The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-21

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New, Ysrk. Oct -SAss17
DR.. Harry Hmersoa FNdl
sistant pastor. insist on scoat &
10 preach from the pulplt ~
y7rSt Presbyterian chufchfe
York city asainst the ehureh
Of tn virgin birth Of Jeuua. e.
vine Inspiration Of the scfioI
the atonement Of Jesus a. &
second coming Of Christ, ~
trustees will for the 4 - 4.
Loot refuse to interiors - !.
I'VE are contemplating Nd
other than to stand BY Des
dick" explained William Kiu
vice president Of the boafd Z III
tees and incidentally an CO
the United States Trust eu 4
today. The trustees asS -
worried nor scared. 1865
This declaration followed No.. /
nouncement that the presAytaf1e
Philadelphia has protested 3 y
uncertain terms to the gsusfnt y,
sembly Of the Presbyterian e1stn
against the beliefs Of DR.. No. &
Straton Attacks Hin.
"He rejects the bible teachln61tg
the four great doctrines 1t CT
tianity," Is the charge made bF1l
John Roach Straton, pastor otac1fx
vary Baptist church and Aiu7Gl('
. sensational pulpit orator. 49,
chief delight Is in assailine sso1)
movement that IL in oppositioa "
reform. !
"The preaching at the NJ
Presbyterian church Is contrary =
the, church's confession Of fA1ks
is the complaint Of the Phil616I
phia preSbytery.
DIR. Fosdick, meanwhile, - ~
tie to say. He has made Il ~.
that he considers that his a1eUk
saries can do all the talking -
that it 10 entirely up to them 1
Folks Fleck to Church. s
He originally was . BsptH 0na
gyman, Ii q tribe more TIM q
years old and was called 70 ~
present post in the fAshtoqe1l1
Fifth avenue church some -
years ago. In q city and age w.
complaint is made that church &
terest is falling OF, Or. Fosdiek1
only nils his church 80 full Ssely
Sunday that one must 80 cary l.
get a seat, but he even has
Obliged to have special cua1 -
made in order that the "ovsraee
can sit on the steps Of the ale11s
Not at all bitterly eontrotee1
but entirely sure Of what he IL
DR.. Fosdick holds the center q t.
stage between the Fundamental
and the liberals. The fght -
been in progress for many mo-
the sermon which has resulta /
the Philadelphia Presbytery -
ing the agitation having been
livered last May, but the agit!l
is increasing and . showdown /
near future Is looked for. HI
The position Of DR.. Fosdick !
that the fundamentalists are tryl1(
to drive the people holding lib
views out OF the Presbytsf1l
church.
What Started It
They insist" he declared, -
we must believe in certain Spec
miracles, preeminently the ufpl
birth of our Lord; that the origin
| doctrines of the scripture were "a
tated to men q good deal as ~
might dictate to Q stenograD14
that the blood Of our Lord. shea 4
a substitutionary death, placatee y
alienated Deity, and in the ssoool
coming Of our Lord to set up . ~
lenium here"
In his noted sermon DR.. Foe1lcl
declared that "you cannot hf H.
/ Lord Christ into the fundamentqt
mold. In the middle west WI
the fundamentalists have had ~
way in some communities. the -
Gated people are looking for -
religion outside Of the church.
"The fundamentalists propooe Z
drive from tho church all the ~
secrated souls who do not aess
with their theory Of inspirafiee
Well, they are not going to Do =
certainly not in this vicinity. ! q
not even know in this congregaud
| whether anyone has been tsopse
to become a fundamentalist"
| Speaking for the Presbyfefl
general assembly, to whom ID
Philadelphia Presbytery addfssse
its complaint, Walter Irving Gay
said today that no official action :
chat body is possible until Y
injecting in Indianapolis next -!
Immediate action can be had onl
from within DIR. Fosdick's eh1se
itself.