The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1884-12-17
Shutting Up The Seminary.

COLUMBIA, December 11.-Thr "Evo-
lution' agitation has eliminated in an
which Is The subject of Il lively
discussion all over tho city to-nigh. AS
was stated in The News AND COURIER
tins morning. the board of directors of
the Presbyterian Theological Seminary
met last night to take action in rcpa,d
to the alleged hcrctica. teachings Of DIR.
James Woodrow, the chairman of the
faculty OF the Institution. DIR. Wood
rows "tlrnc" WAS the delivery Of II Ice
.nrr last spring in wlirh lac cAnva>srd
the subject of cv"lnti"n, anal EXPRESSED
he belief that the 'voi,!tion OF A,inm
from \ lnw"r animal WAS not invonsist-
cnt with Scr:ptural't"achin.S. Tl,. sui.
segment proceedings q: The fnur synod:
supporting tn" seminary 'r.vrb,.,.u wiic.
Unpublished and arc we'll inown. The
boI! o. directors. not long alter the an
nouucc1nrnt Of DR.. Wuuhruw's position
had pat Il him from blame hy
vote Of eight I" three. The South Cav
"liEa Synod expressed its confidence in
DR.. Woodrow, but resolved tfir, the
treating Of the Suhirc: Of evolution.
except IN n purely ~cNpositnry manner.
was wrong. Hr. Won.lrow had never
ssumcd ito teach it rs an cstablish.t
fact. The othc" three Synods resolved
to have evolution tahoocd and. it is STA
ted, so changed the competition of their
delegation of directors as to reconstruct
the board into 4 body prepared to carry
IL their wishes. The board At their
meeting last evening gave out nothing Of
their action for publication. TODAY the
result WAS announced. In order to make
i .fal statement | incorporate the ac-
counts Of DR.. N"o'lrow'S Opponents and
supporters into II Presumably harmu-
ninuS whole:
Twelve members out Of thirteen were.
present. nr. "ooaro"'s supporters cb-
j"c,cd to the "nro!mrn! as n director of
l)T. Adams. OF Augusta. on the ground
that the Georgia Synod had no right TO
remove \ director and appoint smother
in his place. The hoard seated DR.. ADJ
anna, and three directors entered 4 pro-
test aSains their action. Nv a vote of 3
to 1.-THE minority being all from the
Synod OF South Carolina, namely, the
il"n. James i%lcmphill, Judge T. Is. Fra
ser and the Rev. McSsrs. T.. II. Lnw and
W. j. M~ckay-thc board requested DR..
Woodrow's resignation from the Perkins
chair on the following grounds That
three OF the Goa" Synods had condemn
ed his views and teachings and had in
strHcted their directors to put a stop to
them, and that one Synod had cundcnn-
ca the teachings Of evolution with any
intent to incuicatc its truth. That DR.:
Woodrow was therefore DISQUALIFIED
from teaching az the representative of
these Synods and was incompctint to
discharge the duties in which he must
speak IN their name and by their
authority.
DR.. Woodrow being waited on by n
committee armed with this request. re-
piled in writing that he had no desire to
teach in the nalnc ofa unwilling church..
but that nc could not resign without
~acluicscing in the Justice Of the con-
demnation Of his views without 9. fair
trial. lie accordingly demanded a full
judicial trial before tho hoard in accord
ance with the requirements Of tho srm-
mary constitution.
~ paper was then introduced into the
his protOsSor+hip. PENDING action on
this the Doctor was cited to appear be-
fore the board and show cause why he
should not be removed according to the
desire OF the Synods. DR.. Woodrow
ucCii'itt W "PIeaI. 10 bOari thrn ny
the same vote . to 1 passed the paper
making the removal.
Immediately after this action Prof. w.
f.. BoggS, ID. d., and Prof. Charles r.
f%lemphiil, y. H., rendered their rcsiS-
nations to the board and they were
promptly accepted. This leaves DR..
Girardcan alone Of the faculty, and
practically stops the thirty-cight stu
dents at the seminary from studying
until the board meets again in January
to fill the vacant chairs.
DR.. Woodrow looked for this action,
and was not surprised. Thcye is a good
deal Of strong feeling among iaymcn in
regard to this action. DR.. Woodrow has
a large support in Columbia. From his
side Of the honSe co.ncs the suggestion
that the board can, in their own view,
select no person better suited by faith
and orthodoxy to be the Doctors sue
ccSsor in the Perkins chair Of science,
in connection with religion, than the
Rev. John Jasper, cnlored, Of Richmond.
Va. the heroic maintaincr OF Scriptural
eXactitude, and the author Of the popu-
lar dogma, DE sun do movo."-News
and Courier.
Now is the time to make fruit cake