The New York herald., 1879-12-17
Second Day of the Appeal Before
the Long Island Synod
SCAYHEa ARRANGEMENT or DR.. TALHAGR.
Arguments in Favor of a Reversal of the
q, Presbyteps Acquittal

mon fame" of Of their brothers. The little
Presbyterian church was well 6lled early hour
and work was begun early. The peculiar features
OF the day the stern denunciation of Mr.. Tai
mage by the complainants and his arraignment
in addresses compared with which the most
violent of the trial before the Presbytery
paled into insignifcance. The HERALD was quoted
by number of speakers in support Of their argu-
ments. DR.. Talmage was not present during the
day, but wherever he was his must have tinged
with the bitter words that were spoken OF him.
The Rev. Arthur Crosby in opening for the COM
plainants took the platform and examined the evil
dence offered before the Brooklyn Presbytery In
the acquittal OF DR.. Talmage the Presbytery had
placed its official seal q code of morality that was
painfully ana shamefully low. By its action it had
indorsed both falsehood and deceit personned in
Mr.. Talmage. The tendencies of the times were
toward looseness. especially among young men, and
it was the auty OF the Church to reform these
ters and uphold the Of truth honor and moral
ity. The clergymen Of the Church should be above
reprVach In everything. The verdict had been de-
nouhced improper under the testimonyby the
New York papers.
Mr.. Crosby then referred to the affidavit of General
O. O. Howard. which he claimed had been introduced
improperly under tho rules Of the book of discipline
Taking the testimony in detail he pointed out what
he thought to bs the gross Inconsistencies Of DIR.
and morality been brought into contempt"
1t was for the synod to decide whether it was
proper for Christian Minister to "beat the devil
around the stump" and practise fssehood and deceit
simply to pay OIL the church debt. The reverend
speaker then took up the connection OF Mr. Talmage
with the Christian at Work and made sc:thng argu-
ment in favor OF sustaining the charges OF fraud and
deceit in that connecton Five false statements
He had deceived number of and had been
guilty OF dishonest aud dsceitful practices. The
synod then took recess for dinner, reassembng ut
two p. NJ.
AILEoxD DKcRpTroNs. -
After the recess Mr. Crosby resumed his srgu
ment. His summing up and presentation Of the
proofs Of the truth Of the charges against DR.. Tai
mage in their new light was powerful effort. He
said --"And now let me briefly summarize the main
points established by the evidence Under specifics
tion one we claim, Arst. that Mr.. Dickinson. Mr.:
with the .CAr,stsan at WorN. as well ~ all the
subscribers and intending subscribers to whom 1t
fall Of 1875 announcing Dr. Talmsge's continuance
editor, and that 1t was Dr. Talmage aud he alone,
| who accomplished this deception. q That Mr..
ceived when he left the Office the 9th Of October.
| with the assurance OF Dr. Talmage that the paper
all right. and that as DR.. Tslmaae had already
written the valedictory. which was to be afterward
secretly inserted he consciously and intentionally
deceived Mr. Bright. 8. That all the officers of the
Christian al Work were deceived by the secret nser-
ton Of that valedictory and by the instructions to
order that the edition Of the paper might be sent
of earlier than usual on Tuesday. before the
others should discover what 1t contained And here.
tional deceiver 4 That Mr.. Hallock was deceived
into buying the paper under the impression. Dr..
lowing Sunday. that he would 90 with it editor;
and certainly no one gave him that impression but
"Under specifications two We claim:-l. That
his whole congregation of sunday. The 18th OF Octo
the pulpit OF his for leaving the Czssian at
Work. 2. That the public generally were deceived
by the publication OF that explanation in all the lead
ing newspapers, and especially by ts publication,
under DR.. Talmages own editorial sanction. in the
Chicago Advance.
"Under specification 3 we ciaim:-1. That
the people who heard DR.. Talmase give the notice
that the in the Tabernacle assigned with
ceivcd by il and many Of them were induced
to Join the congregation and select pews and
when they found that they had been deceived
testimony said that DR.. Talmage told false
hoods when he announced that
FALSE ACCUsATIoNs"
"Under specification we claim:-1 That DR..
Van Dyke was deceived by DIR. Talmages false aocu-
carefully and made especial inquiries concerning
him at Princeton being doubtful and anxious lest
that institution. a That Mr. Hathaway w. de-
ceved into the belief that DIR. Van Dyke ,hsX SLAM
dered him and that DR.. Talmage had not spoken
"Under specification we claim, not that there
was any actual deception. but that there was,
DR.. Talmages part, an attempt to deceive and to
induce Others to join him in the proposed decep-
tiou-an attempt which only failed through the
greater honesty Of his nephew and Mr.. Hobbs. Had
| 1 The three others' whom he mentions in
| his 6rst telesram ns beinv ready To 40 the sama
IL John r. Tsimags and Mr. Hobbs wouid each sub.
| scribe $4,000 He would have deceived them into
makinc large subscriptions towerd the debt of the
church. under a fase i'm ressiou Of the facts o Hc
| would have deceyed the whole congregntion who
Is he said to the presbyterys committee Of invest
| fions
.sNow surely no amount of acute ingenuity no
sophistical aryurnent no amount of cbo logic car
explain away these facts There thew are and there
| thew will stand and Whatever your decisior NAV
! be- Won cannot vote them out of the minds of men
and in tho face of these facts you vote to
tain the verdict of the Presbytery OF BROOKLYN with
| out indorsing and sanctioning q moral philosophy
| which nm inteIligent PAGAN wonId acorn 10 adont
DIR. sHERwoop's ADDRESS.
| Mr.. Crosby sat Town amid the greatest silence,
| having talked for two hours and afteen mimi tes
| The Rev DIR. J. NJ. Sherwood followed in a most
| earnest aud at times Impressive address, which
| occupied one hour ana Ave minutes What
ever the Presbytera Church might do, no said the
| world at large would condone DIR. Talmage's
s'disgracefui conduct" The question in this case
,ue NJ moralitv and N orett inn