The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-07

sion Of the Lafayette avenue Presbyterian church
ana remarked mat In all the debates hitherto the
real question had not yet been met That question
HOW FAR NAY WOMAN TEACH AND INSTRUCT,
~ sSsOus y and
which women take therein, and insisted thar this
refused us pulpit to many brethren Of good stand.
Ing In the Presbyterian churches 10 promugate
their dogmas MS church had been accusS %hs o.
are quiet lambs there 1t is these brethren who
have brought this matter here VINO have DISTURBED
the peace OF Lafayette avenue church. he reau
from the Acts OF the Apostles to show how certain
brethren had gone to Antioch to compel the converts
was BROUGHT before the church and apostles al
Jerusalem they sent letter TO the other Cnurcn -
and the record says that they reloiced on the re.
ceipt OF the epistle The action OF this rresoytery
Mr. Lambert sent t few shots at the Ola school
brethren who had brought this trouble upon MS
Rev. ALFRED TAYLOR derended his own exegesis
OF Scripture given yesterday ana showed now often
TINS very onence c9mpsned q saH Deen OK,
terry would 10 with II Is It dcserves-throw 1t out
Rev; Mr.. LEE sided with this view. He agreed
with DIR. Spear that IL was ''small potato" and
should be put the table, under the table In the
basket. The Presbytery dare not condemn or GEN.
sure this act, which has not come properly before
Rev. Mr.. TAYLOR defended his exposition of
Apostle equally condemned the wearing Of gold,
pearls, embroidery, &c. There was u time ne said,
when PreSOytGrlau6 tnOug1t IL great INNOVATION
TO introduce stoves and organs and other adjuncts
"a % e HSS,S %fSssnR was 'snn0'o 81 'n' coup
Compound for sins they are ncinedto,
BY damning those they have no mind 10.
After some discussion on adjournment the Pres
bytery took recess until three O'Clock, and upon
reassembng the Moderator SAID he had received
MISS SMILEY Is MINISTER II GOOD STANDING as,rsS ns
Would read Il. It was not asked for.
Elder JOHNSON then spoke strongly against women
iutin" STYLE repeated great deal Of ms speech Of
Monday AFTERNOON. He dened the ''sneering press"
psr nSu was the PTesbytery Of Broosn only
two OF DR.. Speer's .theses" were worthy OF his
namely, Has the PresDytery the right to lake CogpI
yance Of this act complained of and Is going the
right way about r dc anayzsd section , o. G0 s
Presbytery had ample power In this case and was
proceeding egltimately. He traversed the Scrip
recent public article that the word aleon OCCURS Zol
times in the Bible, being 246 times being translated
translated "OabbIen as Mr. Taylor declared yester.
day. That instance 10 wherein Paul states that
But whatever difference Of opinion there might be-
about this there could be none abeut the phrase
bet your women Keep silence IN n snSt n
OF his side, but travelled 30 far down toward
Egypt. tneologically, mat when
has surprise that he could not make the young man
mr. PattOn) understand this matter as he (Lee) un-
iromthe Church Discipline and the Digests Of Gem
eral Assembly to show that to censure Dr. Cuyler's
them. Brethren were inclined to interrupt Mr.. Lee
VINO TOOK everything goodnaturedy and met every
T and w IN
INCRssANT LAUGHTER AND GOOD HUMOR-
Page l2s Digest Of year 1872 was quoted TO show
and censure indicted without trial. II they Gen.
Dr. Cuyer and his church 10 this case sucn CEN
sure Is null and void, because II Is not properly be-
fore them. They asked to ccnsure the pastor and
his church for dong act permitting an act to
Of COO and the usage Of tie Church, This church
may have perfect defence, and may show that
By the Bible ana
byteran Church.. The moment, said he, you do this
Or allow It 70 DO done you might as wen cut on your
o! a
S. vAS BPRs ssa Mr. Lees ne Of
was not known to him, and, therefore, he did not
Mr.. LEE, inierrupting said he had been trying to
teach Or. Van Dyke for ten years. but found HIM
DR.. VAN DYKE continued to play upon Ger:
tain judicial words used oy MI. Lee, and
adjudcate upon this question Had charges been
made against DR.. Cuyler and his church he Wan
the constitutional rights OF that church and minis
ter. Upon two grounds only-immorallty and
heresy-can charges DO preferred against minister
And no one pretends 70 cnarge the Lafayette
avenue church session or Dr. Cuyler with crime or
reading a 'minute'' OF his own draughting, which
he would like to see adopted In lieu OF the commit
tees paper. 1t named the church and
CONDEMNED PREACHING BY UNBAPTIzED, UNoR-
DAMNED PERSONS
and females, and recommended the churches of
the Presbytery to dSa0w women preaching among
them.
coming up to the book, and ne was GLAD this OPP
pOrtunity, before his Methodist Baptist and C0ngre-
gatiOnal BRETHREN Of an exposition OF Presbyterian
a afrin nd n ~ n n am "a
act without indicting the man. because man III
dicted Is two-thirds gone.
complicated by reference TO the Lafayette avenue
Presbyterian church, and the many other questions
around it and out OF 1t. The paper starts out ex-
pressing kindly feelings toward him and his church,
e ne @ %
church. 1t placed him IN false position. ne did
not look upon the su0ordinaton OF Miss Smieys sex
TO hts own a barrier 10 ner delverance OF the
had Designed to 50 place women He would
down to US in the sacred SCRIPTURES. His act in
tionaI act. Other Presbyterian ministers mad done
1t before MIN. But the action OF the Presbytery Is
ability and that OF his church To promote the cause
Of the Master IN Brooklyn. And that Is the
prompting motive in all -, his ministry and in
gested that this matter should be dismissed.
and the General Assembly be asked to give a de-
ing. The doctor closed with appeal TO the BROTH
erly sympathes OF the Presbytery. They need
not write him down In their journal as having done
Things cOntrarytto the Word OF God, when he knows
he did not. The Church and the country know
his act and his motive and there Is no need to
brand him the only man In this Presbytery VINO
has violated the Word OF Cod
THE FINAL PEACE MEASURE.
DR.. DURYEA offered the following preamble, &C.
c0mpanled by deliverance Of the General Assem-
bly, In 1892 as fol0ws:-
This Presbytery having having been informed that
has preached In OF churches Sabbath at
service at the OF the with
sent of the session. therefore,
Resolved That the Presbytery feel constrained enjon
upon churches strict regard to following
OF the General Assembly :"Mestings OF pous BY
themselves for conversation and prayer entirely
prove But let not the INSPIRED prohibitions of the great
found In his Epatea 10