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A FRIENDLY CRITICISM.

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Slll,-I, Dr. Campbelil Morga1l- had lnterely spOKen
a.t some private rUDctlof this litter woUld not hal e " , •. ,.•'., '
been written, but whe~ bo lecture! ~d preaGhee

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publicly b~fore large ~~ d("noes he naturally 1&),8
bimself open to crltlcl!pl' I t rust he will 19Pk pn

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the cntic 8JI Dot unfrleud1y. Besides, I am, writing
this not 80 mueb' to mrl~t ilr. Mf.rgan·f 6 )e, &8 to

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18 t~e feeling
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Reading to du.y with regard to the great: reUgio~1

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the position and 8~I~g Ibf Dr Campbell Morgan

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descends upon U8 we Itaturally expect I ct-hl ng
above the n~ma.1. Here~18 a man, 'fa &aY, I gre~t
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udent, ~t Biblical IICholar, oyen 9.
Doctor 01
init". qlan <fl great knowlei:lge
;~di;;~;;,;ot thought, kn~'wn in two continents. whose
number thou,-uds, With a Bible 'Cl&88 at
1,500, a man who bas f dttfm books ... on the Bible- I .,,,,.is'tlbl••"~'--.""surely we shall ' ,getl' 80methlng autborltatlve,
aomethlng we shall carry awa y and remember and
the l,rest 01 ~ur UVeJI Alas for I human
I suppose when, a big man !OOl)les amongst
us we . expect too much, and the reauW ja-dusap
If. mtment I ~e~t to the Town HJ U la8~ Saturday,
I expected a least of .good things, and at
eome
more or leBa valuable contribution I to
questIOn of rthe pOllltlon at the tBlble ,n _ ... ,.i." ._"
glou8 life I cam'~ a~~y profoundly
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To me It seemed that r,alf ot. Dr Morgan s
was me rely a collecti?n of Jllatltudes, the othp'r
h a H sho,",:ed an absolu~e mlscon.FcPtlon or, thp pOSI
tlon It was all &0 true, but pb. EO feeble. and opt,
a ll the speaker's charmi of maDDer, drnmntJ£~ met hod
of speaking, and personal I?agnetl.8m, waul(! rendor
It anything but focble 1
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' Y;e All know t he value -nnd Importa nce of thc
,Biblo to both the Indlyidual and the-$<lrpor~te Hte
of the natIOn. and th! l~orthY doctor need 1I0t hflvc
wasted hall an hour 0 ~r !mlllutca In demons trutUlg
~t tile platitudes pass
The
so obviou. a fact
point to ·whl ch I wi II ¥> dr.\w a ttention was ) lls
reference to ttl e "'fLttltudo of the great Ohristla,n
Church Itactt towl\t'ds t he Christian E:crlpture'l Thl.!
attitude certa ln11 doeS not reflect much cred it on
the Church, auJi Dr MOrgan justly apoke in ton es of
condemnation I bn ~he apparent Indlff4Jreoce to wll.lt
18 8tlll c:"lled .. God's laacnCd word ',' But why did
he not make somq,.1.mar1 ctrort to find out the r ea.
&OIl of thiS mdilfc relice po th e pa r~ of Clmstl;t' men
an(l v.omen? It the Bibl e IS 'cut-oftdato ' t.hlt
was the term use d-th~
ln, lD heavell's name, ector,
t~1I us why it is out f date
Or, don t ~ou know
that your lecture sme l (lVOfinUcll of the study and
t1\C expenditure of ' ml flight 011, it showed no In·
81ght regardlllg the 1def' " the feelings, the Impulse/i,
3nd, above a ll, the griliw mg kuowledge of the pea·
pIe- I sll :l.IL C,lffY ~T,lbr'e d5 ot your rC!aders with
me, Mr. Editor, whe ~ asscrt thnc the~ lleople h:l\ C
loft I off Illsten mg to ~ hi e cxpl>slt1on ·,from church
pulpIts Jec aUSC 81lC~ Xl)osltlon 13 801 0ften Iloor,
.... ca.k ' nlld tIIHul.tlsfactary For the Brbie j must be
interpreted, and mtclrphj:ted With knowledge , other
..u se ~ e get teachit;lg
a ccept whlcll, It seems to
mc we must! first los our rcason I am{l glad Dr
,Morga!! dId not bl~mo tile l~orJd tor It1JO neglect of
the IJIble (I am Dot 8\1re that he was quite jtlat In
'bl Imm,; thO/.
' ordin~fY ¢hr ~tI~ n I thmf. th1c bl amc
should rest t:l those m l\h03C ord unci:1 h]fld9 on r
religIOUS cd cation re~h '
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[rhe fact lB. our pa1tori h ave lo~t ~helr grl)) on
'Blhhcal teaehlqg' l lI.nd atlTd. before the '\\ 0 Id help
leSll, dumb It Is not Altogether their fault They
coull not: 1i~IP ttl It ~eridn Reforme rs, in
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e,lgerncss ,an~ ~ teal to discredit t1]e authOrity pC I\n
lur dUbio church, put he Blblo on n I)mnacle tllid
fell down. 8o.1d wo~shlppcd It----an mfallible lto0k Ju:;t
as If a book would l:ib more Ilnfalhbl<! t!.ian the
church which i"gave it
t he world f
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'i'here Ilre It si5"ore
I want to ask Dr
C~mJlbell MOrgan:"O;,~lpd'
perm it Let me "
that Dr
deal wlth the <it!eal"",!
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women to.ftay

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cent sclootlflo
higher criticism, )
b~ak lng forth
sPlTItu:1l life and
Ing of the Blble
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But
What I. to be
fored, ]hc mor~l
Has Dr Morgan .nl'}I~n .g l 'to
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