, 1863-07-21
AN Old MAN oF SIXTY HUNG.
EERESY OF REV. CHARLES
BEECWEfk.
Trial Of MIR. Weechcr before on
Ecclesiastical Council.

The KeV. Charles Beecher IS on trial befoze
IN ecclesiastical council In Massachusetts, on
n charoa of teresv From the renort of thu
=, =. - :
caee IN Inc Boston 17ase'eT we conoense tae
following:
The noints In The 1etters mfssIye which
z.ara ean+ e ~ ~. ah,s.,hns 1.a.a f,,,,ms.
"ese sent 'o tle cnofcaes "eRe a. 1oao"s:
1T Eeems TO rs that several doctrines
preached BY onr pastor. Rev. All. Beecher,
lTered to the saints and held generally By
the churches In New England, viz: 'The
doctrine Of fore-existence Of the human soul,
Of the atonement, of the state Of souls utter
death, and Of Divine sorroW-'
"The letter also stated that there was m
unhappy division in the church, and that the
desired, &C." @''@
4 number Of witnesses were summoned to
+ast,FH ae<a,as+ +ha ~ 1850. tha snha.onsa ~ ~
'~s3 '..N ae - eoe1, w. 0"7'1eo -
"h1ch tcsnmony was as 1ono"s:
The pastor held to the doctrine Of the pre-
ea1ftence OF man, euch as Is found In tho
.sContlict Of Ages written by Rev. Edward
beecher, u. u. This was proved By introduce
Ing tWo of the PASTORS sermons, one Of
which was published In the 1rasel<r: It Was
stated thaf the general Impression Pro
dneed oy his preaching In relation to the Di-
Vln1ty OF Christ was that this doctrine was
sermons IN which he stated that he believed
inns uoc1r1ne, but In closing he had said that
II Was not esstntAl- Inc tendency Of his
preaching was to make un1yersalisss- let
yer from Rev. y. cleveland "as alluded to,
II Which u lDE. Cleseland) stated that he
OF Mr. beeeher, II he All. Beecher) had not
assured h,m tpr; CleEeiandl that ne Womb
not preach the doctrine OF pre-exlstence OF
pan. pan III; E. Beechtr also, at that time, assured
heE. 1t. e1ofrs teht ae Woulo not make pre-
e1lsIence prominent n us preaching Rev:
- - MAu!Iseon, u Ne"puIs, memDet o1
t1 lo eo1uclt .! tue Inns VI IT: oeecue5s SCI.
th,1 t;veIn., asheu ~. nsec4eI ne moma MAKE
M 5n1s aoetrlne ptonslnent N ais preaching;
1Ae a4s"er was no. me witnesses slnteu
.1a Las ~. r.. beeeaeT 0 hao preached eooa deal
apon sne sueJec..
80 atn0n tae ; aSeapaelohs aoe y tne "ltnea-
seg "e1e ene lono"log:
s;, ne compared h ~ ne napplnsss Of ea7nts and
In,sn1, " Tssan n,i1 81, - +o~a,Sa n3 na3
onthiur wonl; eenorete them bnt fSe;r choico I
~ s..j5,v The sxa.ior, 1.a,,iL n Sn"s
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f. sha 1;it 49,. 5shaapR' a. - ~ nth,E
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s,of. s'.o ,hnt k s-eat;r -
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ia hed 1S a1a,st.a peuv ~ de f,tulg gtsas ~
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1fr Raaahel ~ haIia1-ea ~ ~ ~ s; U.uto.
IN h..Ia, ,,,,tI Thsg.t Aa. tJasase
rtnnrer th,n mc3t..r hr.t fo,E t,,a f'ssE,
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s,.s,,a =. ~ h,a,1 ~ nI,Sos 4uu .ao 3 auu
~ tIe .nnl7,o hest as," wa a., fao uno
hrotIe- nf fhr;a+ r. h;s 1ne,nat,nn ~ he edGi ~
~ Epa - ~ h,d ~ h1,f us ~ ~
not auow Inas ee naa Dut ono na.uEe. Cas1s1 Ed
eHlpea Aln,een U als oAsAao nAsufo WHO'LL no
cono ln!o tne "osiu. :,
Resttoao "t1o tuen p1opeAnceu " VII =
nssess 1G'at!4P ~ ~. peeGnels ttsatment o1
w wv G1eeu VI NE en1IGn; u WIS slhted tnas
~. s pesehet aao peonc!{ salo ~ t1g o1tao'
va ~e!e osnanso o1 LUG cieea- He COM
~ aHs creeu y. ~ cn"fG4 e. ~ an oto anna
aae 'uas "auteo 1e'4s.ne' Ahe ottnquoA rep
resented Inherent Gou from what they be-
ll.Ved lie said publicly to the young peo-
plc auat be did not wonder they lid not como
to Chrlet, after such presentation of truth as
hey 4at had IN past daSa; He had stated
that uniyersalism Waa the fruit OF CalVfnisn.
IN receiving canaldates 70 me church %
sometimes Omitted reading that part OF the
creed relating to the fall Of man sometlmss
mfsread the Scriptures. The Bible did not
ttaca literal torment. Future punishment
consisted In not being paIdoned by God. It
~onld be softened BECAUSE man would not be
able. In his degraded condition, to appreciate
it. He had preached, within short time, d