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July 7, 1909. THE CASE OF Prof. Foster is an ordai Church and an instructor He has long been known truths of the Christian fa brought by certain minist isters' Conference of Chic a member of the Confere these charges, it was as expelled. Some of the action should be taken we: That he was the author i in Man's Struggle for Existent its writer to be an atheist. That he was the author of Religion," which, they decla infidel. That ne admitted he was a of a Unitarian church. That he repudiated the au the Baptists hold to be supr< thority. That while Baptists believe ' nied it. That he made light of the d to be true while he drew |3,5 treasury. This resolution was finally "Whereas, the recent utte made by Prof. Foster concern faith, whether correctly or in understood or misunderstood, the general public which ten< tion in a false light; therefor "Resolved, That we, as men believing in the historie Baptl and utteranue, reaffirm our pa and the Salvation by faith in to preach the gospel of Jesus stand it, and that we-repudia whether preached by Prof. F< Later the matter came different form, and by a the professor was dropj explained that this does Baptist Church nor depi office. This could be done which he belongs, and it Here then 1c th? nnca approved and commended by the regular authority ir renounces almost every v who yet continues in his ( people in religious truth qualified and reliable pre where are instructed to re Moreover, his soundness If that is not the meani . ordination is a meaningles It is doubtful whether depriving this man of his proceedings against him pledged to teach a single foUV. T-T ? 1 1 i lauu, iic iias uccn inline sion; beyond this there requirement as to what he other than that which ev nor an infidel accepts, na iMriv'' . THE PRESBYTERIA PROF. FOSTER. ned minister of the Baptist in the Chicago University, as denying the fundamental ith. Charges were recently ers before the Baptist Minago against Proi. Foster as nee, and upon the basis of ked that the professor be itasuiia dSSlgllCU Wliy 11115 re as follows: of "The Functions of Religion ce," which, they alleged, showed "The Finality of the Christian red, branded its writer as an i Unitarian and acted as pastor thority of the Scripture, which jnie and final as a court of aud in the Deity of Christ, he deoctrlnes which the Baptists held 00 a year salary from a Baptist oHnnfaH Ktr 4h/\ /*? UXIV|/VV/U IJ J IUC V-UIUCI CiiCC. ranees reported to have been ling the fundamentalities of our icorrectly reported and whether , have left an impression upon is to put the Baptist denominae? nbers of the Baptist conference, 1st position of liberty of thought st position of belief in the Deity Him, and that we will continue Christ as God gives us to underte any attitude to the contrary. )8ter or any other." before the Conference in a large majority the name of Ded from the roll. It is not separate him from the ive him of his ministerial by the congregation only to probably will not be done, of a man who has been as a preacher of the gospel 1 a great denomination, who ital doctrine of the gospel, >ffice as an instructor of the He is declared to be a . acher, and Baptists^ everyceive and hear him as such, in the faith is vouched for. ng of his ordination, then s pretense. there, is any provision for i authority to preach. The do not indicate that he is ? _ - r it-- <" > <ti iilic ui me cmrisuan rsed and believes in immerappears to be no specific shall believe or teach or do ;ry one who is not a pagan imely, the authority of the lN of the south. Bible. The vagaries c authority of the Bible the pan-pre I have just returned Alliance of Reformed terian System/' whicl June 15-25. In other generally known as th the suggestion of the t the things that I saw For the uninitiated i more clearly what th eighty-four distinct v; world. About thirtyceived the idea that i these churches could 1 of tic, no matter how of all the Presbyteria meet in Edinburgh in Forty-nine branches o twenty-five countries three hundred and thii Councils have met ev lows: Philadelphia, 18I Toronto, 1892; Glasgo1 crpool, 1904, and New be held in Aberdeen, S The Council in Ne many delegates as us alK but they were fror an inconvenient time i ing thirteen members Church there and I t They were as follows A. B. Curry, Rev. S. 1 vis, Rev. A. M. Frase D. R. Laird, Rev. L. < Rev. W. F. Vanderlip, R. Hyde and Elder C. writer made the fourt< Mrs. KW. McCorkle Champ Clark were ir for women. The Council held al n\ie Presbyterian Cht bers of that church ar cnurcnes ot i\ew Yorfc summer. They were c ever, they left represe us atid made every pr< number of delegates i White's Bible and Tr Lexington Avenue anc originally erected for convenience. I enjoy< I ever go back to N? headquarters. It is ; midst of a large and v at Montreat this sumn quite in evidence in tl feel at home. The Council held th ternoon, and night, devotional exercises. 5 >f men who say they accept the are countless. SBYTERIAN COUNCIL. from the "Ninth Council of the Churches Holding the Presby1 was held in New York City words I have been to what is ie Pan-Presbyterian Council. At :ditor I will write down some of and heard. t may be well to explain a little is Council is. There are some arieties ot Presbyterians in the five years ago some one cont would be a great thing if all ae bound together by some sort loose. Accordingly a Council ns of the world was called to 1877. It was a great success, f the Presbyterian Church from were represented. There were ty-three delegates. Subsequent ery three or four years as fol Rplfocf 1 T nn/lon tQQO y VllUtJV) 1 y I^VIIUV11? 1UUU y w, 1896; "Washington, 1899; LivYork, 1909. The next one will cotland, in 1912 or 1913. w York did not have quite as ual. There were about 200 in n nearly every country. It was of the year. I remember meetof the Southern Presbyterian >elieve they were all delegates. : Rev. Samuel M. Smith, Rev. 3. Chester, Rev. James O. Rear, Rev. James R. Graham, Rev. C. Vass, Rev. W. B. Y. Wilkie, Rev. James H. Taylor, Rev. C. W. Dorsey, of Baltimore. The :enth member of the delegation. , Mrs. Calvin Stewart and Mrs. i attendance upon the meeting 1 its meetings in the Fifth Avelrcli. I suppose all the memld of all the other Presbyterian : have fled from the city for the :ertainly not in evidence. Howntatives who took good care of ^vision for our comfort. A large vere entertained at Dr. W. W. aining School at the corner of 1 49th Street. The building was a family hotel and has every :d my stay there so well that if :w York I shall make that my a good Christian home in the kicked city. Dr. White is to be ner and Montreat literature \vas lie school. It made some of us ree sessions a day, morning, afEach session was opened with These exercises were always