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Indianapolis. William Jennings Bryan has been officially appointed a delegate to the Presbyterian General Assembly. He may withdraw from the race for Moderator, because in the 133 conventions which the Church has held, only one layman has ever held this position. If Mr. Bryan withdraws, the conservatives will probably nominate Dr. Clarence Macartney, " father " of the now famous Philadelphia overture, in which the General Assembly was petitioned to remove Dr. Fosdick as special preacher at the First Church. The Assembly meets on May 17. It cannot try Dr. Fosdick for heresy, because he is a Baptist, and not subject...
...Joseph Vance, forceful pastor of Detroit, is proposed for Moderator of the Presbyterian Church by those who support evolution. Dr. W. J. Bryan's candidacy has been noted...
William Jennings Bryan is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Miami, Fla. Several presbyteries have made overtures to the General Assembly requesting that Mr. Bryan be appointed Moderator of the Assembly, which meets in Indianapolis on May 17. The avowed object is to precipitate a clash between those who accept evolution, upholding Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick and those who do not. The expressed object is to " exclude from the pulpit of First Presbyterian Church in New York a Baptist preacher [Dr. Fosdick] whose teaching is not in accordance with the Westminster Confession...
...fight that would ensue should Mr. Bryan become Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly...
...Andrew D. White, Cornell President and Ambassador to Germany, wrote The Warfare of Science with Theology. Today Fosdick preaches their reconciliation, but this in turn arouses Machen of Princeton (Conservative Presbyterian) to prove that " liberalism" and Christianity are totally different religions with different roots in the past. The " Fundamentalists," Bryan leading, attack evolution, and Bishop Manning, although accepting evolution, must admonish Dr. Grant?he is not sure just for what. The Jews are similarly divided into " Orthodox" and " Free," and debate the relative sanctity of Saturday and Sunday...