The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-26
Is Charged With Violation of
 Ordination Vows
ALEXANDER IS A WITNESS
He Was Aspirant for Rectorship of Cropsey's Church and Proves an Unwilling Witness Be-
 fore the Court.

Batavia, N Y., April 25.-After a post ponement of eight days the trial of the Rev. Algernon s. Crapsey, D. D.. of St. Andrews church. Rochester. on charges of heresy and violation of ordination vows. was resumed here today. The trial is of deep and far-reaching interest not only to members of the Protestant Eps- eopal church, but to the whole religious community at large
 Edward M Shepard of New York. coun- sel for Dr. Crapsey. asked for a postpone ment for not less than three weeks on the ground counsel for the defense had not. time to prepare anything like an adequate defense This the court refused. Congressman Perkins of counsel for the defense filed brief expressing tie opin- ion that the court did not have Jurisdc- ton in the case in which he said in part:
 And this respondent further says that the canons of this church direct that any such trial shall be conducted according to the principles of the common law as administered in this state, and that 1t Is NAffAN the guilt of any person against whom a presentment is made. should be pass ed upon by court. the majority where of are designated by the prosecutor or by any person who believes the. charges so made to be just
 This clause refers to the fact that three out of the five members of the court are appolntees, according to ecclesiastical GUS tom of Bishop Walker who has presseed the charges against pr. Crapsey
 Book of Prayer introduced.
 The Episcopal book of common prayer was introduced in evidence today as on' Of the principal pieces of docnmentar! eyidence against Dr. crapsey. IS well al book of his own writings or sermon published by him under the title Re ligion and Politics" but the acceptance of the latter volume as a whole is undel consideration.
 Utteranees from his pulpit in Rochester and In the book submitted to the court are bases for the charges against Dr Crapsey. These tttterances are alleged to be in violation of the tenets of the Protes- ant Episcopal faith. There is no dispute as to what Dr. Crapsey said. The qaes- ton that will be al issue upon the trial is whether his questioned preachings Yio- late the doctrines of the church
 The presentment against him contains fifteen extracts from his book, Religion and Politics." the charge being that he Intentionally expressed disbelief in these doctrines of the church. The Divinity of Christ the conception of the Holy Ghost. the Virgin Birth the bodily resur- rection and the Trinity. A second speeii- cation under this first charge Is that he made utterances of q like nature as recently as December S1, last with tie same intent to deny the same doctrines as enunclated in the Apostles and Nieean creeds.
 Violated Ordination Vows.
 The second and last charge in the pre- sentiment is that Dr. Crapsey violated his ordination vows by failing to con form to the doctrine. discipline and wor- ships of the Protestant Episcopal church The truth or falsity of the churchs doe trnes are not to be argued at the trial The sole question Is whether the things that Dr. Crapsey said are contrary tc the church and if he so intended them It is understood that crapsey's defens' will hold that under a liberal interpre tation of the creed he has not contra dicted it's doctrines
 Mir. O'Brien called as his first witness today Frederick James Alexander, whC was formerly an assistant under pr Crapsey in the Rochester church. MT Alexander left St. Andrews on January 20, 1906 He testified to certain remarks made in the pulpit of St. Andrews by pr Crapsey on December 31, 1905. which were in effect that Jesus was born of parents belonging to the middle class; that He was born of simple father and mother that He was son of Joseph, the car penter and the fact that the early Chris tians predicated miraculous birth tc Christ was to be regarded as one oi the greatest misfortunes that should ever befall mankind.
 Proves an Unwilling Witness.
 MT. Alexander proved an unwilling wit ness under cross-examination The de- fense brought out that he had aspired to the rectorship of St. Andrews in sue cession to Dr. Crapsey; that he had asked for a raise in salary a long time after the publication of Religion and Politics and that this increase in emolument was denied shortly before he took the notes on certain portions of Dr. Crapsey's ser mon of December 3l. which arc incorpor- ated in the presentment against pr. Crap sey.
 After this witness had left the stand MT. O Brien for the prosecution. called special attention to parts Of the book of common prayer which he read as re- lating to the matter under investiga- ton.
 An adjournment was then taken until tomorrow.
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