The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-08-26
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the Synod in Sparta in October.
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Correspondence 'lda'r e augusta Cnron'ete.
The columns of the Chronicle have
given in full the accounts. of the great
Trial of Or. James. Woodrow. FMS ls
the. frat formal .arraignment OF the Doc,
tor in 9 court OF the church authorized
to try his case, although his peculiay
teachings have been reviewed and crit /,
.cised in every assemblage OF this demon.
iination. He has been cleared OF the
charge Of heresy, and escapes even the
admonitl0n which was the mlldest form
of punishment. he could have, received, /,
and which, / believe, would have been
the penalty selected by the prosecution.
The case, will be taken. on complaint,
before the Georgia Synod, which meets
at Sparta in: November, and as this body
has been against Pr. Woodrow, the YER
dict of the lower court may be annul!ed.
But annulling q verdict OF not guilty
does not establish q verdict OF guilty,
and g new trial before the Pres0ytery
could have but one termination So
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tical character. Three OF the four Syn.
DDS controlling the Theological Seminary
In Columbia may and probably will vote
to turn Dr.. Woodrow out Of the faculty
il accordance with the recommendation
Of the General Assembly. That Of
course will sever his connection with this
institution. DR.. Woodrow's point was
that he could not afford to resign under
FIRE, and thatas he has been cleared OF
teaching error by the court having juris.
sdiction, he will remain until he, is re.
moved By the formal order of the Synod.
AS DR.. Woodrow has two large publi-
cations in Columbia, and as he occupies
|. the chair of Natural Science in the South
Carolina College, he will remain in Co.
lumbia, at all events.
4 The features of the trial were full of
interest. The two persons pitted against
each other were prominent men. DR..
Adams, of Augusta, conducted the pros.
ecution in spirit of candor, courage
and high ability. His argument was
said by DR.. Girardeau to have been the
most mastery presentation of that side
of the question that has yet been made.
ri saw no evidence of malice or intoler-
.ance. ;ltswas che clean work of q man
Swho did his duty In the most direct way,
and did Il we'll. It was not an enyiable
position.-that OF prosecutor. It was q
contest With DR.. Woodrow in his own
field, among his old friends, No man
knows better than DR.. W. oodrow what he
does believe. and 10 man narshals his
proofs 90 completely. Itis hard to fasten
error or TO impute heresy here. b.
DR.. Woodrow says be believes tho
body Iof man was formed by successive
{ steps. through succeeding stages of lower
animal life. &
Is The directors say he does not give full
credit to- God. ss53,.-.:,
s., DR.: w oodrow says he recognizes God
inithe whole development from beginning
TO end i,55 .sa3t as: 8:
~ The .obiecto,rs, nav God created man
ont of dust.
Dr.. Woodrow insists that the exact
process of,creation is not told in the
standards Of the church or in the Bible /;
that science Is not forbidden to try to
work out tbe problem, and that the
3illl6efal 10. barriers.
had its effect upon the case. Members
. OF. the. .fres6ytery NAG oeen associatea
with Dr.SsW oodrows ior &tnlrty years.
.,ihey refused 70 oeiieve MN dangerous
man 70 the cngrc9. Ut9els OF tne
younger ministry had STUDIED under MIN