Morris tribune., 1906-12-08

uISc eA4ClA W AS-
6ishop fottef' main IN tn e
church of which he is still member,
but in which he can no longer preach.
He said he was not sorry SO much at
being forbidden to celebrate the sacred
Offices and pray before the altar as he
was that he could no longer go among
them as their pastor. He intimated
that in future he would present the
truth with tenfold power on the plat
form and through the press. Never
theless, he said, the situation was
anomalous if not absurd-that laymen
might believe and teach what the
clergy could neither believe nor preach
The consequence would be that the
teaching office would pass from the
clergy to the laity, and what the laity
teaches the clergy would have to re-
ceive, as the clergy are dependent on
the laity.
Crapsey Quits For Truths Sake.
That the Rev. Algernon S. Crapsey,
who had been rector of St Andrews
Episcopal church at Rochester for
twenty six years, would not recant the
views for which the church authori-
ties had adjudged him guilty of heresy
was made known through the publica-
ton of his letter to Bishop Walker of
the western New York diocese DR..
Crapsey makes formal but final re-
nunclation of the ministry Of the
Protestant Episcopal church. This
Rochester hereto" says that appar-
emily the time has not come when a
man may teach what he finds to be
the truth II he cannot harmonic it
with the creed. He recognizes the
fine the limits Of Interpretation but il
he holds fast to the truth he must let
go the creed. He contends that al
ways he had given a liberal spiritual
Interpreted ton to such statements as
that Christ assembled into heaven. 1t
with his physical body OF flesh, blood
and bones, had foated into space and
for 1000 years had existed somewhere
Ia the sky in that same physical body.
What he Or. Crapseyl means by this
phrase is that Jesus, having accom-
plished his work ia the flesh, assembled
into the higher life Of the spirit Sim
llarly when he spoke of Jesus con-
ceived by the Holy Ghost and born of
the Virgin Mary he did not mean that
the great and living God in order to
get into the world had to violate his
nf
On the contrary. closer examination Of
the Scriptures had convinced him that
this story of Christ's origin was with
out foundation in history. However
be still used the Biblical phrase that
Jesus was a child of the holy seed
from his mothers womb and
q Son of God, all the more because he
was the Son of man.
DIR. Crapsey says he bows to the de-
ciSion Of the church, but that since he
cannot change his mind be must leave
the church. He does not blame his
judges, saying that they acted accord
ing to their light, and he asks that
they not blame him for following his
light But blame or not, he cannot do
otherwise, for he must obey God
rather than man" 1t is not to be I'm
derstood, however, that the matter is
TO be dropped, for DR. Crapsey says
that hundreds Of clergymen and thou
sands Of laymen have reached the
same conclusion that he has. and he
believes that their position in the
church is just as tenable rs ever. He
asks that every one speak his mind |
fully and .'the truth will soon have |
such a multitude Of witnesses that all |
In the church must hear" He pro |
poses now to carry the case ito the /
high court OF the free intelligence and |
the enlightened conscience of the I
world" and he admits il he fails there /
It will be because his conception or |
truth is wrong Finally he outlines
MS own creed by saying that he be- |
ieves as never before that to love the
world and his neighbor az himself IS
lot only more than the law and the
prophets, but also more than the creeds
and the churches.
Methodists Adopt Daily Prayer.
Members of the Epworth league or
he Methodist Episcopal church. New
.astle,- Pa, have adopted a plan OF