, 1874-05-13

Nepoutanoo! y eaVln& grace! now henft pax"
doh!' wore household words in evangelical FAM
liles, and tho people wlo listened to such e4-
rreaaohB Iovef raised tho question aH to whether
th9y wore uscd Iii an evangelical or unovapgol.-
ieal sonso not knowing TINT tho Unitarars used
for not raising tho inquiry. DNt; w1ion aeois-
toned: to differences, and having rohBon to hot
convorsant to Home oxteut with Unitafian'thuol-
ogy. aud bolnc lod by tho Btatemonts. Of Prof.
sw,ns s IN on other aubcots to tho presumption tint
:, =. .us1rAn1Ax ;Tnxo1oey. ...
they would bo apt to givo those statements lttlo
vai1le until thoy were thoroughly sorutintzod.
iy Lihey might be orthodox or hotorodox; no ono
But 10 enss yourself into tho Laws Of fath, and
yGrson. snd roncntance and 1nve and life, and OF tho
nlynS Lori and uo there 10 1, carried hy now
hoart hore-cal1ed Heaven horcaftor.
What did he [sHingl moahp He challenged
any minister or Elder In tho ootrt to tell him
what tint meant.
Our tears might we'll nfnele with thoso Of the e.iea
Ain. .We saaf sisr air" I'LL ohilst 1as faialied
@s ssat
will givc you rest.n
:, II the detonHo quoted anything in reference to
tho sacrihein character Of Ohrlst's deathte tint
would be 1t. It waa the only statement ho could
find that looked like dec,ded statement.
Salvation q man. therefore, tnnss DO mans trans
trn ~ H.. tsani snfa 70 hosy nasnsH:
urolIm!nnrv NJ TX eannut ~ ,nn!ss ~
b. tic cbef salgaticn '"' oan"o'' !" l1oias
Il there was anything prominent In evangel-
thion wan * ""' '""' wv Aa' 'A''Ns Al
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BY the proolous blood OF Jesus Christ II Prof,
Swing admltIod that doctrine, ho slurred 1t over
and passed 1t by Aa OF minor 1mpostanoo.t
In ne anancia, degartnent Of life debtor can DO
GHTDu by having blk dhH naf14 NCntGnn3ntH
n y r., saa1 po ~ y" u m hnvng
IL not simply dtsehargs from dcbt or IN escape
from aponalty bit change il tho spirit, transition
from vice to virtue.
+ sfNAND HOLINESS
All through Prof swing's preaching the an
tithosls was sin and hoiiness: "You arc bud,
and, therefore, made to auiYcr., Bo good and
yon will bo happy" Not, ono word hbont'
oxpiation for broken law and pardon through
aoM tIa Of apo
ssatefnents, Prof. Patton read from D
Unitarian book entitlod Orthodoxy;
Its Truths and. Erors''. BY James Freeman
sa nsat q. a s Is 9sfa S fa hss Eft H. sgn snanss sss r.
Unitarian senBot and that the quotations from
Mr. olarko's work sustained that view.
WAS THE rREsnYrEHY WILLING
full IN maintaining tho truths Of tho aoHpol WHO,
it was proved. during tho oourso Of Lis public
ministrattonB, OF at1oaHt In the sermons published
over his namo, had nevor sald ao1ltary sylablo
that he believed md set storo by, and was. will
ing to stake h!s lifo upon tho cardinal doctrine
Of salvation through tho propitiation Of JeauA
Chrst2' Flo was willing to believe that tho
prosbytory had snflolent regard for those
cardinal doctrines to pass no such vote as would
acqutt Prot. Swing Of taoso grave charges. If
there WAS anything true in tile Presbyterian sys-
tom il was tint Tic deity Of Christ diyidod tho
the equator divided t4o Garth, And wore tho
prasbYters going to say that q man was faithful
who would
ALLOW HIMSELF 70 De CLAIMED,
hv rnan whn narriad m t,,or hnnnora nm i'm
neach,nent of tbs royalty Of Iaans tjhr;st ami IN
hn cInin1aii witInut diai;nrtion nd thav rom.
sidoz q man faithful to bis ordination yows. who
atood all tho timo in tho nosltion Of :, '-'
a1w,vs q, orosainr thn 1ine ani naynr bajnr IN a
nnsit;on wbarS0 IL onnlI he aaid 10 wss ~, ana
aido or ths othor. Tlsy knew lint fact. aut; Il
waa unnecassnry for him Ia nrnva it. II unnlI
,ndertnhe tn nrovo to than pros % sainr's
. thSolosical uosllion. uordlv a daily nar1er
but affir1ne1 in. i,ia 6ahn,f, ihat ho
had .cast auav the oii dnot,,ncs
upon which tley pinnod their faith, nni1 sshinI,
thoy regarded a. vital, Not q meinber Of tha
presbytery but bad been troubled by his
. poupTTurj uyrEnANoEs AND YaG11E ronNa
OF oxprosaiona: As long ago aa 1867, a frieul Of
Prof. Swing vrote of lin, q His dubious atato-
rneuts cause US eroat troublo, and wo do not
know but lie will force the Pyosbytery to bring
him TO account And Dr. Patterson, O man
who had stood III the community as ropresanta-
tive Of ProBbyterianisn, and whose opinion was
valuable. said in newspaper article over his
Nor do .npsar a. an apolo.Egt for p,of, svipo,s
peculiar syis & preaching So far "a he avoids eiear
and uneqnlvocal Of tho central doetrnea OF
Evangelical Christianity, Ills preaching soomu to mo
soriouay defective. =.
LET HIM srEAK ouT -,
In the taco Of that Testimony, of tho letter writ
ton by Mr.. Trowbriage. and tho evidence OF D1r.
Young, who testified TINT Prof. Swing admitted
to him TINT be was claimed BY tho unitariaus,
and tha further fact that hIr. Swing admitted on
tho floor OF tho Presbytery that he was claimed
by them and TINT Mr.. Thompson went to him
and advised him to bo moro oxplioIt, and roraoo-
strated with hin, in respect to the doubtful doc
triuo. Ho patton) asked It it was right for him
{Bwingl to be silent and remain In doubtful no
sitton Was 1t not his duty to avow himself
to state his ,yiews on ,thoso, questions7 He
(PattOu1 had lietene1 to his p1en, anxious that
ot,,uLJ ,vo,t3 un1In,,o