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When Dr. Percy Stickney Grant spoke a short time ago in the Union he presented the Modernist side of the controversy which has for many months been such a disturbing element in the Protestant church. The other half of the case will be clarified this evening when Dr. John Roach Straton, one of the most prominent Fundamentalists in the country, talks on the general subject of "Evolution vs. God". Dr. Grant attracted one of the largest student audiences that has ever listened to a visiting preacher; and it is almost a certainty that equally large numbers will be present tonight...
...monks of the Holy Cross are the highest churchmen among Episcopalians. They are believed to have the support of many bishops. It is the modernist contention that these monks are far greater heretics than any reputable modernist. "Where does the Bible, or the Prayer Book, of any Creed say anything about St. Charles' whiskers," ask the modernists? "By what authority 'do bishops tolerate the whiskers' veneration? Their...
Lately, although not taking a militant stand on either side, he has been of considerable influence in the controversy between the Modernists and the Fundamentalists. Clearly hinting at Bishop Lawrence, a prominent weekly has asserted "Public opinion is slow to ask the prosecution of heresy of any unimportant Modernist priest, as long as there are bishops of pronounced liberal views in the Episcopal Church." Bishop Lawrence is one of the growing body of men occupying prominent positions in the ecclesiastical ranks who stands out as a champion on theological tolerance...
Bishop Lawrence's speech, besides being of great interest to students who are considering the ministry as a career, should provide an interesting light on the Modernist Fundamentalist controversy...
...interesting to observe, however, that "Independent" and "Modernist" are not synonymous. The general character of the exhibition is almost more conservative than that of the Academies at New York and Philadelphia. Of the 1,500 works representing 700 artists from all parts of the country, the majority are sensible efforts of slightly talented people...