Word: presbyterian
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William J. Bryan and a slight majority of the governing body of the Presbyterian Church know how Jesus Christ was born. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick and many leading Presbyterian ministers do not know. The difference is typical of all differences between Christian " Conservatives " and Christian "Liberals...
...General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church Dr. Bryan lost his fight to keep evolution out of the schools, but won his fight to condemn sermons delivered by Dr. Fosdick (a Baptist) in a New York Presbyterian Church...
...Henry Sloane Coffin, a leading Presbyterian of New York, sharing Dr. Fosdick's views, declares that none of the aforementioned doctrines are essential...
Among the more prominent speakers who have been secured for the Conference are Dean W. L. Sperry of the Theological School; Dr. A. H. Gray of Glasgow, Scotland; Dr. H. S. Coffin '00 of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, and Dr. H. E. Fosdick. In addition to the addresses by these men and others, there will be discussion groups which will cover not only questions of personal religion but also national and international problems...
...will be fought out in the Committee on Bills and Overtures. Since liberals are in control of this committee, and since there are five overtures asking that the other ten (against Dr. Fosdick) be ignored, there is little chance that the popular preacher will be ousted from the First Presbyterian pulpit of New York. The New York Presbytery has already appointed a committee to investigate the charges against Dr. Fosdick's alleged heresy. This committee will not report until after the General Assembly has dissolved, and the General Assembly could not, with very good grace, ask the New York...