THE CHURCHES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14482, 1 July 1911, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE CHURCHES.

MOT UNiTAiUAMSM BUT PAUL'S DUCTltiNli.

A statement U the effect that ltev. J. Campbell had recanted some of Lis Kfc.v 'ihujlugy v.ens, and had proclaimed. Ins belief in the deity of Jesus, has been going the rouu.is of the press, 'liiit may or. may nut bo tru<i. At ■■>, Congregational Ministers' Conieren v in thj City Temple, Loudon, last month, Mr Campbell referred to tbo question and especially to the extremely jationah'stic or unitarian vk'w taken up by Jtev. l)r Anderson, lie s;,id that as regarded the jwrsonality si JcsiiSj another weakness of the position of Dr. Anderson was that he Mem.'d to put it on all four-, with such another historical personality as, say, that of the Buddha. But it was. nut 011 all fours. The vivid Gospel portraiture of a Divine-human personality made an appeal to ordinary men and women such tis no otlicr record of any personality made. From that noint of view the personality of Jesus was unique, though ho admitted that they did i.jfc C et the Chr.st eultus even train the first- absolutely identified with tue-uesus of Nazareth. The Epistles eumo before the. Gospels. There were only two possible views—the one the l/iiitariiin view, which was the instinctive view of M lO ma,, j n the street, who thought the Jesus was in the world like ninisel.-, with the same outlook ou lifeand the. view of those who held that tlie :\ew J estament was nut a Unitarian hook Whether they agreed ujth, himself or not, the real po'nt at V*"? ■ was . «ot "Who is Jesus P" but ttiuare to?" What Christendom had thought of Jesus all the way through ought to be. true. It was the Jesuit of universal experience. Falln" back upon Paul'; theory, there was a sid a rf God .which was represented by the t- uth of the Eternal Christ, and in that side of God they were all included. The basal fact in them ail, the basal fact -if personality, was that Christ internal, who was, and in, Jesus and who .-.bowed himself in Jesus Christ. Jesus was the earthly, limited manifestation of that Eternal Christ who had been the light of every nrin who rnme into the world. He was the fundamental fact of all being, of the boimr of all o? them. That was not ymtarmnism—that was Paul's own doctrine, although perhaps Paul never wcrkeJ out the) philosophy- of it In replying, Principal Selbio said he thought ho might voice the feelings of the riKimj nd express the hope tliat JMr Campbell woulc come among them a lifi.e more— ,\ remark which, it is reported, was cheered most enthusias■uoally by the meeting. THE NEWEST^CrimCISMS.

Dr. James Orr, of Glasgow XJaiverfflty, one of the great theologians of tiao day speaking at a pistols' coni'crenco in London- on tli-s .subject of "Church and the Xiiblo," said ha tvas obliged to spend niuaU o£ his time in read.ii" the works of unbelieving men. The attacks, .philosophical., i.ritcal, and scientific, on tlie aoiy Scriptures were ivjdespvead and deternnned The Historicity, inspiration, character, and claims,of the writings to be tire D.vine/ruio of fait!, and practice wen all in 'turn assailed' Irom different yimrters. Of late there had teen a decided advance in critical attack from the outworks of the citadel, which was Christ Himself. The fi eß ' a ;<-'Stameut miracles had followed tne Old. Mi-ey were boldly denied. Our' ■•Lord s d.scourjes were questioned Oiilv one or two of the parable were retained nit the rest of the contents of the bospeis were t!ie "mind of the Church." Matthew i. and ii. had bee a dropped out without a word of explanation. t l l ';., a " d ji - shared the samo late. Much was made of an alleged •source ' of Matthew and 11 leek which was spoken of aj "Q.» . . Babylonian nijtlis indeed! (exclaimed Dr. Orr at the eiow of his address). Ancient folklore! Where ;n the history of the world d,d ever ar.se a folk-lore like this? J Ins neu- school of Biblical criticism would never succeed in overturning the picture of Oinst in tie Gospels, tlie picture of a supernatural Beinc the t}*™f ™ n ' >f , G " il - K ™ <"« *'come th ?™*F™ d.:d the Church of Christ nnrec? inlk of swallowing camels, these men must have swallowed a ' whole caravan of camels. Korii! " The. question of electing women rep-resum.'ti,v-<s co the next Wesleyan (.outrun uo ..s much i.ttentiou in Kuaiand. i'lifc '''SletUudisi Times" i.avnyiy urges that Jars i>r,u t c Kujrutß _suiul bs uomiuaDca by thd second London Synoa, uut only as a recognition of lit.- own distinguished Sci-vu-e.-., hue- ss a. niviuioriui of tm great fijdit which k*r iiv&bima rjiade on behalf oi tir.-. women oi Meihociisuj

A iayuieirs nx-aioriui horn m*n*uora ot the CMirc-h vf JEu-lu.-id is tke uiooesc of ALanuhusWi has been prelected to the Bishop. The "tteoord'' ullu „ji c: May 12 states thai; she coutainang mora than 40U0 signatures ct laea," was pres-iriteu to the Bishop by a. deputation of influea-t:-al icy-men. The memorialists hud .'■noted wn.h satisfaction tho regulation* iiari fuwc by tho Bishop i'or cheeking the jnirodueiioii of euchuristic vestnionts into the churches of the diocese,'-* and tliey as3urad him oi riieir sympathy ? B \ support. The covering letter I'aiutec, to the Bishop with tho rceniorls/; was xgucd by Lord Grawsinuv and l-i otner leaeane; iaynen, and spoke of the memorial having been promoted "m----tlejpcnaosaiy of any party society." Mr G. K. Chesterton, the f amoss jouniaLsii, was invited by Rev. Iv. «'. Campbell io cpeak at the Manchester spring meetings of the Liberal Christian League, and ho replied, that but lor Jut, absenceabroad "(he has gone, to the Lop.iifieut ior a holiday) nothing would hare given hini areatcr pie:isure than to have accepted tho invitation and to lis-vj- curses Lc.e Now Theolct'v and ail us voncs rroni that platform" Tfia saeond oratress of the Baptist \i or:c; Alhaaioo :s meetin" in "°hi*a.. oeiphia from Hk> 19th to the 26th of tJi-£ mouth, under tho presidencv W lUj. Or. Clifford, of London. At the last couirress. hell m London five, years aero, uiKler the presijkney of the'late tier. Dr. .ilex :uae!::iv;i. thpr<» -nw, over 4'1.:J0 -d..-l« ? ::ir-.s r:-e-cnt fro.-; all of the v.-orid; th.-- -arlieriii'. 'at r';-''i;' , i'; i '!;,'v. !s t Z M„,' l '!' : f •-•■!!i:i:p was raided-in T0n S lan:l and. An;- ;';■'« t,, a-fayt!.^,,,, Mlv<| „r a d..|<the I'antkt I'll; .-h wjil'lv'. dK-nl r .|' j I!.-i-eiith- Foil.-,- n , i ;i ,;„| of'c.,, n-ntists of l?n •.-:.•. u-: :i ,-:-,, ; ,.,! ~f I;.. | allowed toTal'.. a.' l\. ■r- - i ; , l>i: l a . delphia on ■:■:• >■ ::,, „i „;■ _o.-. t (n ■;=. frimrantee of li ~i. :'i:ni in niuoiint V.-V* niin-r-dhitfK- fab!-.-;! in- (i,.. Ih>;yii;i fniou of Great Briiaio. " '