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The New York herald., 1922-08-13
supernatural Birth
Traditions Are Many

TO believe in virgin birth as an ex-
planation Of great personality is one
cf the familiar ways in which the an
for unusual superiority. Many people
suppose that only once in history do
we run across a record Of supernatu-
raj birth. Upon the contrary. stories
of miraculous generation are among
the commoncst traditions of antiquity
Especially Is this true about the
founders Of great religions. According
TO the records OF their faiths. Bud
dha and Zoroaster and Lao-tsze and
Mahavira were all supernaturally born.
Here in the Christian churches are
these two groups of people. and the
question which the Fundamentalists
raise is this: Shall one of them throw
the other out? Has intolerance any
contribution to make to this situation?
VIII It persuade anybody or anything?
Is not the Christian church large
enough TO hold within her hospitable
fellowship people who differ on points
like this and agree to differ until the
fuller truth be manifested? The Fun
damentalists say not. They saw the
liberals must go. We'll. if the F'unda-
mentalists should succeed. then ont or
the Christian church would 20 some
Of tac bast Christian life and conee-
Grafton Of this generation-m multitudes
OF men and women. devout and revcr-
ent Christians. who need the church
and whom the church needs.
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ribs Jonahs
a andso on.
line
dving
vehement and it, school of Bible critics
they Bible nspreds
Rev G. Mcpherson has been preaching
scriptures and Of all the made therein.
Mcpherson
Chandler
the Rev Harry d. d,
he
Rev. Mr. Mcpherson
that
nave raised the question shall them drive the other
THE NEW
Mcpherson and the Rev Dr. Fosdc the basic ideas
schools of Christian though
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
AND EVOLUTIONISTS
DIVIDED WITHIN THE CHURCHES ON
LITERAL AUTHORITY OF THE BIBLE

DEUTERONOMY Darwin? Adams
missing rib? Toward which belief
than
holding ry authority rejecting the
supernatural
The controversy burns hoty with William
happy
grass white mk? vigorously mbasng evuionsts asking
like
York
the a
before taking
decline believe
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
"A DIAMOND RUSH
:. NEAR KIMBERLEY

FEW days ago it was wild and
Ia rocky weld where only the
sinking jackal could be seen.
A lone man prospecting had stumbled
across some small diamonds and in n
night the wilderness was replaced by
a medley of tents and tin shanties.
safes. dining rooms, stores, billiard
saloons and n merry -go-round blaring
forth noisily. This was Mosesberg,
which the South African Government
had made n proclaimed area and de-
cided that claims were to be peggcd
ont in the old fashioned style of a
rush.
Mosesberg is sixty miles from Kim
berley. on the day announced for the
rush motor cars. OK wagons, donkey
wagons and miscellaneous collection
OF mining gear had assembled there.
The crowd OF men included tho old
hardened digger clad in corduroys and
chewing steadily, and a sprinklng of
youths. keen eyed and prepared 10
trace in khaki shirt and shorts. They
were men of all nationalties. English.
Dutch. jew and a sprinlSing OF Kaf-
frs al graspins their pegs. on which
the owners names were painted in
bright colors.
-. The rush was to take place at II
o'clock. AS the hour drew near tho
men toed the line between two white
Tags. For distance OF four miles
the rush extended. At five minutes
to II the Inspector of Claims mounted
a rough box and y big Union Jack was
held M beside him. He began read
Ing proclamation, while the diggors
spat on their hands. grasped their
pegs tightly and lowered their bodies
for tho start
. With sudden nutter the Union
.tnck was lowered. A yell of excite
,rfient went UP, from over thousand
psoiccs. The men plunged forward.
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Inerranoy of the Bible
Another Point of Variance

One point OF view is that the orig
inal documents OF Scripture were in
crrantly dictated by God to men. Ev-
erything there. scientific opinions,
medical theories. historical judgments.
as well as spiritual insight. is infal-
lible. But there arc multitudcs of
people who never think about tho BIZ
bio SO. Indeed. that static ana mcraan-
ical theory Of inspiration seems 10
them n positive peril 70 the spiritual
life. The Koran similarly has heen
regarded hy Mohammedans as having
been infallibly written in heaven be-
fore IL came 10 earth. But the Koran
enshrines tho theological and ethical
ideas of Arabia at tho time when It
was written. IL has become n mill
stone about the neck Of Mohammed-
ism.
Consider another matter. tho second
coming of Our Lord. ono view i that
Christ is literally coming. externally.
on the clouds OF heaven TO set m
His kingdom here. They sit stll and
expect the world TO grow worse and
worse until He comes. Another group
see that the most desirable elements
in human life have come through tho
method of human development Man s
music has developed from tho rhythmic
noise of beaten sticks until We have
melody and harmony possibilities un-
dreamed OF. Mans painting has de-
vclopcd from the crude outlines OF tho
cavemcn until IN limo and color wc
have achieved Unforeseen results and
possess latent beauties vet rot un-
folded Mans architecture has devol-
oped from tho crude huts or primitive
men until our cathed~als and business
buildings reveal alike an incalcuabe
advance.
Development docs sccm TO he tho
way In which God works These
Christians. whom they say that Christ
is coming mean that. slowly as Il may
bc. hut surely. His will and principles
will he worked out by Gods grace in
human life and institutions until "Ho
shall sec the travail OF Il and shall be
satisfied"
7 do not believe for ono moment
that the Fundamentalists are going
to succeed. Nobodv's intolerance can
contribute anything 10 tho solution or
tho problem we have just described.
Tho first element is n spirit OF toler-
ance and Christian liberty. Tho second
ia a clear insight into the main issues
OF modern Christianity and a sense OF
penitent shame that tho Christian
church should be quarreling over little
matters when the world Is dying OF
great needs.
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0ERMANY seems to-day to be
r the real winner of the war,
and she may continue 70

ERMANY seems to-day TO be
T the real winner of the war
and she may continue 10
hold this position provided she is
able 10 maintain present conditions. IL
Is undoubtedly Germany that is to
play the major role in developing
that great depository OF wealth in
Russia, already her allay and pros.
trate under the Bolshevist dictators.
The factor that may halt this develop
ment is the early revival of competi-
tion from America" This was a state
ment made by Prof. W. H. Hobbs OF
tho University OF Michigan. recently
returned from trip round the world.
which took him a year to make and in
which he visited the principal coun-
tries Of Europe and spent some time
in the Orient. Prof Hobbs. who is
head Of tho department OF geology at
;he university. declares that tho world
g. q sorry sight TO a thoughtful Amcri-
can. with opportunity to observe IL.
After visiting the countries of the
Far East ono is not likely to be op,i-
mistic over the future" he said, and
added:
"Outsdc tho United States industry
and the carrying trade have been
gravitatng into tho hands OF Ger
many. which is now supplied with
great merchant fleet constructed since
tho armisticc. Germany is to-day a
beehive for industry, with her indus
trial plants working night and day
and with contracts made on most ia
vorablc terms piling up faster than
they can bc filled.
Largely exempt from the labor
troubles that have vcxed her rivals
and with the deprecated mark favor
ing external as opposed TO internal
contracts. the work goes on in Ger
many at a pace that is phenomenal
only recently has this rush been
somewhat halted because deliveries
were becoming SO long delayed as to
Givert contracts TO other countries,
and particularly to the United States,
whose industries arc once more get
ting to their feet.
"In Germany. the capitalist the
shopworkcr and the farmer arc all
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Germany's Collapse
Chief Danger Source

The central fact in this alarming
state of affairs is the economic collapse
Of Germany. II those $4,000. 900 highly
organized. Industrious. virilc people
find themselves unable TO maintain
national life in an orderly way because
Of the downfall Of credit and soaring
prices the effect OF their desperate.
violent reaction will shake the very
pillars of European civilization. That
IL only one aspect Of tho dangers now
threatening US all. owing OF the in
ability OF European statesmen 10 sink
all national differen- es in common
effort 10 rise above the slough of
despond in which Europe sank after
the war the financ III conditions Of
every country. including Great Britain.
are steadily growing worse. Capital
IS crippled in its enterprise, national
revenues arc eaten up BY national debt
and trade between one country and
another is made d fiicult and danger
ous owing TO the unstable state Of cX
changes There Is actually dry rot
in the human energy Of Europe and
civilization as shown by the figures Of
unemployment in England. disastrous
because IL is a waste OF living material
whch could he converted into tho
fruits or toll Suspicion. anger and
III temper are aroused between ono
nation and another. each of whom A.
cuses the other with being the chief
cause OF it's burdens tanning up smol-
derng fires which one day may leap
into flames
we do not want amy more war"
said German tho other day. then
added grimly. except one" There is
no need to mention the nation which
was TO l,e the exception TO that pacifist
philosophy. France does 10. want any
more war. being convinced of it's ir-
revocablc costs. Bur she is not going
to take chances She Is fullv aware
Of that German exception. So she Is
training back lcGions IN North Africa
maintaining \ great military machine.
building strong fleets Of submarines,
crowding tho sky with airplanes Eng
land very close 70 tho coast OF France
is not absolutely certain OF French
friendship. forever and ever. IN spite
OF common sacrifices; she is nervous
of those submarines and aeroplancs
and the British Government unwilling
~ and under immense pressure OF
public uncasiness promised TO increase
her air fleet 10 800 pianos against the
French : 600. ~ course. wc cannot
afford III France can afford IL still
,css. because of her enormous debt to
England and The German failure 10
pay what sense Is there IN all this?
What security for peace? What chance
for recuueration from wars and ruin
Yet without some miraculous change
IN human nature and intcrnationa
policy il Is inevitable.
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~ heard about the people who
4 \ call themselves Fundamental
lists. Their apparent intention
Is to drive out Of the evangelical
churches men and women OF liberal
opinions. The, F1lndamentalists see.
and they see truly. that in this last
generation there have been strange
new movements in Christian thought
A great mass of new knowledge has
come into mans possession: new
knowledge about the physical uni
verse. its origin, its forces, it's laws;
new knowledge about human history.
and in particular about the WAYS in
which the ancient peoples used to
think in matters Of religion and the
methods by which they phrased and
explained their spiritual experiences:
and new knowledge. also. about other
religions and the strangely similar
ways in which mems faith and reh-
gtous practices have developed every
where.
Now there are multtudes OF rev.
erent Christians who have been un-
able to keep this now knowledge in one
compartment of their minds and the
Christian faith in another. They have
been sure that all truth comes from
the one God and is His revelation.
Not, therefore. from irreverence or
caprice or destructive zeal but for the
sake of intellectual and spiritual in
tegrity they have been trying to see
this new knowledge in terms of the
Christian faith and to see the Christian
faith in terms of this new knowledge
Doubtless they have made many mis-
takes. Doubtless there have been
among them reckless radicals gifted
with intellectual ingenuity but lack
ing spiritual depth. Yet the enter
prise itself seems to them indispensa-
bile to the Christian church. The new
knowledge and the old faith cannot
be left antagonistic or even disparate.
as though man on Saturday could use
one set of regulative ideas for his life
and on Sunday could change gear 10
another altogether. We must be able
to think our modern life clear through
in Christian terms. and 10 do that We
also must he able 70 think our Chris
tion life clear through In modern
terms,
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Situation Not Novel
In History of Race

There is nothing new about the
situation. X has happened again and
again in history. as, for example
when tho stationary earth suddenly
began to move and the universe that
had been centered in this planet was
centered in the sun around which tho
planets whirled. Whenever such o
situation has arisen there has been
only one way out: the new knowledge
and the old faith had to be blended
in a new combination. Now. the
people in this generation who are try
ing TO do this are the liberals. and
the Fundamcntalists are out on
campaign to shut against them the
doors OF the Christian fellowship.
Shall they be allowed to succeed?
1t is interesting to note where the
Fundamentalists are driving in their
stakes TO mark out the deadinc of
doctrine around the church across
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games. One California college asked
Mayser if he could recommend a horse
shoe pitching coach 10 them.
Twenty new courts have been built
by the fair association in Des Moines.
la, for the tournaments which will be
played. Bleachers with seating ca
pacity for 10000 have been built At
the national tournament at Mime
apolis last year 5000 people witnessed
the matches.
Iron posts an inch in diameter are
used as targets. They stick eight
inches above the ground and incline
one inch toward the opposite stake.
Specially hard clay is packed around
each stake. Pitchers are allowed to
stand within three feet of the stake
they pitch from. Coaching from any
one but partner is particularly for
bidden by rules.
Great variation exists in the size.
weight and shape of horseshoes. Each
player has his own particular pair. of
which he is particularly fond. No mat
ter how old. rusty. battered and worn
they may be he sticks by them until
the end. Should a champion lose one
of his shoes chances for his lasting in
n tournament would be materially
lessened. Furthermore. every one uses
real horseshocs There are no "com-
mercial'' horseshoes, except what real
horses wear.
Regulations state that shoes shall
not be over seven and half inches
long nor over seven inches wide. They
cannot weigh over two and a half
pounds each. The toe or calk meas
urements cannot be over three -fourths
OF an inch and the opening between
calks cannot be over three and one
half inches.
Fifty points constitute a game and
the tirst player to win six games is
awarded the match.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
HORSESHOES IN
BIG TOURNEY
Hundreds Of Competitors
Will Gather at Iowa State
Fair, Held This Month,
to Pitch for Prizes

State Fair Mrs. Matthews had little
difficulty in winning premier honors.
Separate prizes and cups are being
awarded to women in the national con-
test this year.
Athletic Director
Believes in the Sport
&. w. Mayser. athletic director at
Iowa State College at Ames. is a strong
believer of the sport. Last year hz
ordered number of courts built.
ordered horseshoes and told students
to "go TO it," He promised that If
enough interest was aroused he would
organize a team and schedule games.
Scores of Ames students threw a
wicked horseshoe until many excel
lent shots were produced. When Des
Moines newspapers carried news of
the innovation Coach Mayser received
many requests for information. Five
colleges, large and small, asked for
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lsDNbO.Ns AUS
A VERY great American In Lon
~ don, one of the most impor-
tant men in the world to-day,
startled me last week by making the
following remark with absolute sin
cerity and gravity: THE only coun-
try in Europe which is getting better
is Russia. Others are getting worse.
These words took my breath away for
a moment because this man has int-
mate knowledge not only of the eco
nomic facts of Europe. but also of the
secret forces of international politics
Is there any truth or absolute truth
be in bad way, indeed. for improve
ment in Russia is just the difference
between hunger and starvation or lin
gorng misery and sudden death. OF
course, he did not mean that other
European countries are in the same
state of poverty as Russia. What he
meant was that whereas Russia is
just showing signs of renewed vitality,
however low her vital spark, some ap-
proach to sanity after the wild mad
ness of revolution. other nations, like
France. Germany. Austria, Italy and
England. are showing signs not of re-
generation. but Of further decay.
am bound to say | entirely agree
with him. II is becoming clear 10
many minds in Great Britain and else
where that nothing can save Europe
from very grave catastrophe, includ-
ing widespread revolution and new
wars during the next ten or fifteen
years, except complete change cf
international relationship based. not on
acts of the old statesmen now in
power but upon the uprising and
spiritual regeneration of the younger
generation. Whether that is gong to
happen or not is still uncertain. There
are no immediate signs OF 1t. But If
it does not happen quite soon there is
going to be a European upheaval
which will shake the world TO its
foundations.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
Junior Farmers
Own Valuable Stock

4 Total oc 1891 boys and girls
were enrolled IN agricultural extern
sion cMhe. III 1921. for training in
various phases Of live stock work.
These junior farmers owned last year.
te,1 IS head Of farm animals ard ,sSS.-
2Ss fowls. representing = total nlus
OF s3.GO517e
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
Christian World Dividing
Into Two Rival Camps

The Christian world is becoming
divided into two camps. There is no
use blinking at the fact. Christian
people must take their stand on the
one side or the other. Advocates of
spiritism. like Doyle. are lining up
with Robins ahd Fosdick and many
others in an attack on tho Bible. and
they arc ensnaring thousands. Let us
hear what is said about Genesis by
one whom the German theologians al
ways criticized with respect, the late
Prof Orr OF Glasgow:
"In the narrative of Creation we
have already that nobest Of possible
utterances regarding man. God Gre
ated man in His own image The
manner in which this declaration is
led up to is hardly less remarkable
than the utterance itself. The last
stage of the work of Creation has been
reached, and the Creator is about to
produce His masterpiece. But. as If to
emphasize this event and prepare us
for something new and exceptional,
the form of representation changes.
Hitherto the simple fiat of Omnipo-
tence has sufiiced-'God said Now
the Creator is represented as taking
counsel with Himself: Let us make
man in our image. after our likeness:
and In the next verse. with the en-
ployment of the stronger word ere
ated (bara).' the execution of this pur-
pose is narrated. SO God created man
IN His own image. In the image of God
created Tie him, male and female Gre
atcd He them This grand declaration
that man Is made in the image OF God
after His likeness, is determination OF
the whole Biblical idea of man. 1t Is
the conception. tacit or avowed, which
underlies all revelation. n is. in truth.
the prcsupposition Of tho history Of
Gods dealings with man from first to
'art ("
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which no one is to pass except on
terms of agreement. They insist that
we must all believe in the historicity
of certain special miracles. pre-
eminently the virgin birth of our
Lord; that we must believe in a spe-
cial theory OF inspiration-that the
original documents of the Scripture
which of course we no longer possess.
were inerrantly dictated to men
good deal as a man might dictate to
stenographer; that we must believe
in a special theory of the Atonement--
that the blood of our Lord. shed in
a substitutionary death, placates an
alienated Deity and makes possible
welcome for the returning sinner; and
that we must believe i'm the second
coming Of our Lord upon the clouds
of heaven to set up "A millennium
here, as the only way in which God
can bring history to worthy de-
nouemcnt Such arc some of the
stakes which are being driven. 10
mark a Ccadline of doctrine around
the church.
We may as well begin with .he
veXed and mooted question of the Vir-
gin birth of our Lord. ! know people
in the Christian churches who, alike
as they are in their personal devotion
TO the Master. hold quite different
views about matter like the virgin
birth. Ore point of view is to accept
X rs a Historical, fact and a special
biological miracle. Many are the gra-
cious and beautiful souls who hold it.
But side by side with them in the
evangelical churches is a group Of
equally loyal and revercnt people WHO
would say that the virgin birth is not
TO be accepted as historical fact
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BY the REV. w. C. MCPHERSON.

come habitable for organisms and
plants are first created. animals later:
and among the latter the inhabitants
of the water and of the air first. after
ward the inhabitants OF the dry land.
Finally, God creates man, the last Of
all organisms. in His own image and
as ruler of the earth. Two great and
fundamental ideas. common also to the
non miraculous theory of development,
meet us in the Mosaic hypothesis of
creation with surprising clearness and
simplicity-the idea of separation or
differentiation, and the idea of pro-
gressive development or perfecting."
The Bibles Version
OF Origin of Man
Look at what the Bible teaches as to
the origin OF man and woman. I'm the
day that God created man he made
them man and woman" Adam there
fore. was not Of q woman. as Paul
states in First Corinthians H.. s, and if
not of a woman he must have been of
beast or from God. But according to
Genesis l.. II, "A and %. beasts could
bring forth only of their kind. and this
the New Testament afIirms in First
Corinthians Ky. 50: "All flesh is no,
the same flesh. There is one kind OF
flesh of mon. another flesh of beasts.
another of fishes and another of birds"
II evolutionists like Dean Robins and
Mr.. Fosdick are right. that beasts can
bring forth men. then men also can
bring forth beasts, and fishes can bring
forth birds, and a bird-fish can bring
forth a bird fish beast, and a bird
fish-beast can bring forth bird fish
beast-man. And this would be a worse
confusion than hell. Let us thank God
that no beast or reptile produced Adam
and Eve, as their flesh was of another
kind, and they could bring forth on.y
after their kind" If man was not of
woman or of beasts, then he must
have been of Coda special creation.
Put il these mon are right. then
there is break between God and
Adam. and the Apostle is wrong in his
record of the human genealogy of
Christ as given by Luke in Chapter
ill.,. 3S. which reads: "The son of Enos.
which was the son OF Seth. which was
the son of Adam. which was the son of
Cod If the dean and Fosdick are
correct. this should read as follows:
Jesus the son of Enos. which
was the son of Seth, which was the
son of Adam. which was the son of
monkey. which was the son of an ass.
which was the son of n vulture. which
was the son of a scorpion. which was
the son of a lizard. which was the son
of a bumblebee. which was the son OF
bug, which was the son OF tadpole,
which was the son OF Cod
Such teachers should establish a,
church for evolutionists and not seek
to destroy the true church OF Jesus
Christ. And they should name their
church. not the Cathedral of st. John
the Divine. or the First Presbyterian
Church. but they should name Il
Church for the Descendants of Apes"
for the trail of these men leads not to
Bethlehem's Manger or Calvary's
Cross. or the open grave, or the Com
ing Triumphant Christ, but TO the
wilderness.