Show CHAPS G EY QUITS T THE MINISTRY BowS to Will of the Episcopal Church But Refuses to Make A Cowardly Retraction MAKES APPEAL TO PEOPLE JIll That Christ t Horn ut t Ills Uric tune N Y Nov 2 G to 10 the will ot of the tho church but to 10 muke n a cowardly retraction of at thu belief bellet which Induced the church to W minate hi his the Hever nd AI AIgernon gernon S a rector ot of St It All An Andrews drews church ot of Rochester Now New York today renounced In th thu e clutch In n II let leI letter ter Iff to 10 David Walnut ut the western ot of Nw Ney YOI Polk k kIn In this letter the Hev Mr Craps y IC hi beller tho or the hot of ot tile non oe 1 wa waborn y born t n human l 11 In tie als Ilso o G that when 1 say or of Jesus that lie seemed leacu cn I do not nu t IlIe n awl aud cannot mere that It 11 ill l bony bouy or of Mesh h blood and bonea Into space apace and h has tor yenta ars been e In this shy In that Illat very cry physical body u or t I I blood and amI bones finch an ox would seem to mu mo nut not but horrible Declaring that ho he is 11 about abou t to carry the case to the tho free tre IntelliGence and enlightened conscience or of the world ho h counsels the thu hundreds s ot of clergymen and thousands allds ot of laymen it the Pro I i al church who have huv rea h hod d the tho conclusion nt as he hehu hu hae not to be dismissed anti m lI to slay there they are 1 appeal he says tron rum those In t n places ot of authority In the church and to 10 the great body or of the people JIe Ile asserted he does not blame hIs judges tad though ho bows to their will and that It le Is final for tor hnat he It Ito Is Ise not not 1 finals I am for for the church church certain When the tho great tribunal ot of tree thought has decided this contention the tho men who tho church t c t 1 earth oarth will conform to this del riun Iun Having let go of at the tho temporary nM and unstable Interpretations of at rho tho creed h hp declares that lie he holds more firmly to the Iho gospel LETTER OF 01 TION In his bill letter the tho nev Dr cy cylas rays las Under existing conditions I deem It my duty to make muke a 11 format and final renunciation of the ministry ot of the Protestant EpIscopal church and aM in III 1 ask that you will for tor Ill as to 10 time already given not notI I earlier than the 3rd not later than the Ith ot of December take order under lion Iron 31 of at the general canons ot of the lurch burch to h lilY my deposition sour the tho I 1 am certain that you ou will ho bo glad glado o that I 1 not 1101 compelled JO o Ills ibis netlon by anything that centers to In my mf moral integrity or calls l In cues ques Ins on my m faithfulness as a pastor M My Jolt t difficulty lies In the tho fact that a conscientious study of he holy bOly Scriptures has compelled me mea oJ a to certain dons con Inning the tho his history tor ot of Jesus I Irble aro not In n accord cord with he letter or of tM rho creeds creed and since have e compelled me In order to hold the creeds creedA p 0 give lle to certain articles nn an jaton that thai will harmonIze them wIth the he truth us ua I find that truth In the ot of tie hOly Hut recent Judicial decisions have that thaL any ny such lUch It the with my III own convictions t tine the truth Is not permissible In the tho pr 11 t stant Episcopal church In my VII ease calif I the rl right ht ot of the n ot of the tho church a d the limits ot of Interpretation md and in n order to hold fast to the tho truth t tat let go ot of tM the creed as now noli Inter hy by the Iho courts I urn am not no now and never nev r have been conscious ot of any In giving such interprets noel on to 10 the tho various of at the re recd d IS as are aro 1 hi by presort ent eon con rl n od elt an t th the present nato itata of t know knOll I any moro maN than I Ian r t I when I say he n sun and Eats though IS as 1 tt of at tu fact t the eun does nothing It d the tho kind kiM It If I am to hold the creed It at alt all I nu mist t gIve to It if not nil all ot of Its II s u a rather than thon a lit Ill Ir Jy heretical Interpretation When nay ay cf Jesus that ho he tutu leaven j I do not mean and that his hili body ot of lath ash blO blood and hones he into Inlo hM has for 2000 1000 years been beell holt listing In tiro sky sk In inand and bones vel SUch un bOlly nn ot wain l eem n to In tad bo be nut not glorious but horrible ad such uch II a conception Iff Ic to 10 lilt me not It Is on 11 fLU Ius III I do mein by II this phrase ls h that thal having hating sown Itched his hla work h a th the flesh Into the higher ire Ite of It the tho It If Jesus Also when I 8 say Y he lie He d by 11 Holy Ghost burn born ot of the tary I do not moan that the tho great and II Ira living Gild In order l to pet lute IntI ht II law world ot of hat hai to violate hl his wonder human generation brunk hlo I Ilton ton ot born roman ot to bu born wand a father fathe such n Is most mol re to by idI f 11 al ot of II a wino anal holy t I as 11 not ot loved tou I sous ro re when hen 11 loly a 11 careful study or of tho convinced roo me that this notion ot of the origin of at Jesus w as with without without out foundation In history Jesus wo J v not lessened In my worship Ho war v ennobled hy by this discovery When warF I F reached the tho conclusion as I did son 3 years CUIS ago ugo that the tho infancy s not nol historical l I did not nol cease to t 0 believe In Je Jesus ua I believed In jib m I all the tho more and I gave guve to the tho words word s conceived by the tho Holy Ghost born o othe at f the tho Mary 1111 nn an n that t with willi m my o of the tho facts lie He vas the child n ot r tho Itchy holy from Ill Iii HIs mothers womb A Son or of God all tin o I more In my estimation because II Ho o fun tho ROn inn ot nr man sow this conception ot of Jesus has bM ud 01 upon UDon 1 a careful study ot of holY hares le Ie ot of the very warp and woof woot ot otIn n nb t b In y Intellectual and life and an anit d It Is not that It wilt over eve r change I will carry It Il with mo me Into hll o that spiritual world where I 1 shall se MO MOJe 0 Je Jesus us taco face to But Dut I am told b Y judicIal decision that this conception n Yn Is 18 not In the tho mind ot of a ter ot of the tho Protestant 1 church I bow to that decision I change my mind t I o leave lelL the tho church I do not nol blame blamo m y judges they acted according to their thel t not blame me It If I tallow follow my m Y light which is III lightening mo me to tho th 0 everlasting day out whether they blame or not I cannot oltO do other than I doI dI must obey God rather than men Hut while I thus feel that their do I Is final for tor 2110 1111 I am equally eel lain that It Is not final for tor the tho church I have havo often to know that there thero are hundreds of at clergymen and thousands ot of laymen who have reached the tho steno runo conclusion lolI that I 1 have and sir I 1 beg ber berto to say to them In this letter to you that their po In the tho church is 19 Just Justas as tenable all as It over oer was This Judgment affects no person ox eX myself Let no one bo be Lot every man stand In his place pIneo speak his boldly nod the truth will soon havo hava such Ruch 1 a multitude of at witnesses that nil all In the church must hear l Eo o confident ant am I ot of Iho truth all as It Is In Jesus that I appeal tram from tho o In ot of authority In the tho to thu tho church Itself to lute tho grent body ot of the people secure In their wise sans san sereno possession ot of tho truth Agnin I exhort my broth run ren ot of like belief bellet to slay where they are I nm ant about to tn carry our OUI case caHU caseto to the high court ot of the tho free treo gunco and the tho enlightened conscience ot of the tho world and It if I win It there I will Tin awn for tor over every church and every soul Mul In Christendom It If fall In that court It will bo be because beC I am wrong In my conception ot of truth unit then I will bo be glad to tall fail tor or my canton conlon lion Is not fur tur my conception but for tor forthe the tho eternal truth ot of God Lot my brethren within the tho church the Is ot of this trial For when the tho triumph of at free tho thought light has hall decided this contention the mon men who administer th the church on earth will conform to tills this It Is to this work ot of showing that God is Iff In man mid man Is In God that I rest ot of my life lite Let no one onu think for tor II a moment that I do not love mho tho Lord Jesus Christ and would not havu served to the tho last In this church which Is to mo me the 1110 church lit of tho rho Its rent English speaking race It if only lis men In had lot me All 11 I 1 naked asked ot of them was tolerance Jut But they have havo to extend tolerance to luch as ae I and I must with n a grief which only lilY my heart hart knows knowlI accept my front the tho ot of the lie church |