Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-05-09

Friends of the Bible declare the
time to have arrived when assaults up
on the scriptures should lie repealed
They have organized an American
Bible league Recent large meetings
Of men eminent as instructors of the
young, who declare under the guise OF
/ critical scholarship that they are truth
/ seekers and nothing more, have
aroused the defenders of inspired
scriptures. The latter declare that
something must be done if anything is
to remain. 1t is Bible or no Bible,
they say. Crime is on the increase, as
statistics show, and one chief cause
, # it is the fact that Gods word is
;openly discredited.
The League announces a convention
Of defenders of the Bible as it is, and
declares that IL finds interest in its
work of Bible defense so great that
people are to attend the convention
from all parts of the country. Special
railroad rates are being arranged.
That the league considers the situa-
ton grave iS shown by the fact that
the opening meeting at this convention
will have for its subject The Present
Assault on the Bible. The convention
is to be held in the Marble Collegiate
Reformed church, New York city, May
3, 4 and 5. The pastor Of the church
is Rev DR.. David James Burrell, him
self defender of an inspired Bible
and enjoying a national reputation as
a preacher.
The opening address, which is ex-
pected to set the keynote for the
meeting, will be delivered by Rev. DIR.
Francis L. Patton, president of Prince
ton Theological seminary, and former
president of Princeton university.
This address will set forth the nature
of the present assault, and point out
its danger. Discussions are to follow
by Rev. DR.. Theodore z, Schmauk,
president of the Lutheran general
council, by Rev. DR.. Henry G. Minton,
for moderator of the Presbyterian
general assembly, and Rev. DR.. S. L.
Bowman, the well known lecturer and
until recently the head of the theolog-
ical department of the De Paw uni
versity. The president of the league,
William Phillips Hall, the we'll known
business man who takes such warm in
terest in the religious welfare of the
people and in the progress of Amer
lea. will occupy the chair.
That the assault is regarded as a
death enc is shown by the fact that
the topic of the first morning session
will point out the practical consequent
ces of the attack. This attack, it is
claimed. is producing decentralization
of conduct and education, and is hav-
ing tremendous influence, all Of it,
baneful. upon the ministry and upon
missions. The addresses on the topic
will be delivered by Rev. DR.. Albert
II. Plumb. a leading Congregational
pastor of Boston, and Rev. DR.. J. B.
Remensnyder, pastor of the principal
Lutheran church in New York, and
one of the best known leaders of the
Lutheran general synod. Discussions
will follow by Rev. DR.. ]. Ross Steven
son. pastor of DR.. John Halls old New
York church; Rev. DR.. Booth, a former
Presbyterian moderator; Bishop Sa-
bine of the Reformed Episcopal-church;
and Rev. DR.. d. J. Burrell of the Re-
formed church.
On the same day, and following in
the evening, topics like the following
will be discussed: The Groundless-
ness of the Present Rationalistic
Claims, the aim being to show that
the claims now put forth by the higher
critic assaulters are the same old her
etical claims of past ages. 1t will also