"I am sure that Orthodox Christianity is a thing of the past. The Liberal churches have had a mission. They have done their best work in leavening and modifying the creeds of the Orthodox churches.
"To put it figuratively, the pollen from the flowers in the Unitarian garden has been blown over the stone walls that separate it from the gardens of the Orthodox churches. This pollen has been carried to the gardens behind the walls of the Presbyterian church, the Congregational church, and the Baptist church. It has found its way to the flowers in these ample gardens, it has carried out its fructifying mission, and it has modified the Orthodox flowers in many pleasing ways.
"Where is the doctrine of total depravity? Gone. Where is the teaching of eternal hell torments? Gone also. The doctrines of a blood atonement and verbal inspiration of the Bible have forever passed away. What has caused this change? It is nothing more or less than the influence of the Liberal churches.
