, 1874-05-10
prof. Patton as a Heresv-
Prosecutor.
p1o& Swing, His Demeanor and
Characteristies.
,Ycest'iags Of the Moderator with
Cushing's Manual.
A Glance at the Lesser Lumi-
narics.


-Four hundred years aso' 1no 'ealaeo Efaslnua
Erss monk aaa al'er"hros re1ormor, wrote t.
ID Archbishop tue 1o1lo"1he "osos: .
l.. us have zone " mA1 .tnsoloseM rennements
Iels srs :hsm to dene particular points but ever
d=42;dea is MISFORTUNE ard Tor us to nerseveto Il
70 eans W. b. cannot I'll xether "a 1pn h
e7e pEple or t~o. Has he tho fruits Of tho Spirit
1ha u 'se question. ~ as F.pep. Emu, good, gen.
1rt DO not deane. true religion is peace. and W IT
ear:o have peace unless We leave the conscience un
.shi. " oe wss wrn man fsb W.s ioote ~,
il lis 1fe rot in the articles which 10 professed
NECESSITY hs nroaEn. M sGes ul3n ~, and eFer snet
eere thing Of words and creels Articles increase
s:nceEl'v r.a.shes aw;y, contention Rrows hot, and
@ s;pse and nus n,,d men a1 To,cad " pomss
xka, they 60 net beje9e.
Erasmus has slept in tho Basle graveyard
nearly 400 years, but his words aye as t1ue to-day
Is when he uttered Them, with tbs execution
that Church nnd State are not now so closely ip-
terwoyen that the civil power ran come in With
the stalo and the ga.lows. The formu1,s st;,,
erist Tho bitterness still ovists. Tho boro,;c
honeycr ia no longer the nub1ic cnenv. IN tho
o,,,or hand time has shown most bere,;cu ~ be
rnhc hencfactors far tha reason that heroar
nocassar;fv inro,vns n,oeraas ana bo1na +o1ar.,
.;aa WI, .h;a o1s en-,.;a a..
s.oo van 'O1s o11 eAeepaou' tuo "olos "
L1asmns are applicable to tile pendlnS trial Of
Prof. Swing fer heresy. The spirit Of intoler-
snce against which Erasmus inyeiehs is the
,.,;,;t ,vn,c, siran;roa ~. +r;.t 49, ~, ,.t.a
ra;a,, E-a1a,ra .rra,a - ..sa 49, .s.,t: -.
"Hacu n'@s-nos "'ote ~ 1aa asenolsnop n1ent
bo ~i1tten to-day with equal profit and peril
E1rt, fo
t,1n-so novel In lis bearings so rare in lin
tvno or ,,,a and h;tta- ,,.oa 49, .ss
~ ~ '1lA Dno o''Sol upou 'he one
elae' 80 "a1m ano enthusiastic upon
the other-has been watched with in
tense interest. not only by the dcnomi
nation most nearly concerned Int Nv ,,1 athar
5o.,s..,;.s~s;a. ~ ~ ~ o
uenolu'ia''ons' anu " Tue general PUBIC; and
1ts progress mas peen as eagerly noted as would
have boon tho reproduction Of tonsnamont OF
tic middle ages. For this reason, and because
~ We, ~ 'ons t,me oelole aao'nef heset'c can
10 Aounu. ouf 1eaaets saoula 10 inaue acqunint~
ed With he principal actors in this drama. Tic
cen tral figure is
PEoF. PATTON,
dcc.r;nc, tanot;cs,n zr;t1ont t,a -,.na1 ~
a--. 49, e4sN. '.e u11At 44AA1'e''
81 'nasasa'' Us flot. on1c6 Is Tue representative
OF latltudlnarlariEm Without its usual aim1ess
direction. Theology is written all over hiu-in
his physical contour. in his mannerisms and in
strictly rernInton orthodor NJ thc md shoa - a
Ccrd;,lal, HI sayors AZ strongly oY his Drofns.
ei3n AZ a rcofar tIoea of his f,r-ba,IcrF Man
who re. from imnrlsas man ~ h-oad
md liberal culture. nan WHO eat mad
dinners, men who e1oy mellow IN tba surshine
would give him q wide berth. They wonld s1zzle
Il he happened to co.ae in contact with them,
ls Is il h:s Ssh veal. we balie;o : but. # he
Should hyo to be- "a he viii ha M o,dar tthan Ia
i nov. He viii moi crvsta}lizo nor intens,fy
nth ace. He is q yary old Young man. and hka |
uost fruit yn1cn rinens p.cmatnraIr' he IL on,d
Aousb ho has been soaked in thsolory until ho I
s wale, -Ioc.ed with it. ba shows ali the charac
eristics OF tho student. Ho is tim. snare
7i1y, ind pale-facad, with dorced de:erulina.
ion marked in every lnoaueat ard ha, tho
h,n nostr;l nrotrndino ch!, snarn f,c,,i sncia
shich deuotc unusual knenncss ner'
eyeIauce, and concentration of nurnose.
IL was cut out br nature for a proso:utor. He
FouId have made an admirable iuouieitor, In
'hysical pccu.ar1ties, indeed, he very closely re-
enb!es Calvin Hin dress is cnnvcntinnn1lv
',oper. fits hin, perfectly. and is as much natt
Il lin as his voice. There is no li,upuess Of
iaep no creasns. M rurnef1-un e1pes M nv11.
sesdncss of sdiustpaent. no shiny Spots. There
: 10 hercsy in the ,airneut, no abrupt depart
res fIQn ecclesiastical nroDr18ty. HiS tA11nr |
nd Aundress arc well schooIod and grounded.
bis cooIuess and inoextu, b.
)iity and command of himself. he is Yery nerg-
us and. yl,le in Tenose has tin habit of most
thec nervous eeople OF b;t;ca his fingers. When
da1c.suc the prcsby1ery. he alya,s adyances
0 iha same spot holding litt1a b1ank-book in !
is right land, il which he hoops his own record
I'D tie Confession Of Faith. he speaks in uni
nlm tone of voice. sharp- clear. and renatrat-
~ without p3article Of Dathos. ana con-
aes himself to d single gesture with
10 fo1efngcr Ct his lott land. Which /
8 hiaey dowo upou bis book to iodlcate h;s
ciats, sometimes cmnhasizinr the1n nlso with {
motoa Of his head. Under excitenent or loss
temper, he Eould BE- weak man, and ho
'e'eforo keeps himself we'll in check know ing {
lat thereby be ia strong. Tho nearest that he hns
,me to losing hia tcnnner was NJ, T},~sdav fore
Don, ulea ho Uas tn I'd bv 1na nj the preshv. r
r. with having Mr.. Goudr'e professional as \
siancs, contcsry to tie ru;eg. Eyan nndcr I
ch Cd iHputation as t],is- which vxs tha dead I
st arrow that could hnyn heon :ehot at h;s IN
lecsuai pride and theotorica1 canacitr },o only
agered for an instant en1 thor1 wa himsa}f !,
,ain This iute|!ect;,a1 nride wh;ch amonnte y
ap almost lntoierant arrorance ~ realir his !,
ssk spot, and, il there had Lesn any Of the d
esbyte7s .Larp enouch to avail thomsclycs of It E
eF would have nie-eet thronrh his a-mor Mt 4
is loosa foint. IT. nonifestcd itseIf in
s re;oinder io prof srvint;a conosa, nnon ava i
ces;ou to tlo effect fl,at Ia wond not aIinw Iis 81
ucstioa to be- Questioned r. shows ;tsef in n
e manner in winch he cIneca ararv sneech tn Il