The New York herald., 1879-03-11
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.
DR.. Talmage Charged with Deceit
and Falsehood.
TIE PRESBYTERY'S ACTION
Revelations ofan Important Pri-
Vate Conference.

The Brooklyn Presbytery held special meeting
yesterday afternoon in the Second Presbyterian
Church. corner of Clinton and Fulton streets There
was congregation that crowded every part of the
edihce. the ladies being largely in the majority.
During the proceedings there Were frequent out
bursts of applause. which would have been oftener
indulged in had not the Moderator and Dr.. raln,age
united in request Tor its discontinuance. The
Presbytery adopted the report OF the committee.
citing DR.. Tamage for trial specific charges.
The Rev j. NJ. Ludlow. d. D.. acted q moderator.
and the Rev. j. NJ. Greene stated clerk.
TIE REPORT
The report of the com nttee read by the Rev.
Arthur Crosby. and was substantially as follows:-
The som%,ss % n Their % rspsrt sr
them of the responsibility laid them. Their task,
they say has been b"t painful and eut but by careful
full nnd complete arcement: that the rcpor; the
gard to Dr., Ianage's pulpit methods ths com
s spss a sA, am % ea s
and Witness OF This, however they certain does
published sermons. from NM osr bubble
s.F'ss 1Hyls ir
% da he mot so boldly and !"
,he old S,s,rnss fsy%"l.,ta i. '.s
Committees Obliged to add however that some Of his
papers are out q harmony with those of Christ aud Ills
persons Of her minister's generally and Judged BY their
G sassr s"soss0ns 1f sAe sa
quote
ral%ase the i Of for God His M
s In the Of % % In
atars sTetsa @ which DO not 81 seem 1
aaSs been due H. $50 Or sSan$s Of Plan they do
some very serious mistakes we're made to Wit
tns-toing to places of vic resort rescue the
cited nuisSdss what @any q them are only TOO eager to
Seona-Attempting vice in the vicious and pre-
vent i in the vtuous by depictng its dark and ioas
10 pnmash such aunts before large audiences,
imper tho purity many with slight probabity OF say.
s % w m Me snrm hep ary n & ana rn nofa % ~
7hint-As faith comeh by hearing and hearing by the
description. of human wckedness in its nanifoid forms
of the Si"si Of OF o inc
ministers to the dead lcvs Of and is not right
S a S s e ls a Ss
the improper they have noed does tend to prng
rresby,sy sdep; ss pert ofthoir minute
has been the first tho sincere dcsire
s Of %s%Si Dr. I WEE they SAY to find that
Of such nature that they might bs able
her action in the case hut as their nycssation pro.
sesdcd they became eonvnced That specifying
o .Sap,sr sss,io I Book Of Discipline PHI
and no tho the
no e a M Or s s rs
us s T pr Il % s s ss u Inc 20 n n
laid his charge they believe that The teoush and
S lii .boo Il As r s w the
pisse viii be the yniication ths good mans Of tho
ministry viii eah.sssa on the other hand hs cs
guilty the purity of the Church demands that the fae.
that the ss Dew slaass So cited SSni isr ssis
upon the following charge and spesihcatons-
1 S tame with and dess 'na' charged 0'
S2eei,ioa i-l ,s sha; hs acted deeefly and made
Gt nis " @ rf% r Ss sdsE;hO & Of the ~ at
to 'Ss Win
Know be false eacaaisd gs false impression in
defence Of his action and referred to in the first
spaaa. Ain .ha. hs repeatedly made public doelara-
pspt that tho casreh e which he was pastor free
ence dollar question: although he knew such decisr
perr.on sIn that in the matter of ls7s7 ho falsely
accused a. Of dishonest practices and after
he sndeavcred % ob.sn false subscriptions toward she
for tho purpose Of inducing Others TO subscribe
IN ;ss s TO sSsf s matter s s S rissa s ss aaa
OF the organist OF the Tabernacle Presbyterian
;sz z7IS I. thai "a; ,h hS pss,sly declared sunday
arasned tor hc.erodoxy and used other expressions cal
@ % his s hs s he to ss M
be arragned II at ali the charge Of asehood thereby
deccivins .hc people. AEruuk CROSBY.
4 Mo,:LELL,SD
BRooxLvS, March IL, 1870 ii. McDOuGALL
THE WITNESSES.
The following are the Of the witnesses at
tachcd to the report:--J n. Halleck, L. Remington.
Henry Dickinson. L. w. Hawley. NJ II. Bright S
Lcverlch Robert Waugh L. y. Dodge. John p. Tai
mage. II. =. Dobbs Warren 8. snlcocks u. L. Cogs-
,l ,,r. nnl pcar Sch. .rl
Charles T. Nichols. j. w. Hathaway, II. j. Van Dyke.
Alexander Pearson, W. N. Person. Arthur Crosby,
Albert Latham Dan Talmagc J. n. Greene and S. d.
Morris.
very lengthy debate followed the reading Of the
report. mainly DEVOTED to the question of the legal
ity of the procedure of tho committee under the
law of the prcsby terian Church. This was partci-
pated in by DR.. Spear, who moved postponcrent
OF the acceptance of the report until friendly
ference had been had with the accused; hc also al
legged that OF the offences charged out
side the statutes OF limitations prescribed by the
Church. and could not that account be invcsti-
Crosby and others. Dr. Tamasc, after the debate
had continued about two hours. said that hc had
not spoken before because he did not wish to inter
fcrc with so much cloqueucc. He lad much to say.
but that not the point at which to say it, There
had been trouble at the Tabernacle for nine years
ana threats OF Presbyterian trial. One month ago
he had said before that Prcsbytery that he demanded
instant trial, but he was told then that he could
not DC heard. Ho desired to bc investigated, not for
the past year only but for forty-sevcn years-ap-
plaascfrom the time he had lived in this country.
lie desired that tho presbytcry investigate all the
facts and all the actions of his life. lie ready
then to be nvcstg gated ana had his witnesses ready
the floor OF the church and in the gallery. II the
presby did not try him he desired to give notice
that he would try the prcsbytcry at haif-past ten
O'Clock next Sunday morning in the Brooklyn Tab
ernacle. tArplause.)
On the motion OF Dr. Van Dyke the first part of
the report was laid over for the present and vote
taken on tho charges. Each charge was voted on
m tha fsut vhsx x.tax
NATIVE and 10 In tho negative. On the second 70 to
o. the third, - to 81 ON the fourth, - to 81 tho
n,tl ~ to 81 the sixth. ri to .; the seventh.
10 20 3. DR. Tamagc voted In the Affirmative each
TINA
The prcsbytery adjourned 60 meet in the samc
place at nine o'clock this morning to arrange the pre-
lnninaries OF the trial.
PRIVATE CONFERENCES wfrH pn. TALMAoE.
In the course OF the debate DIR. spear desired to
read from a copy OF stcnogrphic report OF a con