Show UNSETTLED CREEDS THE creeds of christendom are nearly all unsettled and there to is much uncertainty as to bow long a time may elapse before they will either have to be revised or abandoned the great wealthy and intelligent tell igent denomination of congregationalists seems hopelessly divided upon the subject of probation after leathand death deat hand and the presbyterians rians are confronted by an imperative demand for bhe revision of their creed dr lyman abbott to is one of the foremost fory fona most preachers and religious writers in the united states he is i congregationalist and stands in the van of progressive protestant thinkers and theologians day before yesterday he was installed with notable pomp and solemnity in the pulpit of plymouth church brooklyn a position he be has held temporarily nearly ever since the death of henry ward beecher A portion of of the cerqui ceremonies onies of the occasion consisted in a 8 confession fes sion siou by the candidate of his religious falta it was given audio and is an indication of the state and trend of modern religious thought among men who think deeply upon religious subjects dr abbott we was 8 apparently frank in his definitions of his views which were listened to with marked interest and curiosity by the assemblage the latter was an unusual gathering and included U ded a large number of clergymen and many notable persons dr abbotts views as an expressed by him were in several important respects at variance with orthodoxy one of his most note noteworthy worth devia eions was his belief regarding the trinity he said 1 I do not think god glod is two distinct beings mysteriously joined but that god was among men and entered into perfectly possessed human life by divine spirit 1 it thus appears that teat this celebrated divine has abandoned the theory that god is a being that can be correctly described as acone one in three and three in one in other words he has rejected the orthodox idea of god glod he has taken a step in the right direction and as it is with dr abbott so it also is in with multitudes of intelligent and reflect reflecting i ng men and women who believe in god they are throwing aside venerable errors and their minds are thus left more free to receive truth fortunately for them the truth is within their reach |