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HERESY EVIDENCE
IS SENSATIONAL
Charges Against Rev. Grant
Before General Assembly.
TESTIMONY FILLS A BOOK
Said to Have Denied Temptation OF
Christ by Satan and Many Other
Basic Doctrines of the Church.

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Christ by Satan and Many Other
Basic Doctrines of the Church.
Atlantic City, May %. - Fits oil
blues" suffered by Moses Were re
sponsible for passages in the book OF
Moses.
Christ and Lazarus attended a party
where games were played and danced
with the Bethany sisters.
Jesus did not mount the topmost
pinnacle of the temple at Jerusalem
with Satan, because it was physical
impossibility for anybody to accom-
plish this because of lack of room.
Parting of the waters of the Red
sea was not miracle, but merely the
drying out Of portions of the sea in
the change of seasons.
There is no devil.
Christ met death in perfectly nat
ural course of evenes at the hands OF
a mob of the Jew fanatics and the cru
cifxion was not planned by him.
Eve suffered from evil in her own
heart. The snake tempting story is
only a parable.
Jonah never existed.
There is no mediator between God
and man.
Ananias and Sapphiria expired from
apoplexy or heart failure.
Uzziah was not struck dead to ex-
plate his violation of Gods command,
but probably died from weak heart.
These were the startling utterances
and writings attributed to Rev. Will
liam Grant, graduate of Union TheO-
logical seminary and pastor in the
Northumberland, Pa, presbytery, in
the testimony of members Of his con-
gregation read from the assembly re-
cords of his trial for heresy in his own
presbytery before the judicial commits
sion of the general Presbyterian as
sembly in executive session here in
the appeal of his case in the highest
court OF the church.
According to the narrative of the
New Testament, Satan, while seeking
to tempt Christ during his long fast
before his crucifXion, took jesus to
a high mountain and showed him the
kingdom of the world waiting for him
to claim it if he would. Satan also
tried to induce Christ to make stones
into bread anu break his fast, and, as
last resort, took Christ to the top
most pinnacle of the temple and tried
to persuade him to cast himself down,
saying that God would not let him be
hurt.
DR.. Grant is charged with having
said the topmost pinnacle of the tenn
pie was entirely too small for any one
to stand on.
In commenting upon the death of
Uzziah, who, as told in the Old Tesla
ment, was struck dead for daring to
put his hand on the Ark of the Cove
nant while that previous relic was be-
ing taken from the threshing floor OF
Hebron to the temple at Jerusalem,
Or. Grant is alleged to have said:
..This man uzziah must have bid
burst blood vessel in his head. 1t is
not reasonable to suppose that Goo
struck him dead under such circum
stances. All UZZiah was trying to dc
was to prevent the sacred ark from
slipping from the wagon or sledge OF
which it was being carried. Evidently
the weight of the ark was too much Of
a strain and the man dropped dead"
| DR.. Grant was also accused of hay
ing told a member of his church that
he intended ito cast the devil out OF
the Bible by preaching a certain ser
mon.
| Another witness had said that she
had heard such sermons" at DR.
Grants church that she went right
home and cried. They were awful
and attacked the Bible
In addressing his Sunday school or
one occasion DR.. Grant is alleged to
have said: Nov, children, it is well
for you to know that your Father in
Heaven is so kind and forgiving that
you can go to him without any media
tor" This remark caused a sensation
as it was taken to mean that DR.
Grant did not believe literally the
words of Christ to the effect that he
was to be the particular mediator fol
the little children.
In one of his adult Bible classes
according to another witness, DR.
Grant ''inexpressibly shocked us all
!, by saying while commenting in the
! evening spent together by Mary, Mar
tina, Christ and Lazarus after the lat
tiers resurrection, as told in the New
Testament, that the whole party
played games and danced around a
little
This last remark appeared to come
as an awful blow to friends of DR.
Grant, who, indeed, are beginning tC
wonder how he can possibly explain
all the astonishing statements which
he is alleged to have made.
These statements, alleged to have
been made by DR.. Grant in sermons
and writings, are contained in the ties
timony against him, this testimony
filing a book of more than 800 pages
Among other startling theories said
to have been advanced by the &C
cused minister is a positive denial that
there ever was such a man as Jonah
and that neither Christ nor any one
else acts as a mediator between God
and man.
| SeJIs I ihrarv For S25OOOO.