Show BRYAN READY JO 10 WAGE WAR WARI ON LIBERALS Struggle Between Moderator Moderator Moderator ator and Commoner IsI Is I Likely 1 EVOLUTION EVOLUTION TOP TOPIC I C W J B Says He Will Foes Poes j I Time Fight of Old Old Time Religion INDIANAPOLIS n Ind md May 19 19 The action of William Villiam Jennings Jenning Bryan aryan In refusing the chairmanship ot of the committee of home missions tendered him by Dr Charles I- I F hart I-hart moderator was as as the chief topic of o discussion today among churchmen attending the assembly bly of ot the lan ter- ter terIan Ian church U S A Many lIany of the expressed the opinion that 1 Mr Ir Bryans Bryan's action Is the forerunnEr ot of a fight tight between bet the headed b by Dr W and the fundamentalists led b by Mr lInan A practice of ot long standing st gnes gies the second min n In the vote yote for tor moderator the oC or the Important committee on bUl bills and overtures the steering committee of the annual meeting mating A OTHER Dr lr mad made up his hits committee assignments r ho how ever C he selected Dr Hugh Walker of Los Angeles third In the tho race tor for this post pot Th The Tho bihl bills and aad 0 committee will III I pass lg on the protest or of o the Philadelphia ten against the doctrines preached b Hany Emerson Fos- Fos Fosdick Fosdick dick Fos-dick dick a protest In Mr Bryan Is very ery much mue-A lIa Ha Ing elected Dr V alker for tor forthe forthe I the e po post t the moderator r asked Mr tr I I Bian HI an to select det any other and after atter some consideration the commoner I announced ho he be fled Ith the tha Ice vicc but butI I by the time he he- had reached this de- de de decision Islon cislon Dr W t had J 1 Spencer Chapman a lanyer yer as vice Ice moderator mode ind nd sent the list itt to the he punter printer gling gl Mr Bryan the minor committee leader leoder hip chip riGHT FIGHT The Ida Hoi 1 delegation of ot which Mr Bryan Brian Is a member had bad named him for tor the committee on education education tion where he ho would ha hae have e a hand handIn in acting on his e expected resolution Hon tion to bar teaching ot of o e from alii alit church schools colleges and seminaries Appointment to a committee chairmanship s cally removed him from the tho edu- edu IIiI SQ nation cation but by refusing pr Ish Wishart's arts art's appointment Mr lr Dryan got back the other post Ho He Immediately announced d that lie he would de devoto desoto oto nil cli ll hl his time to the tight fight against agamet the Darwinian Dar theol theor and the preaching of ot any doctrine which denied the birth of ot Jesu Jesus Christ or the tho other fundamental Interpretations of the LIb bible Ie I m I I think the fight against this doctrine of ot evolution e from rom a Do brute brule Is more Important work I could do on any committee Mr BI Bran an al said I I 1 was willing to an- an accept ac accept the Ice vicc to show that I accepted rn m mi defeat deloat In good spIrit but I 1 spoke too late I I belle believe bellee e that the doctrine that man Is descended from a beat t bea t a doctrine unsupported by an eden eden- scientific fad fact act and directly contrary to the bible biblo account of ot the creation Inthe I Is the greatest menace facing the church today and I 1 rt the committee chairmanship because I 1 anted to be here on the convention floor all the time to carryon carry on my fight against it Dr Wishart's committee assign assign- assignments assIgnments assignments ments were wera accepted by church leAders as a victory for tor the liberal liberal liberal- i minded faction The committee on 5 C bills and overture overtures Is mide up of ofA o liberals churchmen said 1 A |