Word: presbyterian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Requested by the authorities of the First Presbyterian Church, Manhattan, not to abandon them utterly but to continue to preach there when he could (TIME, Nov. 3), Dr. Fosdick replied by letter...
Meanwhile, an effort is afoot to have the Presbyterian Church at its next General Assembly legalize the position of Dr. Fosdick as permanent special preacher in a Presbyterian pulpit...
...must to all men, Death came to James Berwick Forgan, in the 73rd year of his life and the 24th of his career as the outstanding figure of the Chicago banking fraternity. Stricken at his desk with heart disease, he was taken to the Presbyterian Hospital, where a transfusion of his son's blood (James B. Forgan, Jr.) rallied him momentarily but was ultimately unsuccessful in saving his life. He died sur rounded by his family, after singing favorite hymns with his pastor and saying : "I have put up the best fight I could." Forgan...
...Therefore, after your resignation as associate minister takes effect, we invite you to make it your custom when when not otherwise engaged to preach in our pulpit on Sunday mornings. We cannot believe that this is in opposition to the mind of the Presbyterian Church...
Comment. Everywhere Presbyterian ministers were interviewed by the press. In Manhattan, clerical opinion deeply regretted the separation. Outside, the majority were well pleased. Editorial writers of the larger dailies both in and out of Manhattan tended to deplore the resignation as significant of narrow-mindedness. Moderator Macartney from his sick bed issued a plain denunciation of Dr. Fosdick concluding: "To all those who deny the Lord Jesus Christ in the fullness of and glory of His Redeeming Person and power . . . the Presbyterian Church is a closed door and, pray God, it shall ever be such...