The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-13

AhS SlCNt hlllSA1NA l'"'i'N 'aANN"NSS"hNl
Rev. De Witt Talmage, is being pushed
into a pretty hot corner by his dcnolnina.
tional brethren, clerical and lay. The
Brooklyn Presbytery met on Tuesday
for the purpose Of investigating the seri-
Gus charges that have been preferred
against him. He stands charged (say the
committed "by common fame, with false
hood and deceit" and the specifications
against him are as follows:
Specification LIN that he acted de.
ceiifully, aud made statements which he
knew to be false, in the matter Of his with
drawal from the editOrship Of the Christian
al Work, in the month OF October, 1876.
Specification lin that, at various
times, he published, or allowed to be pub.
liShed by those directly associated with
him, without contradiCting them, state
nGnts which he knew to be false, or cal.
culated to give false impression, in de-
tense Of his action and statements referred
to in the first specification.
Specification lII.-In that he repeatedly
made public declarations, in various and
emphatic forms Of speech, from his pulpit,
that the church OF which he was Pastor
wasa free church and that the sittings were
assigned without reference to the dollar
question, although lie knew such declara.
tons to be false.
Specification lN.-In that, in the winter
OF 1867, he falsely accused j. W. Hatha.
way OF dishonest practices, and Rfterward
denied that he had done SO.
SnnpiHRuiinn " Il, that IN Nha -,
part OF the year 1873, he endeavOredto oh
ment of the debt OF the church, TO be de.
ceitfully used for the purpose Of inducing
others to subscribe.
Specification Win that, in the year
1873, he acted and spoke deceitfully in ref
erence to the matter Of the Encouragement
OF the organist Of the Tabernacle Presby-
terrain Church.
Specification NGT.-In that he publicly
declared, on Sunday, February 2, 1875,
that all the newspapers said he was to be
arRigned for heterodoxy, and used other
expressions calculated 10 give the impress
sion that he expected to be arraigned on
that charge, although he knew that he
would be Rrraigned, Il at all, on the charge
Of falsehood, thereby deceiving the peO-
pie.
In addition to these charges, he is
charged, in the opinion OF the committee,
by common fame, with the following
grievOus mistakes:
First Going to places OF evil resort, not
to rescue the fallen, but rather for the pur.
pose OF unwilling before excited multi
tudes what many OF them are only too
eager TO see.
Secend-Attempting to cure vice in the
vicious and prevent Il in the virtuous by
depicting it as seen in its dark and loati.
some haunts. To unmaSk such haunts
before large audiences, oven though To-
calities and names are carefully withheld,
Is to imperil the purity OF many with
slight probability OF saving few. Men
learn their sinfulness and ruin more in
the light Of lmmanuel's glory than in the
darkness OF the pit.
Third-As "fHith cometh by hearing,
and hearing BY the word OF God, ;" series
OF sermons made up chiefly OF vivid de-
scriptions Of human wickedness, in its
manifold forms, is not promotive either OF
the salvation OF the lost or OF the editica-
ton OF the body Of Christ.
Talmage seems to put on as bold front,
in answer to these charges, as ever Beech
or did. In the course Of discussion that
arose in the Presbytery, he is reported rs
making the following remarks:
"All the facts concerning my lie -be.
tween God and my own soul there are ten
thousand sins and imperfections-but be.
tween myself and my church and between
myself and my brethren | challenge in.
Vestigation. / waive the ten DAYS
which have right to demand to prepare
Tor trial. am ready now, with the docu-
inents in my pocket, and with witnesses
here to prove that atrOcious crimes have
been committed against me as n minister
OF the Lord Jesus Christ. II the Presby.
tory does not try INC, at half.past 10
O'Clock next Sunday morning in
the Brooklyn Tabernacle will trv
the PresbytGry. Sensation and applause. /
am ready for trial. | hope 1t will begin
now drawing out his watch, at % min.
ntes TO s o'clock. | have no fear, MIR
Moderator. l have been trying 10 serve
the Lord Jesus Christ here in BROOKLYN,
and to bring mon to God. r never mid n
straw In the way OF any brother on this
floor. During nine years have had on.
portunities TO say pleasant things about
almost all OF them. have found many
obstacles thrown in my way, but not 6y
any people except by members Of the
Brooklyn Presbytery."