T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S 571 P resbyterian one. They are both asserting th e doctrines th a t U nitarians have been m aintaining for years.” Rev. Edmund Booth Young, pastor of th e F irst Unitarian Church, Athol, Massachusetts, writes as follows to The Christian Century: . “I t is p e rfe c tly c le a r W here th e c o n fessio n al c h u rc h e s s ta n d on th e d o c trin e s of th e d e ity of Je su s, th e v irg in b irth , th e a to n em e n t, th e p h y sic a l re s u rre c tio n a n d th e ascen sio n o f J e s u s ; w h y , th e re fo re , sh o u ld th o se m in is te rs w h o d en y tlfe se d o c trin e s c o n tin u e b efo re th e w o rld officially a s M e th o d ists, E p isc o p a lia n s o r P re s b y te ria n s ? I t is n o t fo r m e to im p u g n th e p e rso n a l h o n e s ty of a n y in d iv id u al, b u t I c a n n o t b u t feel—- a n d th in k th e la ity g e n e ra lly fe e l|fe th a t u n ita ria n is m in th e bosom a n d in th e p a y of tr in ita r ia n is m is n o t o n ly c o n fu sin g b u t e th ic a lly u n ju s tifia b le ^ '; Discussing the Slaten case The Baptist Courier says: “ T h e ol d v ie w w as th a t th e fu n d am en tal p rin cip les o f th e teach must b e I n a c c o r d w it h th e eh u rc h es o f whi ch t h e y ar e m e m b e r s tutio ns in wh ich th ey ta ke servic e; a n d whe n t h e y f i n d t he m se lv w it h t h e se prin cip les th ey volun ta ri ly wi th d raw . A d o n i r a m J u d s L u th e r Ric e f e l t t h is obl igation so pro fo u n d ly t h a t they withd re t ha t h a d se nt th em out as m ission aries— withdr ew ev en a ft e r t h e jo i n ed th e B a p t is t s wit ho ut having any i d ea how t h e y co u ld b e w o rk . A H m e n h o n o r them fo r thus fo ll o w in g their co ns cie nce s. ” The W estern Recorder (B aptist) says: “J u d a s w a s b y w a y o f b e in g - an a v a n t c o u rie r o f th e ‘b e s t m in d s’ of m odern. R a tio n a lism . H e su g g e ste d o n e im p ro v em e n t in o u r L o rd ’s co n d u ct. T h e ch ie f d iffer ence; b e tw e e n h im an d th e H ig h e r C ritic s of th e school of S a b a tie r, W ellh au sen , e t al„ is th a t th is sch o o l su g g e s t m a n y su ch im p ro v e m e n ts in th é c o n d u c t a n d te a c h in g s o f o u r L ord. J u d a s sta y e d w ith th é T w elve, u n til th e in te r e s ts o f th e ‘m o n ey b a g ” seem ed to s u g g e s t se p a ra tio n . S im ila rly th e M o d e rn ists s ta y w ith th e E v a n g e lic a ls, w h o se fa ith th e y a re d o in g th e ir u tm o s t to d e stro y , so lo n g a s th e s ë . E v a n g e lic a ls lik e h e lp le s s sh eep fu rn is h th e p la tfo rm an d f a t p ro v e n d e r fo r th e S w iv el-ch air w o lf-p ro p h e t w ho p re a c h e s an d te a c h e s th a t th e ir f a ith is a tiss u e of su p e rs titio n . H ow lo n g w ill th e sh eep fu rn is h p ro v e n d e r fo r th e ‘b e s t-m in d ’ w o lv es, w h o se c o n sum in g p a ssio n is to le a d th e m to fo rs a k e G od’s re v e la tio n to fo llo w th e ir w o rm -e a te n p h ilo so p h ies? O L o rd , h ow lo n g !” We tak e the following from the Bible Call, an English paper: “ ‘A re yo u re a d y , w ith a ll f a ith fu l d ilig en ce, to b a n ish a n d d riv e a w a y a ll e r ro n eo u s a n d s tr a n g e d o c trin e c o n tra ry to G od’s W o rd ; an d b o th p riv a te ly a n d o p en ly to c a ll u p o n a n d e n c o u ra g e o th e rs to do th e sa m e?’ To th is so lem n q u e stio n B ish o p W e l don a n sw e re d a t h is c o n s e c ra tio n : T am re a d y , th e L o rd b e in g m y h e lp e r.’” “N ev erth eless, h e d a re s to su g g e s t a n ‘e x p u rg a te d B ible.’ A fte r h is a cce p ta n ce of th e w e ig h ty c h a rg e p e rta in in g to th e B ish o p ric, w ith a ll .th e s a n c tio n s w h ich in v e st h is e x a lte d office, one w o u ld h a v e th o u g h t th a t th is ¿.Episcopal c ritic w o u ld tre m b le , le s t a th ric e h o ly God sh o u ld p a ra ly z e h is to n g u e fo r h is in tre p id ity in re g a rd in g G od’s H o ly w o rd a s q u a rtz re q u irin g to p a ss th ro u g h th e filte r of h u m a n c ritic ism in o rd e r to e x tr a c t its in d e te rm in a te c o n c o m ita n ts.” The Watchman-Exam iner (B aptist) says: “M any a m o n g Us a re la m e n tin g th e p u b lic ity th a t is b e in g g iv e n b y th e d a ily .p ress to th e ; ch a n g e d th e o lo g ic a l a ttitu d e of c e rta in o f o u r le a d e rs a n d a re w o n d e rin g if th is re v e la tio n w ill n o t sh a k e th e confidence of u n th in k in g m en in th e C h ristia n relig io n . No d o u b t m a n y of th e people o f th e w o rld w ill sa y : ‘If C h ristia n le a d e rs c a n n o t a g re e am o n g th em se lv e s c o n c e rn in g th e g r e a t fo u n d a tio n q u e stio n s of C h ristia n ity , h o w can th e y ex p ect Us to becom e C h ristia n s ? ’ In sp ite of th is d a n g e r w e a re h e a r tily g la d th a t th e m en w ho r e je c t th e th in g s w h ich h ith e rto h a v e b een co u n ted fu n d a m e n ta l to C h ris tia n ity a re com in g o u t fro m u n d e r co v er a n d b o ld ly a n d ev en b ra z e n ly d e c la r in g th e ir p o sitio n . In re c e n t y e a rs i t h a s b een th e sh am e of C h ris tia n ity th a t le a d e rs am o n g u s w ho a re su p p o sed to b eliev e one th in g h a v e b een q u ie tly a n d c o v e rtly te a c h in g a n o th e r th in g . Som e h av e ta k e n th e e q u a lly u n te n a b le p o sitio n o f h o ld in g one fa ith in th e s tu d y a n d p ro c la im in g a n o th e r f a ith in th e p u lp it. .D e s p ite th e fa c t th a t it g iv e s to th e se c u la r p re ss th e o p p o rtu n ity to p la y b a ttle d o re a n d sh u ttle c o c k w ith th e g r e a t fo u n d a tio n q u e stio n s of C h ristia n ity , in th e lo n g ru n it w ill p ro v e to be to
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