The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-28

to eternal salvation but that which he
should be persuaded "may be concluded
and proved by the Scriptures All his
other VOWS, be declared, must be inter-
preted by that
After declaring full faith in the creed,
with the Interpretation placed upon 1t
resulting from his study Of the Scriptures,
DR.. Crapsey's statement asserts that he,
instead of denying the incarnation Of Christ,
has affirmed il, arguing, eff the Word was
made flesh and dwelt among us In jesus
Christ our Lord, then that flesh and human
flesh and human blood and the hesh IN
which the Lord dwelt had its origin in the
seeds Of mans flesh, from which it is gen
Grated by a process so marvellous that
it is an everlasting and constant miracle
Referring to the charge that he denies
the doctrine of the holy Trinity. he says;
one, and the Trinity is the unfolding OF
the one, not the addition of the three to
make one. | see in Jesus the very sub
stance of God the Father. He IL OF the
same substance, not of like substance. l
see in Him a perfect union with the Father.
] have in the Holy Ghost proceeding from
the Father and coming 70 me the very
substance of the Father Himself. | care
not by what words these great spiritual
facts are described, nor am | compelled
TO think in the terms Of the Greek philoso-
pher or in the terms OF the school men.
| have the right to think, and my generation
has the right to think, in terms most apt
to make these great truths real to our
souls.
when I say, The third day He rose
again from the dead / do not necessarily
mean that the body of Jesus, in which he
lived his life here on the earth, was sud-
denly and by some magical process ma
terialized, so that it could come out OF its
grave and go through closed doors n
r,,Nan avH 1isnnnaar hlt do mean that
Jesus manifested His spiritual body to the
spiritual apprehension Of His disciples,
and that apprehension was 80 keen and
powerful that they saw the body of Jesus,
thew saw that Jesus whom they loved,
they heard His voice, they knew He was
not dead, they knew He was alive again,
forevermore. He broke for them the bonds
of death and hell, and made His presence
a power, and in the strength Ct His resurrec-
ton they went forth to corquer the world
when | believe in Jesus l believe in this
manifestation of the human life and of
divine revelation. | see in Jesus that which
| should do, that which / should admire
and love and worship. see in Him the per-
lection of mans nature, and ] also see in
Him the fulness OF the Godhead bodily.
Jesus manifests the Father to me. He has
brought me to the Father. He has taught
me in all my trials and tribulations, mall
my hours of JOY and sorrow, to kneel down
WlVn UHe luu dNculditt vi ltl'b diIu sly
'Ou Father, Who Art in Heaven 80 that
in Jesus the human and the divine become
one. AS an article of faith we believe that
He is the virgin-born. We believe hat His
personality embodies all that is pure, all
that is holy, all that we must aspire after,
and we believe that the full person Of Christ
is with us to-day, not simply in the sacra-
ments of His Church, where His body is
broken and His blood poured out, but in
and of US
Mir. Perkins went over the charges and
specifications in the pTesentment one by
one, and qeoted Scripture to prove that
every one of the ~utterances Of Or. era psey
there quoted was consist cnt with Christ 5
tea chings, SO far as all essentials are con-
cerned. He also read from the Prayer
Book at times, Speaking OF the miracu-
lous birth. he said it wasn't necessary for
To assume that was a narrow concepiio
Of the Almighty's power.
He said there are thousands Of clergy
men in the Church who hold and have
preached "a liberal views as DR.. Crapsey,
and held that il he was forcei to leave
they should also leave, Closing witt n
reference TO the Eooi deeds Of Dr. Crapscy
among his ia rishioncrs, Mr.. Perkins said:
Whatever the result Of this trial n man
like Or. Crapsey is entitled to his reward
in the kingdom above. II is Tor this court
10 say whether a man who, in all humility
/ say it, we may believe is deemed fl 10
sit in Christ's kingdom above, shall be
cast out of His Church on earth"
DR.. Worcester discussed the questions
OF the virgin birth and the resurrection.
He said: u ask you to distinguish between
the divine worship Of Jesus, or the in