, 1874-05-16
Good Presbyterian Authority: for Ills
Words About Penelope.
Or. Patton Thinks More Of the Con-
fesslon Of Faith than the
- r" Bible:
Swings Reasons for Eulogizing
MIR. Mill. :, :
DIR. Noyes Continues His Remarks.

Tho Chicago Presbytery mot at o'clock yes
terday afternoon, In tho .First: Presbyterian
Church, corner of Twenty-6rst street aud Indi-
ana ayonue, tho Rev. Arthur Mitchell In tho
chair. The room was crowded, ~ It, was nnder-
stood that Prof. Swing wa8 to mnke soue re-
marks. 70" -s.--~~'s! . i';F- -.
After fow momonts Of siont prayer, the
Moderator said tho trial would be resumed |,
w1orenpon Prof. Swing arose. and as he advance
I'd to tho platform, ho was greetod with applause,
which lnated several minutes. When 1t ceased,
ho addressed the presbytery ng followa: ,
-. PROF. SWING. ,
MIR. Moderator: It was tho derstandng
among my brethren Tint tho burden OF this mat
tor should not fall upon mo, both on nccount Of
my ill.hoa1th mud distaHto for I'll and up to this
morning I supposed should have nothing to
any. But my counsel having very poor hcalth
I have thought 1t best to assist him this after
hoon by speaking Tor the spaco Of perhaps m
hour, and touching upon some of the points
which perhaps could do moro easily than he
could himself. T know not what may be tho esiS
quetse oftho case, and hope the prosecutor will
consider 1t as no breach, OF etiquette,
I do not know tho exact dutios OF, the
prisoner ut the .har paughter], hut would state
that tho groundI will pass over will not be pasted
over by Brother Noyee and thus time will be
saved; at least not lost, by both Of us speaking.
Thought It would be my pleasure to fulfill the
words Of the old Latin poet, that it is delightful
"to sit upon the shore md look down upon the
sailors lRbortug and storm-toBsed In the aoa be-
neath." but tho il1ucsa OF my. counsel haa dis
turbed my repoae and hasl compelled me to 70
down into this battlefield, and 1hopo shall be
compelled to go only to the skirmish-line, for
-: THE SOUND or WAR ALWAYS RR1GHTENB ME
llanghter], and especially when war ia waged
only for con9uaat and for tha artar,sn" of a'av~
boldly into war it must bo . war for great pur-
ipose. AS a statesman once said,- he would not
want to toll d lie for anything leas than an
empire: so 1T. does not soom desirable
to 60 Into theological warfare, when the
prizo OF victory or tho pain Of defeat is exceod-:
ingly small. [Laughter.1. Xenophon saya Of
ClcaroLus that, notwithstanding his bright ar
ana bis regal I9ss, The be-
put hts own shoulder to tho wheo1 and go down
himself into the mud: The theological baggage
wagons on my side Of tho house arc blookaded
fenso, and, like tho old General, willingly de-
scend into the mud. (Laughtor.17
: WHY he EULoG1zED MILL.
I first ask attention to Stuart Mill. Wien he
died our statesmen had just been brealdng their
hearts over the pursuit Of Presidential honofs.
Mr. Greeley and Mr. Chase had both recently
died Of grief, in part from lost honors. In such
On hour honr, lthonshtlt poee Of good fortune That
found sufficient honor mud sufficient objoot bt
life In the greatness OF personal character; aud
hence Bald: S'''"t - ~,
and thero % IN III Ian ma in fo We mt NJ f to KoW What
tint thing called soul is do not know where Il the
pp1o men g 1aF ana we en- a. zee 20 en US
Office and gold disturbed BY storm q had passions
@ puF p"oc men reveal me eou n9t % ~ & ~ ,'
oar ~ uruat an are al aad tn ak dsspnointed md
half beesnss they tatl t. es I'll do1r 1
President, and then do III glory Or tn cloud acoosd
ing to the counting o. te soes, naa ReGone cr,e1
meb1aneo Of IT, I'd aFscy aud M ohass that their
T. e III oea 1Fasa ss 'ys into
All over land, 1t eeema 10 bo forgotten hat hu;
man soul may 10 sonsthing 70 wsn 20 otlce can aad
anyyth;ns AVN NnN .eo' no
saiio.So4: @ Has Z, 10 WY ''''''' e@' Ste'en's' Will
The ]joast Of bsra,dry. tho no1nn Of power
T.. And ii tllat raak and fortune ser gayc, s
Await alike the inevitable hour; =.
And latha ot 3 Flosy q @ iea:l bnt tot to tho grave.
& aya y N se t turn 10 man who
coa nave tonored Nofbmr asiino fnnfar ~ paars
could have added to soul Rroat bafoPe tiour years
and great afterwards. Mr. MIL would acarcely have
known when an earthly honor oamo to hs forehead.
when + departed. Like Marcus AnFslius, whose lau
Rosn Emppo H. Ma own forshead was noor Gt she M
itself .han It could have been rendered By Ill a po,t.
ical vreatha q l,ia ganoration. = - '1' r0'''
biton for the gfs o. ,n and TIC possession Of
fonnd character losye te for the soul to wieh for
Ravor VA nerceyo no tcs Of nonsr ao G " he tue
everywhere simple greatness Of spirit a. II that wars
tlo supreme destiny Of rational heissg
Of waiting for something oatsiae of ss . e
Ma be e pere
And thon this va. was tho y eof LII point That the
alofy q aacn mlaa a and oi auch philoa9pny
O. Mlil possesaea came , TO h,m IN ssfrough Chris
any: foe OF 1nr had r nos
ChIist1an, yo5 ohriHtahisY naa ,atwaya Deon all
aroma "a n ana dd ,piopa tso sn ~, M t every