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Puritan Board Doctor
For those of you who may never have read it, you should take time to read H. L. Mencken's (1880-1956) remarkable obituary for J. Gresham Machen (1881-1937).
I say "remarkable" because, as you may know, Mencken - America's greatest curmudgeon in the first half of the last century - was no friend of religion, conservative, liberal, or anything else. Yet, he shows a rather accurate knowledge of the state of liberalism in his day - in fact, he's more savvy about what was really going on in the liberal churches than some of the conservatives were.
Mencken's obit for his fellow Baltimorean was originally published in the Baltimore Evening Sun in January, 1937, not long after Machen's death on New Year's Day. It's available several places on the web.
The fastest way to get to it is to Google "mencken machen obit" and click on the first link you see (headlined: "Appendix A").
It's called "Dr. Fundamentalis" and it truly is an interesting and remarkable document.
I say "remarkable" because, as you may know, Mencken - America's greatest curmudgeon in the first half of the last century - was no friend of religion, conservative, liberal, or anything else. Yet, he shows a rather accurate knowledge of the state of liberalism in his day - in fact, he's more savvy about what was really going on in the liberal churches than some of the conservatives were.
Mencken's obit for his fellow Baltimorean was originally published in the Baltimore Evening Sun in January, 1937, not long after Machen's death on New Year's Day. It's available several places on the web.
The fastest way to get to it is to Google "mencken machen obit" and click on the first link you see (headlined: "Appendix A").
It's called "Dr. Fundamentalis" and it truly is an interesting and remarkable document.
This bio is absolutely amazing to read.
