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Show BR. STRATON 1 PASSES AWAY; Noted Fundamentalist Leader: Became Nationally ' Known Figure. NEW YORK, Oct. M Dr. John Rot'.ch Sliajon. noted fuiiJu-nKnlaliit fuiiJu-nKnlaliit minister, died today at Clifton Springs. N. Y. Heart diat-ast ; caused the deal It. Slraton, pastor of the Colvery j Baptist church here, hud been ill rot- Qme time. Kis wife was at the I bedside. j ' The rise of Stralon in the min- I : istry was sensational and rapid. : j i'orn in Evansville. Ind.. in 11,75. ! he attended Mercer university, und : later took a professorship at Ui:y- ; !or university. j ! He accepted a call to a Chicago (pulpit and from there came to the i I Calvary Baptist church, regarded I by clergymen as the most influ- I ential fundamentalist pulpit in the j denomination. His life and work ! was a constant challenge to the so-j so-j c'ld moderniyts. Straton rallied to the support of ! William Jennings Bryan in the i Copes case at Dayton, Tenn., vas :.an incessant worker for stern een- sorship of the threatcr, and advo-i advo-i catcd laws against teaching the P-"rtvinHin theoty in the schools. I I He become a national figure in ' ; the 1928 presidential election, com-j com-j ing out against Alfred E. Smith be- J I cause of the latter's stand on pro-j pro-j hibition. Despite internal dissention in his church, Straton continued his campaign against Smith. His j plans for a 29-story combination church and hotel aroused criticism from members of his congregation. Stratan's belief in the efficacy of healing by prayer also gained him considerable publicitv. I |
