, 1874-05-12

y. Mcolarc, tflncanhl or tho Military Academy:
the lions. Judge Tomplsns md judge Shaftar
tho two lattcr boing now no more, and lnyIna
died trno independents" Tho nav 11hnrch ias
at this day, large and lcurislling, md ia blossoa
with communicates OF nnpo moanH md incom,
Raraoto t m tS way Of g9od %9ra Tho pnro
ny Tho religious prosa Of tho country, and tlla
secular Journals did not penetrate eastward In
suil'cent number to attract public attont1on
but, With ono or two exceptions, tho lattor sided
A uopy Of tho Ban Diego Unfo,, Of tho date al.
ludcd to haa tho following 10 sny elitorial1y, on
tito subject:
aome t'mo ago Tho roaconl md .1ov:,ossine ral.g-
fout world OF Oakland wns hroused III by thunder.
stroke, from qot. eofconscoe sloop by tho preaeh.
Ing Of tho 1sov. L. Hamilton. Ho told ills corgrega-
dogn,atto, sandt trte teaching from him, o. hon. s
pulpit: 1o l1d deter1nlned 10 breach them what ho
o gsove 30 % 81 e bud ss ssas
ADVANCED tho idca That, perhaps. after dcahho conli-
ton Of ha soul might change, tnor for tho better
Tor tho Bou might DO met: that literal burning hail
,ignt ,g no rsfchanca yiolent r'oco Of IMAGERY For
aud aensiyo noryos Of fcw Old fogcs. ho has beoi,
rlod and found guilty Of manifold herosics. He ia
longer 1t to associate with tho olect and must DO east
nevertheless, this oanll foarlcss aIened spenler Of
common SENSE md tho truth must bs ,npaletl On tho
whon his friends viii follow lin wiicre ho need iear
no atraGht-jaokot nor religious curses.
t would appear by extracts Cit from other
Ualifofnia papers that tho proceedings Of tho
rrcshytery were not conducted with tllat degree
Of di9niaed forboaranco which have Character
tied tho trial OF Prof. Swing In tllIa civ. md
the paper already quoted has tlis to say upon
the subject:
Tho Rey. +. Hamilton laid before tho presbylery a
communication In which he aeked that hs connection
with It might bc honorab1y dissolved. Ho Haw no
fsaaon tc change big opnons which had bcen co
fore srcd 10 dissolve bis connection with tho ecoie-
anstical body. Tho mtmbere Of tho rrcsbysery con-
aessions ana % s.saGs se1
was mao to show that lis raator of tho church. hsd
sound IN ho ah Ts snsnuston Stfa wna pcr1
promptly denied. Mr. Hamilton waa fartnct called
univSssast' term that ho repclicd and denied Tho
ne1hnefa Of THO prcsbytory seemed to hold that Mr.
Hamilton could not 1o pormittel to Withdraw at IN in
my my honorable 1nethod. Anything but brothoily.
bors. Quo Of them acknowledged that it madc him
nad to ho Obliged 70 travel twenty ilca In tho storm
after tho manner Of court Of law wero tho attor.
neys may nsht oyer various motions aud propositions
10 10 ineir hearts content. Mr. Hamilton ropcated-
seemed That tho preshytery drkod to lcar H. Ham.
,.ons vlows at all md oyttcod strong disposition to
deny lin really FUR hearing.
| ~, ihe foregoing If 1t will do nothing moro use-
ful vii! at lcast 60 to provo that religious
fancor is not quito 10 turbulent On tho Atlantic
as ou the Paoillo alopo. aud that however CHI
caeo olergymen mny diffor from each other in
points Of doctrine, or in Interpretation OF tho
scrlpsures, they aro not quito 80 disposed to on
net tho part of those gentle reformcrs who made
horosy word Of torror, slgnifying boo.g.
thumb-acrows. burning brands, nutl rod-hof
needles, during tho Hxtoeush century,
The st. LouiB Glo5e says:
Tho caso Of Prof. Swing in Chicago Justly cItcs ut
tcut1on III another attempt to nlzze tho intellectual
aud religious freGdon that rightly belongs to every
human lslng. Following go closely on tGo l,eo]s az
tue Brooklyn Council, It will draw al the moro nttcn-
ton as indicating reaction from tho beraixing len.
donciea Of the agc, marking the last struggle On
the part Of ccceBastca to aasort their right to Epyern
the conscences and dictate tho thinking 81 other peo-
PIC. II rrof. Swing wero mere scnBationaliat, tho
chso would scarccly be worth word. But Prof. Swf,
evidently belongs to such catalogue. 1re IT, in ha
rGputo OF aven Ills enenes sincere aud most earua
christian workr 1fo b0!onga to tho school OF theo.
o8'nns md preachers that In the better Of that
| word, can be called Broad Church. But more thnu
tfs, we believe questions TINT Prof. Swing hal
done most excellent work that he Inns reached, for
aud doubtord, tho outsiners they nra Called hayo
| gathered around him and become enthusiastic con.
| verts The question dues not eec1n to bb whether
teso men hive been converted to gomnthinR Bort Of
christianity, but whethor they taught something
| short Of d special confession Of fnltl,