, 1874-06-21
TIE PROSECUTORS PROSPECTS,

public opinion and the September panic.
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TIE PROSECUTORS PROSPECTS.
| The outlook for Prof. Patton is anything bu
cheering. Every day since his crushing defea
in the Presbytery the clouds hava been gather
! ing around his horizon. Tho winter of his dis
| content has been succeeded by summer full 0
| ominous forebodings. Tho stars in their course
| fight against Mccormick and his new reaper
who finds it difficult, as the Scriptures intimate
to remove the tares OF heresy without pu1Kn.
! up the wheat Of truth. So the new reaper prom
iEcs to be far more expensive and to meet will
far less demand, than the old one.
The inventor, or the ostensible inventor, whe
presldes at the factory, has been overtaken viii
tho fatality which follows tho case. He sue.
cceded, it is thought, in keeping himself quite
under restraint at the trial. He was always yisi-
BILE, but never audible. 10 did not squirm even
when Brother Trowbridge waa bringing down
the house with his e1coriadng witticisma. He
merely looked On with that imperturbable intel
lectuahty which reigns in his countennncc, but
does not rein in his temper Tho most for
bearing disposition, however, may reach point
where forbcarauce ceases to be virtue. Mr.
McCormicks did. He could endure anvthiue
but the sight OF the man who cracked Joke at
the expense OF his new ee1f-acting heresy
reaper. Take any nhape but that and bis firm
nerves would never tremble. That is the reason
why ho said-or sent 3 subordinate to say
''Hence, horrible sh.sdow!" to his feltow~presby-
ter, Ttowbridgc. And the horrible shadow
henced. The novs Of thia little raid has gone
far and wide, and works against The Prosecutor
Tha Prosecutors raid in the Assembly at St.
Louis turned out no better. Ono Of his obscure
captains undertook to s'fee1 the enemy" BY op-
posing tho confirmation of DR.. Patterson as
Professor in the Seminary where The Prosecutor
teaches the young theological ideas how to
shoot His captain might as well have attempt
ed to lead q secession Of the whole delegation OF
parsons md elders over to the camp Of Brigham
loung or the Dunkards. The "Nestor OF Pres
byterianiBm," WHO is also an old and revered cit
izen OF no mean city, lowered up impregnable in
the Assembly, not in person, as lie would if he
had been present, but in character and renown,
One divine declared that the man who
questioned the soundneBs OF DR.. Patter-
son "laid Ms hand On the apple of
The eye of MANY in that BODY This was gal
antly indorsed by Mr.. McCormick's pastor, amid
'uInultuous applause, which Indicated that il
Dr. Patterson wns the mature apple Of the eye
# the Assembly, Prof. Patton was the unripe
'ers1mrnon in it's mouth. The provincial brother
luailed before the fire he had drawn, and there
Fas not negntiye voice or vote on the con-
This repulse, taken with the capit-
l1atlon OF the Assembly to Miss Smiley, who, BY |
'reaching the Gospel to DR.. Cuyler's sinners,
became the occasion Of The Prosecutors first
prosecution, makes the overthrow of the Nc |
;ormick-patton alliance at St. Louis complete |
nd dlsastrons. To vote Overwhelmingly that |
llss Smiley may preach to = Presbyterian con-
regation, and unanimously that DR.. Patterson
aay teach in a Presbyterian Seminary. was |
assing upon the two most painful duties " of
'ho Prosecutors life in manner anything but
ssuring to that gent1eman's assurance, and
nything but encouraging to his future cam.
aigns.
Nor ia this all. Not only have those tro |
oconnolsances been driven back on tho main
ody in great disorder, but tho desertions from
10 main body are considerable and formidable.
oVeEa1 organs Of Presbytcrianism have gone
yer to the enemy. The animadversions of the
ress are no longer confined to tho profane
ewspapers that cater to the natural heart Of the
orlds people; they are now shared bv tho
ouznals whose being, end. and aim is not sub
'r1ptions or advertisements, but the good of
ouls aud tho glory Of God. The cautious and
rthodox old Presbyterian Observer, after OBJ
,rving mastery inaudibility during tho trial.
as spoken, and against The Prosecutor! Il
css him to take up his nose aud abandon the
unit It has consulted ten leading Old-scnool
resbyterian clergymen. all Of whom are yerv
scidedly Of its own opinion. The Eca,,1elist. |
hlch has also been mum as an oyster
therto, now pronounces the appeal to the
'nod "a great mistake" and ndds: I'll yo
'ow anything Of the temper Of the public mind.
10 feeling Of regret is likely to give place to the
ronger ono OF disgust. Our Brother Patton ,
'ould think twice before he exposes himself to {
ls general condemnation" But Brother Pat 7
u IL one OF those mon who do not find it ueccs-
y TO think twice about anything; he knows too a
UGH about everything. And as tor "genera1 7
ooemnanon'' that is Of the deyoes Of the arch /