Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-23
Miracles Not
 . Due to Lord
ONE OF THE .HEREsIEs !" PREACHED BY REV. DIR. GRANT.
CASE IS NOW BEING HEARD
Contends Eve Was Not Tempted by Satan and Denies Existence of Jo- nah-No Personal Devil. He Says.

OdIdn anu OSniSS GxISIE0Ce or J0-
 nah-No Personal Devil. He Says.
 Atlantic City, N. J., May 22.-ConsiG- eration of reports was the principal business called for at today's sessions of the Presbyterian general assembly. Among these reports were those of the committee on ministerial relief and the committee on educat.on.
 pr. Grant Once Acquitted.
 The judicial commission expected today to hear argument in the heresy case against the Rev. Dr. William D. Grant of Northumberland Pa. Dr. Grant was acquitted by the Northum berland presbytery of unorthodox teachings, but the prosecution took the case on appeal to the supreme bo1y of the church.
 The Appeal Entertained.
 The me tier was referred to the ju dicial commission, which entertained the appeal. and, counsel will be heard to permit the commission to determine what further action, if any, shall be taken
 Said Moses Had the Blues.
 There is much interest in the heresy trial. Some of the remarkable state ments credited to D.. Grant follow:
 Moses had the blues when he wrote some of his poems"
 '3i here is no personal devil"
 Eve Not Tempted by Satan.
 Eve found sin in her own heart and was not tempted by Satan"
 Christ was crucified in a perfectly natural manner by a mob of fana tic Jews and did not plan his own cruci- fixion.'
 Does Not Believe in Divine inspiration
 Such remarks as these are against every basic doctrine of the church and Grant does not believe in the divine inspiration of the scriptures.
 Denies Existence of Jonah.
 These statements, alleged to have been made 3y Dr. Grant in sermons and writings, are contained in the tes tinony against him. This testimony fills a book of more than 300 pages. Among other startling theories said to have been advanced by the accused clergyman is positive denial that there ever was such man as Jonah and that neither Christ TOT anyone else acts as a mediator between God and man.
 Died from Heart Failure, Not Act of
 God.
 In the hearing Of Dr. Grants case today it was brought out by the cross azan1fra ton of $ witness that the ac- cused minister said that he believed Ananias and Sapp,1ira died from heart failure and not from the act of God.
 Death Due to Natural Causes.
 "Did he say that the Lord had noth- ing to do with the death of these two 1iars2" the witness was asked.
 He said their death was due to natural causes and that the Lord had nothing whatsoever to do with it."
 Miracles Dus to Natural Causes.
 What else did he say about mira cles?''
 Ills said all miracles were due to natural causes"
 Did he admit that any were due to the Lord ?''
 Wanted the Lord Left Out.
 T think" said the witness, that he wanted the Lord left out of it'
 This naive reply drew a laugh even from the most bitter opponents Of Dr. Grant.
 Pinnacle too Small to Stand On.
 That it was physical frnpossibility for Christ to have slooo on the pin nacle of the temple of Jerusalem and been tempted by Satan" as related in the New Testament, was another of the startling statements attributed to the Rev. William D. Grant at the heresy trial before the permanent ju- dicial committee. Dr. Grant is charg- ed with having said the ropmost pin nacle was entirely too small for any one to stand upon it.
 God Did Net Strike Uzzah Dead.
 in commenting upon the death of Czzah, who, as told in the Old Test asnent, was struck dead for daring to put his hand on the ark of the GOV enant, while that prec-ous relic was being taken from the threshing floor of Hebron to the temple at Jerusa- lem, Dr. Grant is alleged to have said:
 This man UzZah must have had an aneuriSn of the heart or have burst a blood vessel in his ncx- It is not reasonable te suppose that God struc< him de2G under such circumstances. prevent the sacred ark from slippin 2 from the wagon or s.eoge on which it was being carried. Evidently the weight of the ark was too much of a strain and the man dropped dead Intended to Cast Devil Out Of Bible
 Dr. Grant was also accused of hav- ing told a member of his church that he intended "to cast the devil out of the Bible by preaching a certain ser mon.
 The unanimous adoption of the re- port faNoring a union with the reform ed church: a protest against the ac- ceptance by the government of the silver service for the battIeship Utah on which appears an engraving of Brigham Young and the Mormon tab ernacle; the beginning cf an effort to establish a fund of $6,G00.000 to per- nit a pension increase for disabled ministers and widows of ministers, and the taking of testimony in the fleresy trial of the Rev. William D. Grant Of North berland, Pa, were among the important happenings at today's ses- sion.