Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-21 | Page 26 | Manning Calls Holiday Truce in Church Row

I'M MANNING GAllS CALLS HOLI AY TRUCE TAUG IN ROW Modernist Wins Decision Vm n l Debate With New ork rk Fundamentalist Thousands Pack Church t EW EW YORK D Dec c A 2 A Christ Christ- mas unas truce In the dispute between I en ent t and mod modernists 1 ha has be been n rending the Prot Prot- J. J tant Episcopal church appeared I r today William T. T Manning of ot the theof I a cese of ot New Ne' Tork York in a pastoral I Ie to rectors in the diocese discussion be suspended duri dur dur- I tr i the Christmas season cason but buted wed ed no weakening In hi his firm firmand and for belief bellet in the fundamental I l of ot the church including b f virgin birth of ot Christ kt l t th the name Mme time however howe fuel added to the flames of ot doe doc I do-I controversy b by a debate ben hecen he- he cen n Dr Charles Charle Francis Potter Jotter of ol p West est Side Unitarian church and John Roach Straton of ot Calvary Cahar church pr r. r Potter supporting support the modist mod- mod 1st cause caUle was 1 awarded a delon deIon doby de- de lon Ion by the Judges NY NV SHOW INTEREST h debate between Dr jd c l Dr tr Straton attracted morp more than thano eo o p persons to Cavalry Baptist to j ib he hA subject was The Bible Is 11 td ibe Infallible Word of ot God Dr took the affirmative and r tv Potter n negative side men had to clear dear pack packed d aisles aisle the church before the debate suld uld proceed an nn announcement thero then tro be no interruptions fervid repeatedly voiced their ap ap- ap 1 pr If 1 or dislike of or the speakers' speakers There here wa wa-t no religious music I 4 ili Je e organist pla played ed the March u of ot To Toys from Babes In Ireland I ore the debate started tart d. d Dr Straton at times drifted toV to V exhortation He lIe won great applause j r waving the Bible over his head A rN asserting It was as Infallible I- I Jn tn rebuttal the fundamentalist attempted at- at tempted to answer his modernist Components Component's assertion that the in inscription in- in on the cross was given In fn t four ur r different a 1 ways s 's by saying It 1 was waa r ll written 1 in three languages language didn't the they ther copy COP down downa a a. voice from the balcony aked ed lR tl Jt FOSDICK CRITICIZED Straton criticized Dr Harry Emerson Em Im- merson m- m erson orson FosdIck wHo he said has hall frn forn out of ot the Bible a a. page about e virgin or Christ He v He based his argument chiefly on th the preservation and Increase In dt of or the Bible In fn face tace of ot oth 1 h Hostility Its universality unity fulfilled fulfilled ful ful- filled prophecies proved claims to Infallibility and self proved author au- au thor tv s Dr Potter told a sto story of ot his own with ith the Bible read numerous numerous nu nu- nu- nu alleged contradictions and and inaccuracies and quoted passages which he said prove proe the Bible Bibla Is the Infallible word of God ORT WORTH Texas sec bee Dec 21 t i h Rev Rey I Lee Iee ee Heaton Fort Worth orth pastor today prepared his defense against charges of b res resy brought against him on pa the ground that he disavowed the tho virgin vir- vir gin birth of ot Christ He lIe prepared a complete history of e case which will be published and ailed to every Episcopal church- church an in America In case ease the deIon de- de isIon Ion of ot the tho eccle ecclesiastical court Is unfavorable Dr Heaton said he would appeal y The fight between fundamental- fundamental I g and t i and modernists modernists' in the church 9 depleting depicting the ranks of ot Episcopal and causing young joung men ib fb stay out of the ministry Dr Heaton discussing the widespread widespread wide wide- spread con controversy arous aroused d by his cas case The sermon which resulted In char charges es being brought was delivered March farch 25 on What Is Truth It contained a statement that belief In n the virgin birth o of ot Christ was as not necessary to t the e Christian religion