The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-09

has again cone before the Aberdeen Free
Presbytery Of Scotland, and threatens To-
Idccupyas much Of public attention asi Il
did last winter and spring. 1t will be re
membered that no grounds for q libel
were found against Professor Smith either
by the Presbytery or Synod, but that the
General Assembly disagreed with theirde
cision in respect to n charge Of the libel,
amended that charge and sehtit back TO
the Presbytery for anew trial, AS amend.
ed the charge reads rs follows:
"As also the publishing and promulga:
ting OF writings concerning the books OF
Scripture, which, by their ill.considered
and unguarded setting forth Of specula'
tons Of q critical kind, tend to awaken
doubt, especially in the case OF students,
| OF the divine truth inspiration and author.
ity Of any OF the books Of Scripture, and
on the doctrine Of angels and OF prophe-
cy, as the said truth, inspiration and au-
thoEity and doctrines Of angels and proph.
ecy are set forth in the Scriptures them.
selves and in the Confession OF Faith. y
Atameeting OF the PreSbytery on the 18th
of September this charge was taken up,
and four particulars considered. These
dcaIrespectively with the professors views
on the institution Of the Aaronic priest
hood, the authorship of Deuteronomy,
the subject OF inspiration, and his alleged
d~isparagement OF certain books Of Scrip
ture. They were made the subject OF ex-
tended and heated discussion, and we're
successfully declared irrelevant, the vote
on the first being % 10 IL; on the second
26 to 8; on the third, % to IA, aud on the
fourth y to l2 "A result which, so far asH
goes, vindicates the professor. His re-
marks preliminary to the discussion were
delivered with vigor, and seem to have
been well received. II is rumorcd, howev-
er, that the case will soon be brought to a
pacific conclusion by the appointment OF
Professor Smith 10 the chair OF mathemat-
les in the University OF Aberdeen, the
prosecution being allowed to drop.
E~piscopalian affairs in Milwaukee are in
a sad snarl all on account OF the curious
way in which the late Bishop Armitage ut
tempted to vary the 'see principle in the
diocese of Wisconsin. He started in 1867
with the full idea Of a union OF parishes in
managing the affairs Of the church in Mil
waukGe, which WAS to be the "sedes," the
residence OF the bishop. But he organi-
zed instead n voluntary society OF church
men and women, called the Milwaukee
church union, and made no attempt 10 for
mally unite the parishes; he grew jealous
OF parochial organizations, and constituted
a congregation Of All Saints, which he f.
ually established in q cathedral, becom-
ing its actul rector, and consuming in its
care the funds OF the diocese and his own
energies, SO that Il is said he virtually sac
rifced his life to It. Bishop Welles has in
herited the burden, and there is now in
progress mn effort to lift II by placing AL
Saints in the same position with other par
fishes, and By realizing a true see system,
which tits believed would be a great help
Is church and the cathedral system OF the
middle ages are two very different things.
The cathedral plan is on trial in more do
ceses than Wisconsin.
The remarkable article on Certain Dan.
gerous Tendencies in American Life
has caused SO great a demand for the oc-
tober Atlantic that q new edition has been
printed. The religious papers receive the
writer's severe criticism OF the church in
varied ways, and mostly deprecate it as un-
Just. The old New York ObSerrtr finds
comfort in his singing out the small por.
ton OF old fashioned believers in the "ev-
angelical' churches, as one of the most
wholesome forces OF our national life.'
'Let us thank God" the OhHerer exclaims,
that there is class OF Christians worthy
to be drawn in such splendid colors. This
corps is the last hope Of humanity. II the
conservative power OF the men who live
pure and good lives, who speak the truth,
and who can be trusted with anybody's
money is not efiicacious to preserve soci-
ETY.. 10 redeem 1t from present corruption
and restore it to the tone Of other and bet
ter DAYS, then the salt OF the world has
lost it's SAVIOR, and the church is a dung
hill"
The religious issue is splitting the Ma
sonic order. The action. OF the Grand Or
lent Of France in expunging fromthe nit
nal all recognition of the Deity, some
months ago, was followed, it will be re-
membered, by the severance of relations
with it by the Grand Lodges OF Ireland,
Scotland and England in succession, and
by several of the principal American bo-
doies, while the grand lodges OF Canada
and the United States are expected to join
in the protest. The Grand Orient are
now about issuing acall for n Convent
in Paris to revise the decision OF the (so-
called Anglo Saxon lodges, andit these
refuse to attend this secret meeting, or at
tend only to present their protest and dis
fellowship, the French Masons viii doubt.
less declare their independence, and issue
warrants for branch lodges with the ere
formed" ritual, in whose ceremonies there
will be no reference to q God. The reli-
gious bond,in the spirit OF Pope's "Uliver-
sal Prayer" is very strong in true Mason.
ry.
At Dean SANKEY'S visit to the Bible re-
vision committee in New York, DR.. Schafr,
after various divines had welcomed their
guest, said Eve have another denomina.
ton whose ~eloquence is often silence, and
perhaps we will not have a speech from
Prof.. Chase, the Quaker member" Prof.
| Chase instantly rose and said, "Dean Stan.
ley, l salute thee as a fritnd,"-Apropos OF
the Bible revision. the New Testament
company, have finished the first revision
of Revelation, and will proceed to the fin.
al revision of the Gospels in October. The
! Old Testament company have finished the
tirst revision of the books OF Samuel.