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ths natural and probable consoqnonoea of
ss noS aroH na y wn nsb,sad TSna s,d pS ss f
hsd hoVsr beard Of Prot. Ewing. would ho think
ho vas 'Proshyterian7 Il 1lo; had pover; heard
>of Drs %pattsrson Or LIT. Collyer, would he not
gather tho impr11,son re-, q that they zero IN tho
could Il proauoe my ether innprssslon3 With all
Il his [ratton'al Gospel was tha Gospel, thoro
waH no other. II }lc road tho Bible Alright
cog: THERE wAB nut oNH GosPR1, '-.s
and ho know OF NO local Gospel" Tho Gospel
Irof. SWING preached IN this passage wna, TINT
Robert oollyer's Gospel and his [pattonsl Cos
pei "oro the same, aud ho roaonted 1t 40 m In
ault' ltvA' not 80.
The local aospel waa compelled to t,scons a mode
Of Virtue rather than jumbo Of doctrines.
s.Was tho Gospel mode Of virtus7 DID
Cir Christianity dfier t;om TIC tosehln9 Of aooratos
Josus. taught bot!er virtuo? WIS that tho
thing mhich differentiated tho Christian eyatom?
Not ~ he took It. Ho took tt that tho
distinct foaturo Of tho Christian sYstnn1
not IN mode OF virtue" But this Gospel Of
Prof. Swing Waa va mode of yirtno.I and
dinerod from tho Gospel Of Philadelphia, and Of
st. Lonis aud OF Pittsburgh In that faot that IL
waa a mode. Of virtue and not jumbo
Implication that Pittsburgh, (which is
hold In tho grasp OF a. Ca1viniBtio
i Hercules has Gospel which amounts to 90
tumble Of tiootrinos7" Was thata kind thing
to say OF city which had 10 much Preabyterl-
anlsm In Iii Was man acting in Btrlot loyalty
to tho Church undor whose banner ho profosaed
to live. whom he mado that rash and falso htato-
mant with rnforenco to Pittsburgh? Tho i'm.
'Prosaion Produeoa by ID Tas thnt religion WAS
being good-planttng yourec1f upon tho four
oyauBallstai and repeating the Sermon on tho
Mount saylng nothing about lollea Jesus aud
'propittatfon for our aims through his blood
JOHN sruAnr MILL.
!. The speaker thon road oopiouH o1trnota from
the sermon on "John Stuart Mill, " published In
THE TRIBUNE Of May 10, 1878, saying 1t was not
dinloult TO get the doctrine or 1t. Mr. Mill
neglected TO cultivate tho religious sentiments ;
this hdgleos .oast~a shadow on his momory.
That shadow would havn boon removed II he
had cultivated them to tho extent of Victor
Cousln. What did V1ntor Cousin know
about the Bible? John Btuart Mill WAS
an atholat, and Prof. Swing know he
took = prominent part In the conduct OF tho
tortnt9h{ty Heuie1o, and Was q representative Of
TINT type Of philosophy which deuied the funda-
mental dlnerenoes which e1iatsd In respect to
wlich wero presumed and takon for granted In
rolgtoua discussion. Prof. Swing .also knew
that John Stuart Mill attaokod Bir William
Aamllton's philosophy, because y was the bn!-
bs
lat philosophy could make no headvay. He also
attempted to destroy the principles whioh lie at
the foundation OF Christianity and Of all relig-
ion, spa %,s never was greater insult offered te
srss1 ogf a ssnnf a 5 % s
It il IN Josus, and mover dl he fail to discharge
the duties intruHted to him more than when
aermon, tho effect Of which upon the uinls
E no otSsr tim te 9TsSses The tP1sssoR tsas
Af1ll aftor all: lApp'auao from tho right
The fourth Specification was then talson up.
II alleged tilat Prof. Swing bud spoken in doro-
gatior Of the standards Of the Presbyterian
| Church md tho doctrlneB taught therein. "A man
entei Cd tho church Of his own free will. He was
not asked to come in, or to stay in, but came in
/: On, the ground thar he sincerely beloved tho
/ doctrine ol the Church. And it waa eoznMon
honesty, Fundamental principle Of common in-
Tith hia Church, to loavo i like a mau. Prof.
fact tbat he was N honored man in tue presby-
terian Church He preached to . congregation
Which worshiped mn & church that hid received
Church throughout the land. He VAS in The pay
OF = congregation Who supposed that he
was IN sympathY with tho doctrines Of the Prea-
byterian Church. But, being in that position,
l
right for him to use the opportunities he had OF
preaching, tor deridinE tue standards and ridi-
seu!ing tho faith which he had sincerely promised
70 helleEo and the truths which he had promised
to preach; II he was guilty of ridiouling,
and aer'olng' anu Bneerang at tho doc
ttines Of the Church found in
tba Confeaslon OF Faith, WAS the PrcabyteEy to
paas IT over as = light odense2 Wore they
going TO m PIT the ohargos out Of court az, friv-
".allowinng the prosecutor to Withdraw tho
ohargos ," They would not. II they did, he
would
,1MpEAun PAoF. sw1Na BEFORE TIE sysop.
and ho would impeach the Presbytery fox lis In
f1do1ity. [Hisaes on the loft.]
Tho undaunted prosecutor then went On to
prove the fourth allegation, roading extracts
ltom @ nozen sermons, Whlch ho conBtdered as
conclusive, anu alao from the digest, to show
a tat hla views were fssanea n BY tho decisions Of
the 4eneral Assembly. 1t was principle OF
the presbyterian form OF government that doc
trina. 5rnsa % Mas OF great importance and that
1ormulated truth was necessary to tho existence
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