Ogden Daily Standard | 1910-05-16 | Page 1 | Baptist Minister Enters Business

BAPTIST MINISTER ENTERS BUSINESS Chicago. May 1C With a parting defense of his stand and a declaration declara-tion that he would "die rather than be narrow, bigoted, or nnprogres-slvc," nnprogres-slvc," the Rev. Donald D. McLaurin gave his last sermon' at the Second Baptist church yosterdcy. He said l later he wai through with the- ministry min-istry and would enter business. Iii his sermon one passage ' stood out strongly. "A clergyman of today." he said, "should not be held responsible for the theology of the sixteenth century. We were bidden to grow in grace and In knowledge and I do not believe anyone has yet exhausted the supply of either. A man niay have a new vision, or he may have only an old one from a new angle "I always shall be a Baptist, but I shall be a progressive one. , "I would i at her die t'.an become anything else." Dr. McLaurin opposed the expulsion of Professor George Barman Foster from the Chicago Baptist ministers' conference last year, but without stating stat-ing whether be shared the university professor's beliefs. He called the act of the conference a "usurpation of authority." After an unsuccessful fight against the ruling, he withdrew.