, 1874-05-19

nometer % snns ~cA o 7"sGr "eao1tou aaarajom wnuM
'So orsos| m' now s9D'sS Sr aud a. "ss'n mora s'
rostrot9t ll,eatning? And ia ma.l to DO aia-
his prcachlng. OF It ho Is mlBllntnrstood by Bono
Of ltn hearers, while thu great majority are not
only doHghtod by hia public prosontationa, but
e.,'. ere. as they deem, highly benefited II polns OF
s6rian Church tint ovcry preacher shall preclude
all possibility Of mistiltorprolatior, aud teach
evangelical truth Will ali tlo prcoalon Of tlle-
oloogloal professor? Aud arc tho .pouplc and
ro noo 81 o u gsn to be nrascayy a oy
by Its language and spirit, bocallsp they cannot
bear theological exasuination7 Such aesutnr..
tions would do In the Church Of Ronn, but eaniiot
ne eeeopSd IN tho preabyIerlsn Church o. TUG
purposes that u Presbyterian niulator uses tho
omrTent plrnseoloty Of tho pulpit OF his own
Church on dootrina points, and teaches nothing
contrary to tho truths Which this phraBeology 10
commonly understood To convoy.
INTERPRETING 1lIa LANGUAGE.
Now lot me say, in tho next place, that wo
aro' in my Judgment bound to interprot tho
language uaed by tho accused with a generous
spirit.. according to his position, and with duo
regard to his mental and rhetorical habits. lie Ia
= Presbytcrnn minister, and hne proloHeed to
receive and adopt ainoereIy tho Confession OF
Faith Oh containing tho syBtoni Of doctrine
taught In tho Holy Scriptures. IIo now o!nins
to be'a Now Bohool Presbyterian, and alleges
lip l,as beon acoueol Of rejecting, using tho d.
Hcriptiye torma in Tho evangelical RonHe,- Tho
Hcnae Of tile Evangelical Alliance. Arc wo not,
in oil fairness, bound to accept his declarations
aa honostfy made, In tho ahsonoe Of clear proof to
the CONTRARY? The prosecutor has inEeniouny
ondeavosad to throw the burden Of disproof nl,
tho accused. And, aycn, 1t We should admit,
which NO do mol, TINT some slight presumption was
ratHed against Prof. Swings soundnoas in tho
faith, by tie doubts which tue prosecutor laa done
moro tban all otAcrs to circulate, TINT presump-
lion would be ejfoctually overcome by tho tosti-
1nony Of hH regular hearers, who arc certainly
mon Of ayormyo Intelligence, cqual to the e!dors
In this body who are now sitting. as Judges and
es and toaohos evangelical TRUTH In The samo
terms essentially aB they hnvo been accustomed
to hsar It taught by other ministers OF tho Pres
bytoran Church and that they mover hoard q
word Of unoyangellcal teachings from hts Nps,
assume that Prof. Swing has boon. playing tho
rolo Ut oil atlroit ktlaye uajng words to deceive,
and carefully hiding htB rcai meaning mn
der ambiguous torn,a? Prof. Patton, in his
point, insisted that wo ought to glve Prof. Swing
tho credit Of honestly saying what ho meant.
But In tho whole OF this prosecution le has az
ss,rnod tho contrary Of oil this /; ho has nssumoa
that Prof. Swing Inns artfullv covered up hiH renl
optao.s, ~ .a.t ts oy ~ n1nasa IL. 1srocr;av
1vts;as - ttoso confi;ct,n~ Observation-Disclosures nro
NO to accept Daro we asatime tl,at Christian
minister Of orr Church 10 D wi}ifus decetver md
~ III LIZ axnrogaions Tsntv nivinitv
Mo,o,a,aton Hc p,;obf Mi ,o nsoti nv n hiEl,
i1oa % IT,, >:I, Ion,oa % Troaan nlore and thnt
Prof. Swing uses such words, sometimes, out OF
tleir ordinary scriptural SENSE. This is partly
ntarto T IN tI,c wor, onncnlod tn IN nyowei31y en-
.1navortr 10 nnrnnci tlo ortl,odox In tic ,lye
" forn,ao dnas rso s,,c1 words M Trinity Dfyn-
tions of tha UnitnrIun senao In Which tloy arc Used.
nnt prof. Swing uaod them. from Lis oyat,solical
et"riinoint ,vthont crnnnntion, md without
any, tI,t Of an Unitarian norso.
Wi,at dncs com,nom hont,stv reouire of ue In
a,,ch M n caso ; 1Yhy clenrlv. 10 acceut lis Inn
,,aao nuo ,'of l.; aon,c farecd sonsn ht IN its oh
pr;c,ss mnaninr asaumirg thai ho n not a knayo,
hnd 40 IN m 9n'ccosionoio ,iso of such words AZ
4 div;nc' rcsnoctinn tho spiritaal nature and
rolotinna of roau hv anal, a nnotto w,itor. 1t il
aos.. ~ soo +ho .noon;nn wh;ln il ia imnossiblo
to intorrrot tho word divinity. ns applied to
onllss' ~ ans SuGn ,aa 70 ~ H1ena i r9oEnp
na,S ro1s,moo',ya e. nt theso wor1a. "In rclicion
Il liz a not Otherwise and hence most useful must
DO tho form thi.t uhrs of Christ tiiyiuo being,
tro Of powor, holiness, and love-" "Tie
moment you declare Christ ONLY human boing,
you, have weakened his influence upon, ,.: tue
soul" Does Prof. Swing use tho torn divin-
tty in tho high Arian sonso7 Not 10, saya Prof.
Patton, for 10 y sa1ollian, or indorsea sabol-
llanism. But tho sabellia,ls do not acrupe to
call Christ God-e. g., the Swedcnborgians. II,
therefore, Prof Swing had used tho word Deity,
in speaEiug Of Christ, It would not hayc satisfied
Prof. Patton any better than tho word ho has
used. for eyou DR.. Chaplin calla Christ God.
~ In the sermon called "The che Worlds arent
spiritual ruin Of man, individual regeneration
BY the Mo sirt and new hoaI rS Eel se11y
subterlugo Of 8 deceptive use Of language to
explain away this plain rse Of words. 30, when
Prof Swing tolls Of tho final separation botwocn
tho righteous and tho wicked, nc aro told TINT
his words IRE oquivocalt and then m appcnl il
made to James freeman Charlie to show t4at
even the phrase ''oternai punishment" il equiv
ocal. Then all tho words of Scripture arc
equiyocal. and wo can find nothing truly ovan.
the Apostles, Docs tho cal,Bo of truth require
such treatment Of q mans language, OF such an
assault upon his honesty, without q ahadow Of
+,,onfo II ,,;11 rot in