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natl. but before leaving warmly commended the
ministrations Of DR.. Crapsey to his congrega-
ton without indorslng his theological positions.
What these are viii be made abundaEtly evident
from the presentment given below.
Dr. Crapsey's counsel are James Bright and
Edward n. Shepard.
The presentmeut follows:
We. the undersigned, as the standing committee
cus ae' he Rev Algernon sidney Crapsey minister
Of the Protestant Episcopal Church IN the Gnlted
and DO charge him with Violation the constitution
the csnons of said diocese ana with Violation of his
ordination vows as such presoyter, IN me manner
and in the particulars hereinafter SCI IorLns IN
support OF these charges Sne 5d3e 5hrch in
the city 81 ltochess - an u I- mai Dr.
which he must stand trial were delivered in mis-
1904 and 1865 he delivered a series Of sermons, after
ward published with his auth9rty under Ie b glS
avow declare and teach G3c'r9es SJ NJ
Church &c, + In f Blown TP5sf a 8{ais !" "
In IT the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Jesus OF
Nazareth the Son Of Joseph, carpenter OF Upper
Galilee. laid aside the tools Of MS trade ana Wet
down to the crossing Of the Jordan near Jericho
nitl,y Nm lions Of he evils of his day call
ing the people to repentance and proc!almlns the
2 The history Of Jesus Is the product Of historic
causes he was noFn IN Geg 'iIs s 70 cad for The
greatest revolution in its history ana Jesus Vas vas
the movement that was to change the base Of
suasi0n and consent rather than upon force ana so
i may De oiICuIS ISM Tot Us afttu5e toward the
IN tins cTlucaI au F TIi, 80 forp as a meta
physical abstraction, and have placed him t9r cen
the right hand of the MRjesty on high that Te
cannot ieW Him IN Hls fhis bist6ricaI
Jesus is the real Jesus; the Man Of GOD VINO
WSoSS life and tsacbing the institution called the
II Jesus was man such as His history shows
Him 70 be, and lived at the time Wnen history said
and having seen, He could not help condemning;
and His CONFORMATION led him 70 conGe i OF a
place; a society in which rulers should not lord 1t
a the REaa2s Of His ~ tHis!T ci.5 jes Bs vas vas
az aglo" WIN enIlJlaf ~ re III vCi9 ne %
cepted with joyful acclaim To Him lin, the kingdom
heart and soul and mind ana strength, ana His
rstReTie IN human history rhan the sublime con
hdence with which the Prophet Of Galilee set
10 Him they We're axi5ms Their rejection by the
leaders OF Ills people filled Him win establishment
5, So great a catastrophe ala this seem to Jesus
that He expected # TO be followed at once ~ an
Of the kingdom Of Sod by His people was 70 jesus
he hss made ne Itts a trse Of Judah The
80
hiTf6ry Of the western World. jesus s. has The
leadership Of and human evolution must fol-
low the lines laid down by the life Of the Man OF
Jesus did 4ot succeed because He was born Of
bodily from the dead These Legends concerni9g
Him the result not the cause. Of the marvellous
Him only because the simple folk could in no other
way adequately express their conception Of the
as pure a. Jesus only a son Of God could be as
death could have the strength Of Jesus The creedA
m l5 foT The primitive and medieval Christian
9. Jesus was wise enough 70 see that pbvs,ca,
force can DECIDE only physical questions He knew
side Of the strongest battalions and the more skill
no. Christianity. deprayed by corrupt priest
as f5y , l9h anu OH nTretcs worn out by
saints and martyrs had no power 10 withs{-ad
deserts with their stern morotheistic creed
bbob 10 atfI8a Ei ns s', 81 me a made
When the king IS 70 be rebuked you must not ask
56aJ A Of me Go 9 F PFeate but must call n
Elijah OF John The Baptist orJesus
T. The religion Of miracle, which the primitive
mag lnauon created, had run possession of the
which era may be roughly GATED from the publca
non 10y s ~, Igq, IH 5,S 3roHLm Sqeslum
its annual Journey around The sun From nat snG
70 this religion Of the reason has been in con
iict with the religion OF The fancy, and truth has
been contending with imagination slowly but sure
ly scientific reason has reconstructed the universe
II driven the vast horde OF ancient gods and
demons into the limbo Of things impOssI BILE 1t has
made the primitive miracle incredible because the
ancient miracle and the modern conception Of law
cannot exist In The same mind.
I3 But in spite OF their rejection u all miracles
IN the sO-called pagan world, in the medieval
Church and in modern times, the great Protestant
national churches and denominations base all their
teaching upon the miracle. They claim that their
religion Us the exception in the religious history
Of the world All other religions the product OF
historical changes. The ancient religions sprang
from mans imaginative iuterprs citation or nature. !
They contain elements Of eternal truths, but IN
fbeir conception Of the relations OF the gods 10 the
natural world every knows that they 10
error But when come 20 our own religion We
sffrrn what We deny u regard 10 the religions Of
ancient and medieval times and we base our belief
in our miraculous Ielleon upon our possession OF
T.sssrcb fne founder of Christianity no longer
studs auart from the common destiny Of man ia
iita and death. but He is IN all things physician
like as We are born as We are born az ING as we
~. ar5 bgrH Ia life and death, tl the keeping
o. that same divine power. mat heavenly father
hood which delivers from the womb ana carries
ms down 10 the grave. When We come 70 know
Jesus m Ts historical reiat2ns We see tH HTaole
",lI~eiIeusi sion y HIS gers1" Ills cia-AhlAr ana