Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-07-27
TUESDAY. JULY 81. 1909.
Da. ELioTs "NEw RELIGION
pROPHESY.

T. is not at all surprising that
christian minister should rise 10 COLI
ment unfavorasly upon the action VI
r,r. Charles W. Eliot. president eheii-
ms of Harvard University. in deliver
,ne himself of a mophesy concerning
so.called new religion before tne
students of theological schcol oil inc
Episcopal church. Indeed. II "oui"
hay., been surprising If some minis
ter. an Episcopal minister. had not "'
oncsr publicly put stamp OF diSap-
proyal upon DIR. Elots action.
Just what this new religion Is 10
be Is not especially plain from the
+ newspaper reports Of what DIR. EiioI
said. but uni IS the reports were ter
,,bIv garfield the doctor voiced ex-
pressions which should not have been
heard in such a place as the lecture
room of Christian school. Protestant
or Catholic. If DR.. Eliot holds such
views, no objection would be made
to his giving them TO the public In
proper way. Every man in this coun-
try has n right to have his own opin-
ion. even If he has nothing else. ana
perhaps greater men than DIR. Eliot
have held religious views equally as
unorthodox from the Christian stand
point as those credited To the doctor
II does seem, though, that such n man
rs Or. Eliot should have allowed him.
self to give voice to what every Chris
ton is compelled to regard as the rank
est sort Of heresy. in an address d.
livered by invitation. in an Episcopal
theological school.
Rev. |. Mex Pittinger ID. d., rector
Of the parish OF the Church of the
Good Shepherd. Raleigh. y. C.. accord
ing to the ncwspap.r reports. Is the
fsst minister e prominence TO uJtioe
publicly Dr. Eliot's prophecy" Dr.
Pi.,ingers comments probably will re-
ceive the endorsement of the cntre
orthodox Christian weird. A special
dispatch to the Richmond Times-Dis-
patch concerning his sermon said. IN
part:
"Dr. Pittingcr regarded Dr. Eliot :
statement as the worst attack on the
Christian religion that has been made
in century. It was On especial source
Of humiliation and sorruW TO aim, ne
said. tina; this 'hercsy' should nave
been pronounced under the auspices 81
a theological school Of the Episcopal
charch The Christian religion would
continue 90 yrow and work 0ut It's
saving inliasnces IN the world IN spite
Of saca attacks from high places.
he declared. and there vas one noia-
ole good that he sincerely hoped %
cet come from The incident By this
he meant the deserved death 81 the
so-caIlcd cam nineteen. which was
PARTIALLY enacted into church law at
the last general couv, nt.on of Shc
Episcopal church In Richmond. and
which lets down the hars 30 that any
msn may. b. invited into the chanel
4; was passing strange. ho thought
that q man 81 such evident unbciici
- she prcsidcn; emeritus Of Harvard
should have been called On 20 spcal
tn this theological schoci Of ths
church. He hoped that the incident
Eould prove de1ih kncil for the pic
pod canon ninctecn. and that ncth
fnE scre would o. heard 81 H.
The Episcopal church. ~. Fiitingri
said. would 70 on and Christianiti
<usid move forsarA but y vas =
<-cEcring fhinx for such staicnseui'
fc - pubi-shcd from such lesrnes
scrfccs under such high charci
<4gpicss.-