The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07
NEW PREACHERS
DENY OLD CREED
2resbyterians Exercised Over
Students Reputation of
Westminster Confession.
WOMAN MINISTER SAYS
HER SEX IS ADVANTAGE
PariShiOnerS Are Less Re-
luctant 10 Be Seen at In
auspicious Times.
BY d. v. FRANCIS.

church VIII take some ueHulle eIduo
on the question of licensing men for
the ministry who are not thoroughly
grounded In the fundamentals of the
Christian faith as defined in the West
minister confession when it meets at
Atlantic City the latter part of this
month seems certain,
The Union Theological seminary OF
New York and the New York presby-
terry seem TO be the storm center, ana
the debate as to what the attitude OF
the church at large is TO be towards
the seminary and the presbytery bids
fair TO be historic.
The charge is made that the higher
criticism has taken such firm hold on
The seminary that its teachings are of
little, If any, short of rank hercsy from
the viewpoint of the orthodox Presby-
teriau.
Some of the graduates turned out
have denied the most vital prin-
ciples Of the Westminster confession,
including the virgin birth and bodily
resurrection of Christ. And the New
York presbytery has admitted some of
the young men expressing these doubts
to the ministry.
1t is this which will form the text
of discussion which will probably fix
the status of Presbyterian creed for a
long time to come.
AS the New York presbytery will
send some of its strongest men to the
general assembly, it is safe to say that
its side of the controversy will not suf
Ger for lack of able support.
The eyes of not only the whole Pres
byterian church, but the entire Chris
tian world will be turned on the meet
ing at Atlantic City and will follow
the debates with the keenest interest.
Bibles for the Hotels.
This week has seen the completion of
distribution of 10000 Bibles among
the hotels of New York. The hooks,
if placed end to end, would reach over
g mile IN length.
Consignments have varied from fifty
for the smallest hotels to 600 for the
Belmont and 500 for the Hotel Astor
The copies are donated for the most
part outright by the New York Bible
society. The books are secured at a
special discount from the American
Bible society.
Every few years systematic can
vass of the hotels is made, with view
Of placing a Bible in every transient
guest room of every hotel.
The Mills hotels are supplied by the
New York Bible society as well as the
cheap lodging houses of the east side
Arrangements are now under way for
supplying the Raines law hotels.
More than unusual interest attached
10 the recent spring assembly of the
Baptist union in England from the
fact that this year witnesses the 300th
anniversary of the establishment of the
first general Baptist church in this
country. IT was In 1911 that Thomas
Helwys, who had been a member OF
the Brownist church at Amsterdam,
came here and opened place of wor-
ship in Newgate street, whercN his
preaching attracted very large congre
cations and secured him many. CON
verts. This subject was dealt with by
Principal Gould al one of the sessions
of the assembly in a paper entitled
''Origins,' and it was also touched
upon by other speakers.
Methodists in Canada
Methodists of the world. 100000 to
100000 strong, will meet this year for
the first time In a representative ecu
menlcal conference In Canada Two
previous conferences have been held i'll
London and one in Washington. This
years is to be in Toronto. and the
date October to II. For organization
of the conference there are two di-
visions of Methodists, the eastern com
prising Great Britain, France, Aus
tralia and South Africa, and the west
ern having dozen or more bodies III
the United States and one each in
Canada and Japan. Sir Robert w.
Perks, treasurer, and the Rev. James
Chapman, secretary, of the British COM
mittee are IN this country and have just
helped the American committee to COM
plete the Toronto programme. 1t is
learned that Toronto Methodists have
things III admirable shape. Sir Robert
has expressed great interest in the con
ference, believing it will both tighten
bonds of Methodism of the world and
of national sentiment between the
United States, Canada and England.
Bishop Hamilton of Boston, Bishop
Hess of Nashville, Bishop Smith and
Caldwell OF African bodies; DR.. H. M.
Du Bose of Augusta, Ga, George \
Luccock and c. B. Spencer of Kansas
City. T. n. Ivey of Nashville. Justice
Maclaren of Toronto. G.. r. Washburn
of Boston and DR.. III. X Carroll of New
York, members of the conference com
mittee, attended the recent meeting
Sir Robert gave dinner to the com
mittee and others, at which sentiments
in favor of arbitration and peace be.
tween sall countries in which Metho
dists live and labor were exchanged.
Woman Preacher.
Sarah A. Dixon, pastor of the Con.
gregational church at Tewksbury, has
proved that woman can minister to the
spiritual wants of the community with
even greater success than her male pre-.
dccessors.
The Rev Miss Dixon has. through
her efforts, increased the membership
of the parish and has caused more men
to become enrolled in the last year than
were added in all the previous 17J
years Of the church IS existence.
There is no lack of interest in Miss
Dixon IS church and "church- going j,
fixed habit with young and old OF
her congregation. In the Sunday gath
erings that listen to her preaching are
many with whom church attendauc,
had not been for MANY years narf o.