, 1874-05-01
PROFESSOR SWING AS SEEN FROM
A DISTANCE.

SWING AND PATTON coNrnAsTED.
The opinion Of tho New York Independent on
Prof. Swing viii DO found In tho following ex-
t1acta from reviow Of his sermons, published
in the last Issue Of TINT paper:
For ourscvea, no mist say that good opinion Of
so l s1@a se M heo
true Christianity that they constitute most powerful
aefsnAs Of a that vital and nernauan in our relig-
alk tho streets Of cites and towua every Sunday
sud who Aayo either turned sadly away from our
msdo sacrod by memories Of afIec.on-woull find in
lhcso arguments Of Prof. Swing help III 1nany Of
Their enes more @ assurance % or thS @ geaity oi tngs
book Of Christian oTidonccs II tho sermonB Of tho
golumo before fair specmens OF the proachora
pf his labor In Chicago must be- not to mako unbaley
s1a, as Is charged, but to reclaim donbters., -,
# o M
monty supposed to bo essential to sound doctrine.
The regulation phrnses arc not here's The sertaons are
taro, @ FATHER than dogma hlr swing Is poet more
than log!cian; d aecr rather than caGalist. uo
takes hold q truths ns integers instead Of rnyorizuy
ways busy with thor larger and net their narrower
relations. There could Ecnrccy DO greater psycho-
Mr. Swing ind that Of Prof. Patton. Tl.e one is M
intnltionaIst tho other logican thcJ spproach all
s sy ] s Of ct gB
appear to SWING rubbish; yot Tho two arc aro per
suataoa, nearer together than they think. Tho
Rerons rchor in thought, more dcyout iu sentiment,
more admirable III statement, or fairor outward
fa@honng than this volume Of sermons by Mr.. sw,ng
It may be that the Presbyterian Church has fur
her uso for preacher lke tAia but the day which
registers tint doca!on will mark tAs dsolino Of the
Presbyterian Church. .-
CHICAGO THEOLOGY.
The St. Paul Press, in an article under the
caption Of "IIerosy iii Chicago" oxpreBaos iteoif
OH prof. SWINGS trial as follows:
Can anyhody tell us what Ia the mattor with CHI
eago7 What Is the explanation Of tbat mysterious
tendency to tho dissolution OF all social boudy which
Is exemrliaol III tug prevalence Of divorce in matr
anl of scEian1 IN tie churches, as Il oyoyyshg woro
falling to scca by virtue Of Inherent force If
diHlntegrut,on md mutual repulsion such Hobbies
attribntes 10 tho Units Of the Boeial aggregate
There seems 10 10 something tn tile atmosphere Of
Chicago or IN flo broad FREQ, caholio spirit Of the
young theological colts i kicking Up their hees and
eaping IN tie sheer friaktncsa Of their ytnlity ul<l
young tttonce Of restraint over tho fences Of orllo
Prof SWING pastor of tho Fourth Presbyterian Church
Of Chicago, In. been arraignsd by Prof. Patton, q
souug chap who holds chair III tho Northwestern
Theological Seminary In that city, before the CAicngo
PresGyesy for hercsy. Hin indictment ia fearful
cue cue. III nuls an embraces two charges and twenty
OF course Chicago Is profoundly agitatal with tho
n. ,s but J. Toul ba great mistake to
sally illustrative Of tho degcncracy Of tho tines and
81 the mmenua dstnnea which separate uas ktitul-
arsan peofs o! THU generation from tho ilorce u-
compromising nnd imrlarabo bisotriea Of tho dnya
orthodoxy Of quarter Of . century ago, that iho
public fcong Of Chicago, fur aB it Ia Represented
lerctlc. II Prof. Patton had coutlrea hs indjctnnt
10 sfe r, Ss5a a., Ct osn9l divergence from hs rot
ahly have been little interest In the controvurav It
When. liz nndertskca. to eoude1nn SWIM for tha
catholic and fratornal spirit Of toetatlo, wNic hc
displayed Inward other churches and towarl en,incnt
y ystous persons Of other erecds o. of no cree nil
Chcugo IL In nrms against this attempt to rcyyc ts
rorsocutiuE M,,clnrity Of tho old schno ~
theological dog,uatis.s, 1rof Patton spenks tl.e
voice Of another ago than this whtn rafcrrig to prnf
bw]nRa wckpt|nesH In delivering Lecture IN ail ii
tue Mary Price Collier Chapel.