, 1874-05-13

here read from aormou Of Dr.. RYDER u which
ho attempted to prove that Untvhraallnm WAS
smeant whom ho said l,o hold tle doctrines In
thoir evangelical Import." Tho question waa not
whether 10 hold them ln thclr evangelical"
sonse,: but .whethor 4o hold. them ~ theyworo
Faith; and .ho loft It for the rreabytery to do
olda whethnr Prot. Swing had boen faithful, in
no far MS ho bad ~omittol to givo distinct and
pronounced utteranco upon those Hnbjeots.
Tho Hocond specification wha so nearly like tho
firnt TINT 1t not necessary for him to pay any
particular attention to 1t.
He hore road extracts from tho aermona en-
titled "a Religion Of Words " and :. Tho Value
Of Yesterday" to further illustrate The dofend-
ants equiyocatlohH.
MORE LIGHT. WANTED.
(At this moment tho room became 10 dark that
Prof. Patton could not read and he asked II ho
could have,a a little moro light. gome ons'on tho
tono, = He needs IT., vheroat thers Was gen..
oral litter among Prof. BwfnE'B frionds.1' -
THE THIRD BrEo1F1uAT1oN.
The speaker thon reforrcd to the third apeoi-
and Brother Riddle wanted 70 denur before ho1
had chance to. He u.tddic9 was lawyer, and
no (patton) MAS the moro surprised that ho
should want to atriko Out the Specification be-.
sSop a aS ssess saee seo
nnxim on general principles but II did not sat
writton. II referred to three facts: and tho
itY: rlat tIo deii7ety ir q ieesare % IL tho Mary
of ~ astio|o In the Lakeside Monthlv; third
tho tn Pre-" preaching nE;,, os ,;, sermon in eulogy
.hss wszs sss asy 6nssrsns @ essa sSss
would not regard hts zeal, for tho point Of diff
;feronce which separated him from them, a. an
indication Of nnkind feeling toward that, de-
nomination. . r. they wore honcat mon ,..they
Vnt1 md {fnr II Ea1f In In
cause botwaetl tho poaition OF Christ as oraa-
ture and Christ AZ God the difference was In
finite. Believing that Christ waa God he could
not n, Icon, consent to: having Him Put upon lover
ling that the atonen,ent dotivod its efflcaoy from
tho faot that Ho was infinite, and that Hia suf-
fcriuga were sufficient for tho world, II 'thoy
took AWAY from him tho deity Of Christ, ho;
and know not whore to find Him" q v
He appreciated the character of the Unitarians,
their soholarship,--and he was as willing al
any man to admit and to recognize tho services
departmonts Of theological investigation. He
was not unmindfu1, Of the labors of "Lardnar in
tho old country and Norton in this, but boliev-
Pd that Josus Christ was dod,-Prosbytarian
derived thor hope Of Heaven from The union oif
two facts. From tho fact that He WAS man. they
believed that He could hs IN sympathy with
them, tako their lower p1ace, eatlaty tho demands
Of the lew and proyido. whereby God could be
TINT, being God, His saortflce wss of
infinite value, aud that God looking upon It
would regard it aa standing in the placo of His
people. They. could not regard Christ ~ =
dnny tho vieariona oharaoter Of. Hia DEATH, to
affirm that men were saved on Some other
ground than tho propitiatton Of His cross-in
His offering HimBolf up to satisfy divine JUS
tice. Part company With the deity Of Christ,
aud they would proaoh auother Gospel altogeth-
er. The Unitarians know that; and thoy Woro
honest in their position, rs he was honost in hia.
II they agreed on theme premises, 60 on and
critioiBo tho conduct Of Prot. Swing. He Was
going to use :. -
AN ILLUSTRATION,
and hoped ho should not DO represented In tho
morning rs having compared q Unitarian with an
Atheist, because ho was not going 10 do it,. But
and wore TO propose tho erection Of Hall; that
they intended to dedicate 1t to deceased friend
OF the speakers,- 'noblo ChriHttan,-aud
should ;, come to him and say, "We ase going
doaicA.s It to your friend and our friend. We
arc short Of .funds and you are populnr-of
courso they would not say that to him
tLaughter{ and We want you to deliver = lee
plead the fact that this athosto hull was erected
IN memory Of decoasod friond; for whom he
had tho highest regard, and whoso Christian
character Was beyond reproaoh, would that bo
e G.oe seet 5Gf s ''s s"a vas %sons
for Prof. Swing to give bis name and influence
to Unitnrianisra, it was not the Iesa wrong be-
cause the society In whoso bollalf he 1ectured
woman whom he admired and wAoae Christian
chatactor Ind never boen III dispute. ;,
30 that the question reverted to -
THE NAKED Issue,
whetheris was right for Presbyterian minister,
with tho VOWS of Presbyterian minister upo1,
him, having promised to be faithful and jealous
in maintaining the truths Of tho Gospel, to give
bis public Influence, to haye his name associated
from day to day in tho public press, with an en-
terprise which had for its sole object tie ereo-
tion Of o chapel in which the only Gospel praach-
cd would DO one doriding the deity Of the Lord
jesus Christ, and calling in question His 90 eter-
nifty with tho Father. Was It rightq That WAS
III S q enopeng @ sU tno qoa ss4e o oa ssa
They must answer 1t oategorically, for upon their
reply their vote would depend. Prof. Swing
would answer It. but not as the presbytory
wa and hs TGd 0a nat hsof Tth
might acquit him Of the charge, aud any that he
was not wrong, but thoy would do 80 in The teeth,
Of Conscience, and not take the position Prof.
Swing affirmed in his plea-that tho Unitarihus
!" have version of the Gospel which il not DO
good as ours,"
: Having planted themselves upon the position
that the Gospel was identified with the royalty Of
Jesus Christ. they could not take Prof. Awngs
was not a minister br eldor. IN the house who,
II ho knew some dear friond did not believe IN
the deity of JasuH, aud in tho feel
tlat hia soul was imporied. Prof. Swing said :
salvation" 6ut planted himaolf on tho broad
platform Of Christian charity, and while ho ad-
mitted that tue PresbYterianB had better ver-
sion OF tlio Gospel than the Unitarians, in that
J: 1IE AFFIRMED THAT THEY n4D GOSPEL.
Ho too]t iYsua with i5In, with all dua rcgrent