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that the toas Of mans theology WAS tho intor-
probation that had boon Acknowledged By tho

~ IL 0AAAlHEHH =
I,at tlwlrtllod aud dwindlcd Until il was Ioo ,lo
longer visible. and, MI Mark Twain would
ss teH f oy p %ss 10 hunGg nn e.
horetics, ho could .pnt him ou track which
would lend to plenty OF game. [Laughter.l lie
knaw what Prof. SWINGS proaoliing VAS, and ho
knoT ',t whet rrot: M pattona prcacline was and
torian preaching, because It did him tho most
good. Prof. Patton fed him with dry hay thnt
had boon stored away In tho old Confession,
from 1o te sTn sa gsys roo h n eh & 19's y
hhy was cut yoars ago. [Laughtor.l
had tried to havo God ovorshadov and hide
every other thought, and, In mating up lila
n,ittod and tho pleadfngs Of tho accused. Ho
did not think Prot. Swing had departed from tho
dootriltoB In such WAY as to Impair tho ByHtom;
yot he had been cquiyooal in some OF hts stato-
ayowal Of the doctrines Of tho Church. Many
Of hls Objectionable expressions had, however,
boon explained, and shown not to contravone
tho Confession Of Faith. Ho should, therefore, !.
voto for his aoquitta1.
p1t. K1r1nEDnE
said in forming hia Judgment hc had studiouBly
avoided MI partisanBlip, aud refused to DO fnf.l
enced by foolings ovon Of personal friendship,
and had shut out everything but tho Testimony.
cd by somo ono behind to press flo
prosecution. Tho nccuaor beloved consclon-
iously that Prof. Swing. was in error,
and lad accordingly preferred the charges. 10,
however, DID NOT bellevo they had been sustain"
In olearor and moro unmstnkablo language; yet
he was bound BY every principle of honor an, and
t1sttoo to oonntr11o hia words tn an oTanRollcaI
sons9 H. could not but consider as 4sd.s 81 sreat:
the Fourth Church, as they had sat under hss
preaching for yenrB and heard bis Lectures, md
brought 70 tho Court their belief iu hla so1nd-
ness md his love for Christ. He could not but
around Calvary'a central oroHs, and proaohca
salvation thro1Rl, falth in that divine sacrifice.
atn. GLEN WOOD
thought tho great causc for tho dffforonco Of
vas TINT tho former loo]lod at tho divine side Of
human existence and divine salvation, while the
lRttet'a mind, heart, and work looked almost ex-
clusively to tue human side. lie believed Adam
md bis wife we're Just ~ pretty end M good s,t IN
Swing took tho standpoint of Jesus Christ, and
tho nassoB Of Chicago, dead in Hin,-tls totally
dopravod sinner, ,-rusled to hear him, and he
proached to them tho oruciled 8avior-tllo only
''dod bless Prof. swing!" [Applausa.]
regarded the trial d .; as gro growing out Of tic
idiosyncraaieB Of mon. Prof. Swing waB poot,
and Prot. ratton n thoologian.. The former
not express himself Ia such o way that .
aoarohar for something Objectionable could not
find fault. How could be vote that he did
not teach and proaoh tho divinity OF Christ,
had boon brought out Of a dark shoptioiam and
led to tho Savior by Prof. Swiug7 He believed
alao that ho aoceptod the Confession, and hence
should vote "not guilty" Of the charges.
said lie and hts foreign. associates had learned
from Prof. Swing g sermons md his sublime OK
ample that ho was D. faithful minister, and that
he had maintained tho truths Of the
Gospel. He had taken nway many Of
tho pro}udiees which existed lii tho minds Of the
Gern1ans and others against presbyterianism
lo had done n great missionary work, and his
was just such preaching aa WAS needed nova
days. Mnny would never have gone into
cchureh.. much less q Pfesbyterian church, but
pie we're now In the sunday-schoola learning the
cateohiam. [Applauae.] He believed il Calvin
over the Westminster and Augsburg Confessions
[laughter], and taking Prof. Swing in their
man in tho right place" tApplauae.l
Nil. ). E. OTIS
words had boon spoken which ought not to hnvo
boon sosno lad hecn retsactea, and otl.ers not.
HI os Srsrsn h wan', IN
o est and taEonted men, ''' and '0ea ealouiatod lated
to do much good In the community. Tl,e Church
all over tho country was watching the trtal with
great anxiety, and he hoped tho quarrel, II 1t
Presbytory. Some doubted Prot, SWING sound
moss. but he did not. bccanBe he know him (ap-
plauae] aud be hoped the doubts Of the others
had been removed by the evidence.
MR. wIsNER .-
aaid all the Prcsbyters we're liable to be brought
into court for using, ambiguous expressions, II
we're = es adhesod to. He could hot '''ses.s vote
SUCH q construction, fagoring moro liberty. He
ali the specifications. Many Germans had for
SAXON their view that Preabyterians were moroao
md fanatioal, and it was mainly by Prof. Swings
preaching that this was brought about. Jap
plauso.]
did not believe ut the start-oft that Prot SWING
ser,nons wore Honnd and his ylaws bad not been
changed, but strengthened, by tho evidence, aud
the fact that Prof. Swing had not distinctly
Church.
spoke Of Prof. Swings adherence to the doctrine
Of iufant baptism, which thu prosecutor said ho
"doridod" because he called 1t 20 beautiful
FORM" Any ohriatian man who could put pom
to paper, and make such an allegation, ought to
be ashamed Of himsclf. {ApplauBs}. An mt
rago was committed, not only upon the pastor
, Of the Fourth Church, but tho people, by saying
that he neglected ona OF the important Hacra-
ments Of the Church. It .was o calun,ny
which ought to 10 apo!ogizaa Tor. [Ap-
they know him: They had :.rallied around him,
snd a. would remain by hin, eyon Il the pFosbytery
them. [Appiause.]
Iii. FAY
ssaia It seemed to him. taking the admissions OF
Prof. Swing, and his explanations with regard
to mnny OF the points IN the specifications the
caso could 10 decided In but one way. He,
however, failed to state which way.
Nh. B1DDLE
did not think, even concediug that PROT Swing
had not taught certain doctrines, the. Court was
warranted IN finding him guilty Of a lack Of zoal
in maintaining the truths Of the Gospel. He
maintained that by . fair aud candid oonstruc,
tion, the ser1nonB taught tho Gospel Of God
as it was reyoaled through His Son, aud
that falao doctrines woro not taught IN them. a
conviction would preyont investigation into the
.''realms OF etornal truth" Ho could not sua--
tain tho chargos, beoauso BY 80 doing. he would
DO fostering that priestly bigotry which called
doubt a crime and threatened inquiry with its
wrath. -.
The 1srasbyfarv thon niinurnai mill half