, 1874-05-14

] IH'4' Nrttoe ApnAL b!ltlt 2u0Wlelh0 VI tAO uGG
sermons Offered ii ovidonco woro only spool
nona: That wns tho mort pla,,sab!o roply thai
cona DO made. Tho theory Of tho defonsc,
anu thoy arc 1noHt urodltRbfa to It, would
BE-, "araut TINT tho sermons arc not
ln torra. Do you moan to talso them Ms IN indt.
cation OF Prof. swing'B theology? Do you not
Know that 10 ilaa boon preaching Bovon yours IN
thls oltYF that thasp are more fragments, aud
mR4s4 you regard th91n aB representative OF Wl1Rt
e bqlIeves?" 70 that ito would a,,swor, tflRt Il
nla1, published volume at germnns II was
I'm 70 presume that ho put them forward Will.
Iho ldoa that ttlay ,waro to do good, THAT tloy
% Tora o to go into tha hands Of the public that
those Who weTo not roaohod by hts yoioc might
20 roaohosl by the printed page. It wao not in-
ouinbent upon him 70 provo
| 1.-THE NE0AT1yA rRoPoa1T1oN."
II he raised n fair presumption that Prof
Swing did not preach tho doctrines OF tho Preby-
| te1lan Church 1t waa enough. 1t WAS prinot-
| nlo Of evidence, that, whore negative PROPOSE
ton Of this kind LAID tho burden OF proof upon
tue party affirming It, It WAS not necessary for
proof Of tho same. [To support this yiew, he
read from Qraonleaf OH oyi4ionco and decision
bY Judge 0aton, IN the Illinois reports. Prof.
Patton while roading, stated that tho 1at.or wna
In tofofonco to a complaint against q 1allroad
company for killing mnlo, whoreat there was
general laug11. Tho avertnont nlnat hoil AT
proven, unless tho dofonse proved Tho con-
trmy.
THE ELDERS
OF pref: Swings church Ind boon calloa, and
testified that, In thoir opinion, he had preached
the Gospel, l,-tho doctrine of tho duty Of Christ.
Tho value Of their testimony could bc dotcr-
mined by hfs stating that, to provo thoir views,
thoy cited passages which he read as lnatancos
want to aay ANYTHING ,nkind Or dieparaging, but
ho would submit whether tho Court would nlow
testimony which ran simply to the opinion Tint
Prof. Swing was faithful preacher Of tho Cos.
pol, when It was offered by mon who admitted
Upon thoir church and tllo clders to bn regarded
ab conclusive to tho sotting aside Of tho allega-
tfon. 1fo had asked that tho sermonsin which it
waa said Prof: Swing preached the doctrines ho
produced, and il "as affirmed thnt they were in
cxistonce. Dut, as Prof. Swing lad failod to
bring them In, Ie [pattonl had offered tho next
best testimony to provo tho allegation. lie Ind
requested the Coutt to set aside tho testimony OF
tho Elders, and WAS sorry thoy did not do It. He,
from tho Digest to show that ha was. If 1t was
tr,o that Prof. Swing had preached these doc
trnoa, and ho was anxious to disprove tho alo-
cations. aud set tho complaint adrift, and DO
still in good standing, and deserving Of tho con-
tidunco Of the presbytcry, it stood to renBon
thnt ho would have brought tho sermons into
court, md flung defiance in tho fuco Of the
he did preach them. But it had been demon
strated, by lalR not doing 40, that he could not
10 It, and honce the allegation WIS trio.
THE sHTl1 SPECIFICATION.
Hc then considered tho sixth specification,
which III AZ follows:
He declares that tho ya1uo Of doctrine Is measured
by tho ability Of men to verify 1t In their experience.
III illustrating tia statement 10 has spoken lightly Of
n oo Tue n 70 sny at
nrtptcI In n, xnImc caljcd ..Trmihs A for T".nu
es1nss es sss II sas 9s ~ Sss sS l. S1s md; BE-
by tho h,l,nan heart." ''The doctrine Of tic Trinity,
w formally stated cannot be expersencca. aan las
no. s rwep 10y 70 , aats eea g o o. rse er tue
nv friend ara % niSe @ yor niiv taphi IN I'm ara
Of ohritiaty, and aro staniji,a bsw,era to.lny tI
amid the statements of science and Gentas about
earh it's Of life, recall ihc truth that your
soul cannot taate my theory ct 1nasa origin-saot
experience tue origin OF man. "hAto'or tho origin MY
'",u ~ u.. 49,
>, LIB ataton!one M9h Hot hu cptser utctnm On
t the part oi itot. s"tnE ny any meaale. It Was
inc onnncanon or prlnclpio which poryadad hB
oaSnG IT, aau "un @ 6a.1 uoao1 10 s taeology.
10 lamalsH! olu nos say tnat aoctrno waa true
it would havo boon Rationalisnl. bit he ,s said %
aoot,ine " valuable in proportion % you on,r
gRrrot with tIloolory. and IL mirit hn fruo bnt
whnt INA WA II tn him whou st0' Il ,vaa p"s
pronounced to 10 rashness When Prot.
owing unaestooK 10 SCI up Ills subjective Hta1ld-
dard ny to tue he ysuo Of doctrine, he announced
1lunt,awcrnbIc. tThnt rrInrinfe rnini omt evory
sotav nct;no ~ Thrsst;o,t;. tnt oa uas
rn,s Goud Inv ~ yorfv tc ootrt"a 4Ss mas ~ 3
trinity, or preaestlnatlon, OF tho person Of
Christ, or Of the origin Of man, III their expert
opco2 Tho doctlino Of election could not
bo 40 verified What doctrine could Prof.
g1v;,,1 n,}1ht In nlonao1 ~ 7ir,it h,s r..
~ bo.,t;ts,., -. ~ e.sou tt H. ~ Hst
" eAeoptlouo ~ tuo uocHtnGs ~ tue !linity
ana u Tue origin Or man, Dut tile moment ho
mas,9 shas e.atomon1 ne opehco aoor Which ho
somndod ,a,, :. sS nnU ~ uGty " 1aist
rntn dpu, dpUm a,,'d ~ ia' moao aa
il, n!ttea, uo"n "1nla 70 Chllstlanits, alu out,
nnu aaper, sne IHan.nn nopo. Neref Was
moto ia;oaastn Ptoacnea from the
= !, ,aro H. n,ps sa ~ tn1 one ano!oa and
y y .r"s msse % nno Gns QUO ~ M !. dor I.'4ay
s,vm"a ,oiud mi ~ snn H., tls n uls ~ fsot
omt.E ailno, nmu siloM enas ue "as not aala
p'eae'o' 'or ftesnS,orsan t,,tS.r consrcga1ion
Min anocecot;ar uhx1nor,hSn, y, roraIG T. 5ovoo.u
lug slcclnsatlon III reea1a 10 aeqelopmcnt"
was next spoken Of. ......
In the sermons entitled. respectively "od Tesla:
Iab.hsd i" The ohsase lap and IN sesmons
Iaten ntinted in aTha for n1se nse1, n e o