New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-14
Brvan Attacks
5 Colleges on
DarwinTheOr
declares They Are Teaching
Bible Is Full of Myths;
Yale, Columbia. Michigan
: Among Those Assailed
Talks at Baptist Conclavc
Cousin Ape Objectionable as
Grandpa Ape. He Says.Rc.
ferring TO Moderate View

c~fr.r| Nf"NTHN 70 A"N 'I."f
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Jare 13 -
s..,tire az The night session % the
80 annual conference o. tic Iuada-
.,,slists o. the Northern Baptist
arr. which preceded the convention
- Of the Church which opens hcre
,.-orrow. William Jennings Bryan
-, fiery attack on ;he teachings Of
n,,,,nisu and took 90 task sevcral
-.,,rsities. including Columbia. Yale.
r,a,,ley ard the Uniyers.t.es o.. We
-, and Michigan which he declared
..,7.d him because he had po ntcd
:. hat professors were teaching that
4, Bible is nothing more than col
k,iion Of myths.
u, subject Of Mr.. Bryan. WHO is an
,,s,r IN the Presbyterian Church. was
.7i-kering with the Mainspring lie
1,,,ared the theories Of Darwin are bee
10 si,eredited more and more every
,,r aSone cvoiutionists." he added.
.,.ies, Darwin line OF descendants and
A,l.re that man. instead OF coming
,,on an ape. branched or from a COM
-ss ancestor further back However,
Cousin Ape is as Objectionable as
Grandpa Ape
yeddcr Teachings AsSailcd
pr. Frank Goodchild. OF Drookiyu.
,,alsd the alleged hcretical teachings
:, Henri Clay Vcdder Of the Crosscr
Theological Seminary, Philadelphia,
seeing can Immunity bath from sin" in
D, vedder's writings.
The Rev. Dr. Curtis Lee Laws. Of
Nv York. opened the conference. lie
asserted tina. The foundations OF re-
Hron are being undermined by
yr.psganda Of rationalism which Is
rotbng Christianity Of its supernat-
v-al content, that the independence Of
Bsptis. churches is threatened by the
ovsrcsrtralization Of authority IN the
general promotion board. The success
n the denomination. he said. waits or
,ks rea@i rnation of the historic Bap-
~, faith. based on the inerrant word
q God" ami devotion 20 the Baptist
ask as Interpreted by the Baptist
t,hers'
Fundamer.alsts. Dr.. Laws said, cor
trnd fOr belief In the irerrart inspira-
ton Of the Scriptures and IN their en-
tie s-ficic.cy as a standard Of faitn
,rd practice. This belief, be declared.
resrs ;fat Christians must accept al
q tie il.lacies o. the Bible as fact,
r.g b. eve in the VIRGIN birth. sub
rr,io-ary death. bodily resurrection
AZ ;er 3aa., visible return Of Jesus.
Eirgs preserve in tho worship and
ri c. The Church the simplicity O.
as NeT Testament pattern.
Opposed 70 Union Churches
Dr. Laws said that fundsnenta.ists
s7poss union churches. federated
e.urcrcs. or community churches.
Discussing the policies Of the Bap-
t.si denomination. DR.. Laws said tnat
he new world movement, started as
rdrt O. tho lIfer-churcn Woild move
nent 20 raise S100,O0o.010 FOR educa-
.oaal ard missionary work was based
N a false premise. The marching
,riers Of the church arc not go into
VI the world and establish Christian
ivilization." he continued, but go into
NJ the world and preach the gospei 70
very creature
All schools Of the denomination
lould be eliminated from the united
udge,. DR.. Laws asserted, because "no
BAPTIST ought 20 be coerced into giving
b q school ira whose teachings he doe
ot believe
when our schools Of every variety
? teaching and Of every grade O.
.ealth were grouped together, ire
pective 81 their needs" he said. AS
enefcinrics under the united bulge.
appeared 70 be the clcvercst scheme