, 1874-05-05

q shis drea1fn psko bf history wrilc .toi, haains
tho oa'sntatIe branches Of Tho rrotoatan Church.
| cAuhEH ar I'M 1uELtTY.
Net to THO injury tho Presbyterian, Church has ss-
sSnea from lta crrora a. aoyo 1nentlnned It as bo-
trine q loi. Evon 10 lie ay Of Edwards, n, sinee,
tS r!ctnros Of pordi IN havo been hnc1, at first,
ntterwarl 10 destroy tle idea Of ODD. Look whore
men nght # waa rcrdltlon to sll hut s nect. and ID
f1 e. sais ,essss ssss 4 % y Il. es sssts e Ill., ss S t
to raok a,,d tho boiling oil were resort Of poFsn!
ntss ior 4 God sa 10 goryng in o torment of lcr.
sori1e,cd tllc1n slightly tlis aldo tho tomb w
ss n ot dsE1iso Tho f rs,hrS that hs dark
When tho Church was narrow III its love- broad only In
s ,o Rmnsten Inn nf nnt permit NO tS 3oo from
'' rds st s'sn ss s fS Seen 'a sesa sshs M y
the American Tract socioty-T -Thcodors oLrst-
Try us s 'ne va %sy tho aes fsss @,sS
tor tho preyalonco of ratioeIs. waa IT not to pei
rsetion Of evangelical faith into dry for,ns Of dead
"ss ast sysse nss as. IT,
II sash t&s, wl,sa I sol olshodo:y sss ai
most ovcrywh substituted for living faith. when
slayish Edhorenco to tho Ohurehia asfdards wus put
anl fresh bonilago the letter wy introduced 10.
Sano can simple necessity Tor energetic ,aln.a ke Lcas
como to 81" op' % re r h5es
tending for singo morality in eppostion to theoroo
eecsy >, IT. L., DO sHsss t tho n
snesn! vhie en hesua "p3sa e si1 a1e oe
tho nineteenth tho chief authorities In prlps aud
institutions Of learning rromotosn Of ratonalig.
ourselves to tbant vi aro now roapg What we : our.
aevca have sown"
Such aro tug words ot, profound thintcr whip, to
Church arose tho intellectual rovolt ot tho present
tmoa hna 70 caf only check tho progress Of tho OWL
e libofal ereaa which tic oharaes ID ills easo 80 IT.
wholly subject to The sewers tcnes @ % of o araas.
REASONABLE oRri!onoxr.
soasa ss III @ sT sua1 a Sssc ea q e
mud man, MOI ono Of you my brethren, has prcaehed
lfc. Nothing could induce you to preach It, and yctit
y written .own In your creed In drondfl painneaa:
n S en ds ss no
life sna 10 e,h f q loSe and forgiveness Ara
prcsbyteriari Church.
IL ~ net tsngtsnsa Of theoeg!ssl
81 sssss :ssSss ~ S ssps,r, Ssa 10 .n
n ohrtstians Will tnee. on tho platform
ofs common faith Il one olarst md Savior au
cast OF many Of the forms which pprplox thc.h
nIs ARTICLES Or ngL1kr.
y IL sGN No% ssoo S
you, articles Of belief upon which I am willing 10
the Sinful world using my words III tho evangelical
eonso: Tho inaptrntion Of The Holy Scriptures, the
1nndstor Wien arasped BY Il obaden fh CONVEX sa e
dual separation Of tha righteous and wicked. -
1hase now read hcfore you I'M outline of my public
meshod and q my ohr!stan, creed: 1t Ia for
oofhodea Seef snoisht eeFe IL rea,n me in
your brotherhood. Having contested ayeryhero Tint
5 r sf i0s M dSss NIL ss ss
tions mn perfectly willing 70 cross boundary which
have often shown to bo marrow; but going from you,
thfeugn indrea1n,ea u eaaaResin tho future. ~ t ~
hold my conviction that e las acted from, sense Of
duty therefore, 10 him aud to you all, brethren,
tenl ard In h0rs that H. wisdom religious
" ~ ' w." D4S1iD svfso.
1tE atusr PROCEED.
:. Prof. Patton-Tho proper course for the
oution, unless thore be aome reason tor arrest
Ing tho proceedings ut this point. Gun only
gay that could wish that snch at arrest Of pro-
cecdfngs might bc proper In view Of tho candid
not feel, though I have listened very carefully
justified in doing anything else than prooectl-
ing to the prosecution OF tho case, aud now Mr.
Moderator, I desire to hand to tho Oerk
AN AFFIDAVIT
Of my own which he will be kind enough to READ
to tho body, the reading OF which will determine
the course tho PreHbytery will pursue.
Tho Moderator supposed, II tllero WAS to be
rigid insisting upon tho terms Of the book, tho
examination OF witnesses should bo proceeded
with.
PROT. Patton-That is not correct.
The Moderator was not intonaing to raiao any
objection to tho affidavit. BY common consent
it could be read.
The Clerk then read:as follows:
~ tls matter ot the complaint of tho Rov:. Fran-
cls L. Patton against tho 1ey. David Swing before tho
snyr upon his information aud belief, tint lsobort
Laird Collier who is named witness III support OF
his horle, short time before tho meeting Of thla
pre.bytery, for tour in Europe, expecting to DO abb
mony canaot bo obta;ned 1t tha present. G tn,e 80
1lo frther says that he .nd knowledge or infor-
son n.t e ls H. ps,ss sse5 as
to p Hes'slg ; Of p0sS to pesat afat
tho 1s'is ill., iS''rMs It. p'iiRSs5as issses
Of Kentucky, that Dr.. Robert coyer Of Unity Church,
s e aG Sna M dSeF II
hs lad received lotsr rom tho Ruv. David td swing ling
with declaration substantially the as ucntio,i-
lnadc Of Dr. Robert CollJer wlo sai as deronent 10
inormrd that no had mover received my such state
men and had never been In Cynana; but about tho
assne smo be obtained ths information ha auo heard
that Dr. robert Laird Collier had lecturcd during tho
1ao winter ut Cyntana aod for tho purpose Of asccr-
taning the truth Of the report the eouent addressed
letter to htf Hpbson, aud ahacd him to make writ
ten abatement Of tue facts verified by oat and IN
swer TO ech request he received an a!daYs which, Is
And this deponcut further aaya that 10 is Informed
md believes TINT Dr. Collier before his departure from
chlcago poxel UP a papers and loft thorn p store in
so'ne pince unknown TO the doponen and that ttoro
IL perAon who hus TIM right to permit au ezanna-
ton q the papers without tho consent Of Dr.. Collier,
md there haB not been sufficient tinle 10 obtaiu auch
permission. And the leponent submits these facts
to TIC resoytsry 3oS the purpose ot showing that tie
fult Of thu deponent TINT ho evidence cannot nov be
Produced and the grounds upon which tho rat spec
cstion under tho second cargo resta Mud to enuble
tho presbstery to deterac the proper action to be
taken. tSgned} FHANOls L. PATTON.
Subscribed and aworn before mo this 4th day Of |
May, 4. y. 1874.
tsigncd) FnANE e. OLIVER, Notary Public.
1H Ut IN onDEn3
Tho Clerk began reading tho affidavit attached,