Show i LIBERAL VIEWS OF CANDIDATES Licenses for Presbyterian Preachers Who Deny Old Od Time Beliefs STORY OF EVE REJECTED ALSO THE RESURRECTION OF THE SAVIOR IN THE FLESH New York June 17 Three young men men who frankly denied denie the beliefs of the Presbyterian church have been admitted as 38 ministers of the faith faIt at a meeting of the Presbyterian con cn ference ferenc The men all an graduates of i Union theological seminary were Archi Archibald Archibald Arehibald bald Black Baek brother of the Rev Hugh Black professor of theology at the sem seminary semInary inary mary John E Steen Sten descendant of ot a family l of ot Presbyterian ministers and George Gerge J Pitch Fitch Fich parents are mis missionaries In China Chin The yoUng yoting ministers were rejected at atthe atthe atthe the April Apri meeting of ot the presbytery be beu u of ot their daring views view and at an another another another other meeting In May their licenses were withheld because beus of the tha some same s e rea roa reason r son It 1 was wal only after atte a long and bit bitter bitter bitter ter argument that tat they thoy were accented They Tey were put through a I rigid examination exam nation na Rejected the Apple Story Do you believe beleve they were asked aske that sin was wa transmitted to fo all al man mankind mankind mankind kind by the passage of ot the apple from Eve to Adam in the Garden Garen of Eden Een 7 No was the answer that all al three thre made mae We Ve interpret that part of or the scriptures as entirely allegorical Then you do not believe bleve literally the part of ot the scripture relating to inal sin asked aske the Rev Dr Walter Buchanan Buchnan of ot the Fourth Avenue A church u h i iNo iNo No the applicants said We Ve be believe beleve beHove Hove lieve leve than man began with wih sin sinDo sinDo sinDo Do you believe belevE In the birth of Christ t 7 was a another question queston We believe beleve that tbt Christ Is the only savior of ot mankind we believe beleve in his di divinity divinIty divinity vinity but we e do not nt accept the literal lerl scriptural interpretation of ot his birth Do you OU believe bleve inthe scriptural nar narration narration ration raton of the resurrection of ot Christ dox Again the th young men mn defied ortho orthodox orthodox i No they thay paid Mid we believe beleve In hU hid spiritual resurrection but cannot ac ae accept accept ept the belief belef that he be rose rase In the body from the tomb Do you ou believe that Lazarus Larus was wal raised dead dea Spiritual Resurrection for Lazarus Lazrus Not In the flesh fesh We hold that the resurrection resurrection of Lazarus was a 1 spiritual S A lively Uve session of balloting followed the examination which lasted from 3 2 In Inthe Int Inthe the t afternoon until 8 at night night Some of 01 the conservative ministers minister were horri horn horrified fled fied fd at the daring views held hed by the youthful trio Others declared that th the modern moer trend tren In the time Presbyterian church hurch was to allow alow much more mere liberal liberality liberalIty ity Iy of thought than was wa formerly form or the th case I The balloting was wa upon each candi candidate canU candidate date separately separate Mr Black was tho th 1 first He Ho was wa admitted by a vote of 34 i 4 to 36 3 and was wa warmly applauded by bythe bythe bythe the liberal ministers minister Mr Ir Steen then was accepted by a I vote of ot 45 4 D to 19 Mr Air Fitch was wB granted nt his license bya ba by a vote of SS I Z to 15 1 A few of af the th more conserVA conserve conservative tive clergymen declared that the then theme I might be a a trust Union theological seminary seminar is in con control control trel of the presbytery they asserted assented so s these young oung men were admitted But there may yet be b something said Gald in disapproval dl of their too t modern views |