ma !
tural and constructive course of study. |
This will not be brought into the fore |
ground at the convention. but it will
be outlined by the leagues general sec
rotary, Rev. DR.. Daniel S. Gregory. well
known as an educator and as manag-
ing editor Of the Standard Dictionary
and editor of the Homeletic Review.
This main object of the league will be
discussed under True knowledge Of
the Bible. and the Leagues Method
for Promoting It."