Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-10-08
THE NEW CREED.

Theological Battle in the Foreign
Missions Convention which Ends
Adversely to the Probation Doc
tr1ne.
Dies MONIES, Oct IA New York dele
gate to the Board of Foreign Missions, which
is in session here, says it is certain that new
theological battle will be opened and that
both sides are ready for the fray. A profound
sensation has been caused by the extensive
distribution of special edition of the Chi
cago Advance, the organ of the conserva-
tives, denouncing the Andoyer party as
traitors and urging that they be treated
such. It says the board should have peace
if it takes war to get it; that Jesus was
peacemaker, yet he took whip and struck
right and left, overturning the tables of the
money changers. The liberals express great
Indignation and comment in strong terms
upon the cliques and cabals of both parties.
They discuss the situation in secret and give
an outward show of harmony, but it is very
thin veneer which covers strong and bitter
feeling. The open struggle will come when
the homo committee presents it's report. It
is said the chairman placed on this commit
tee six conservatives and only one liberal
Dr. Vose of Providence.) It is reported
that DR.. vose will bring in a minority report
censuring the prudential committee for re-
fusing to send out Rev. Mr.. Hume and other
missionaries.
The third days session of the American
Board of Foreign Missions was devoted main
ly to discussion of what the old members
of the board are pleased to term the doctrine
of probation after death of the heather. The
discussion was opened by the introduction
of the report of the home department by
President Bartlett of Dartmouth, to which
were appended resolutions fully endorsing
the acts of the prudential committee, espe-
cially in the matter of discountenancing the
doctrine of future probation and the rejec-
ton of such as manifested a belief in the
dogma. The debate followed. President
Bartlett led off and was followed
by DR.. Vose of Providence, Prof. E. G.
Smythe of Andover college, Home Secretary
Alden, DR.. Lyman Abbott of the Christian
Union, DR.. Clark. secretary of the board, DR..
Hopkins, the venerable president, and
number of others. The resolution was finally
by two-thirds vote adopted. In the eve
ming Prof. Smythe was dropped from the
prudential committee by vote of 48 to %.
The oficers-elect are the old ones with the
exception that Rev. Messrs. Dickerson and
Atwood go on the prudential committee,
succeeding Revs. Smythe and Thwing.
THE ANARCHISTS MUST HANG.
Judge Gary Denies the Motion For a
New Trial and Spies Makes a Bitter
Harangue.
the motion for a new trial in the anarchist
case this morning. He held that the general
teaching of the speakers at the Haymarket
was to incite to violence and that the drift of
the evidence was that the man who threw the
bomb had been educated up to it. The Ian
guage of the statute, he said, is that if the
jury believes the man who threw the bomb
was acting under advice or teachings of the
defendants then the instructions were ali
right. But there was nothing that would
excuse or mitigate or extenuate the crime; it
was murder. Judge Gary asked the defend
ants if they had anything to say why SEN
tence should not be passed. August Spies
was the first to speak. He delivered bitter
and carefully prepared speech. He began by
saying he spoke as the representative of one
class to another. He disclaimed responsibility
for the bomb throwing and said the witness
Legner, who was with him on the night of
the explosion and whose testimony would
have exonerated him, was spirited away
Dy the oCaC0 anu VQe Q0GeCGlV0S. Inc nay
market meeting was a peaceable assem-
bly, and the seven men killed were
the victims of Bonfeld, who made the
attack. He boosted that he was an anar
chist and claimed that those who advocated
anarchy and socialism aimed to better the
condition of the workingmen. Revolutions
came by force of events and were irresisti-
BILE. The court might think that by pro-
nouncing sentence what now appeared to be
only a spark could be stamped out, but he
would find that the volcano would finally
burst forth and the verdict would only has
ten it, The tidal wave of social reform
could not be stopped by few police. Spies
was especially severe on Mr.. Grinnell aud
Captain Bonfeld. Speaking of the latter
he said with great sarcasm that the
artist Dore would have delighted in having
his face for model from which to paint
Dante's fiend of hell. The speech occupied
an hour and a half in it's delivery and was
listened to with the closest attention. 81
shall die proudly and defantly for the
cause of justice" was Spies closing sentence.
Sehwab, Neebe and Lingg followed in short
speeches, after which the court adjourned
until tomorrow. Parsons and F1elden are
to speak to morrow, and it is not expected
that sentence will be passed until late in the
afternoon