Liberals and Conservatives at Grips over Interpretation of the Scriptures From Our Own Correspondent, Washington, July 7.
The recent Northern Baptist Con-; vention at Indianapolis excited an unusual amount of public interest, on account of the clash that it was known would occur between the liberal and conservative forces of the denomination. As I explained fully a few weeks ago, there has recently been a remarkable recrudesconce of old-fashioned theology, the most important feature of which is a strictly literal interpretation of the Bible. Some of the most promoment Baptist ministers in the country are identified with the movement, and they openly avowed their intention to wrest the control of the official denominational machinery from the hands of their more liberal brethren. And that there seemed quite a possibility of their succeeding in s0 doing will hardly be wondered at when I state that among them were Dr. J. C. Massee, of Tremont Temple, Boston; Dr. John Roach Straton, of Calvary Church, New York; Dr. Frank M. Goodchild, of the Central Baptist Church, New York; Dr. Curtis Lee Laws, LEditor of "Baptist Watchman-Examiner," and many other denominational leaders, both of the east and west.
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