New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-03
THINKS HERESY DOOMED
DR.. Cropsey Says GroVcing Liberal
itu of Churches Is Accountable.

81 am afraid that I shall be the last hereto re-
marked the Rev. DR. AlgernOn s. Crapsey' smlhns,
as he said yesterday that he thought the result OF
the issue of his trial and conviction for heresy
and of the general discussion regarding the oid
theological doctrines would be a general reaouust-
ment OF the beliefs OF the various rehglous 90
nominations He explained this by saying ne
thought that in the of the next i've or per
hans ten Years the birth stories of the New Iesta-
ment would he received quietly as the mytho-
logical stories in the opening chapters OF Genesis
This general reimbursement is making most RAPID
progress" said DR.. Crapsey. when seen at the
Hotel Victoria This is especially true In the Ko-
man Catholic Church. although it Is not geherai1!
known The liberal party in that Churoh Is lar
ahead of us I'm rejecting some Of the ola doctrines
They do not advertise this. however. Many no
man Catholic laymen and clergymen have tolo ne
that they longer believe in many Of the doctrines
that have been the fundamental principles or that
Church
In nv lecture on the Relation OF Creeds TO
KNOWLEDGE l show how impossible 1t is TOT
thinking man to accept many of these creeds' Inc
birth stories of the New Testament nave "o A
relation to the Gospels
Speaking OF his lectures DR.. Crapsey SAID ne iiau
closed his first series in Rochester. where tneS '
been received most cordially. That he oelieVeu'
was because he was known there as man ii'
found that in other places where he lectured the
audiences were not large, and explained 1t ~
saving that mere newspaper notorlely aiu io' "
tract people Of the class 10 whom ne "4S4l9H "
talk His audiences in Rochester where ne spun
in n public hall, numbered loo he couIu NO.
have got more than 100 such lectures II theS
had been given in his church, he said Ana inns
led him to ada -,
IAN the Protestant churches are face TO lace
with n serious problem 1t is the prejudice thdt
exists among many thinking men against mo
Church and even the church building. we nave
a largo Presbyterian church in Rochester Wilci N
in the downtown section of the city, but the pastor
has found It necessary 10 mold services IN a
on Sunday evening, in order TO attract the Peope,
They are doing this all through this month anu
whether this general prejudice against chQ jo
buildings arises. as ! believe, from the IaGL Gl.yt
tho Church has refused TO adjust itself 10 present
conditions il perhaps not fer me 10 say was
TIA; clerEymen as well those in other Walks OIL
life too often sacrificed truth and conVictson LOT
expediency. Asked If he thought there we[S hny,
clergymcn who preached from tho pulpit "hhV lle'
I'm General there are three classes OF clergymen
The first class. which forms a considerable per
do NO thinking They are content TO let others do
their thinking, and stand on the results ne SCI g.
ybSo'at OF the seventeenth century or perhaps
the third or fourth century. They are learned In
this department but totally ignorant Of the modern
OF the old doctrines, those they know. Then there
the ciergymcn ~ the tnrI class tnqse OF az
tive mind and wide reading. Iney hna themselves t
IN position. however. where other than the Gus
they Keep the new doctrines for themselves ana
preach only the moralities-
commencing my position. but I have heard that
a single one Of them has preached sermon advo3
with my beliefs later went into his pulpit IN
Rochester to answer my arguments, - -,
effort being made TO have him come 10 this city
arrange 10 have him speak At regular intervals to
those In sympathy with his doctrines, His present
Yet ne said under a somewhat similar arrange
ment. We are living Ike Paul he added. In
own house, and teaching whoever is willing to