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...LAWRENCE M. HORTON The Noroton Presbyterian Church Noroton, Conn...
Spiritual Advance. "All the ravens seem to be perched on a single branch. We hear about 'the post-Protestant era,' 'the end of Protestant influence in the nation,' 'the retreat of Protestantism,' and so forth." On the contrary, declared Presbyterian Bonnell, "Protestantism in America is on ' the verge of a heartening spiritual advance...
...Protestantism suffering from a surfeit of crapehangers ? The Rev. John Sutherland Bonnell, 68, of Manhattan's Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, believes so. Mounting the pulpit last week, he sounded off against the "handwringing, breast-beating and doleful prophecies about the future of Protestantism" from the very churchmen on whom its future depends...
...indications of advance, he cited 1) the growing ecumenical movement ("We are closing our ranks"); 2) the increased activity of the laity ("In the Presbyterian Church we have approximately half a million men united for service"); 3) the liturgical revival ("Protestant ministers are now . . . introducing orderliness, dignity and beauty to their services"); 4) an upsurge in intellectual vigor ("We possess a galaxy of theologians"); 5) new approaches to evangelism ("social, intellectual, devotional and industrial...
Integers of Uncertainty. The Rev. Theodore Gill, president of Presbyterian San Francisco Theological Seminary, approves Dr. Bonnell's rebuke to the "gloomy guses, who seem to assume that our shakiness will shatter the church and that our failures will flunk God." But he notes that "Dr. Bonnell is ending a long and very distinguished parish ministry. He is positive and hopeful about where his generation comes out, and about the head start it has given to those who now carry on. To those now carrying on, however, Dr. Bonnell's impressive sum of achievements may look more like...