The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-10-24
EVOLUTION IN THE CHURCH.
A Concise Statement of the Action OF
Synod on a Troublesome Question.

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A Concise Statement Of the Action of
Synod on a Troublesome Question.
(From the Greenvile News, October l7)
The Rev. J. NJ. Rose, pastor of the
Washington Street Presbyterian church,
of this city, who was the defeated can
didate of the anti Woodrow party of the
South Carolina Synod, returned here
yesterday from attending the meeting of
Synod at Greenwood. While stout
upholder of his side of the controversy,
Mr.. Rose is not partisan and takes q
thoroughly good-humored view of the
matter.
He says the majority of the Woodrow
men steadily increased from II, which it
was on the first test vote in the electio /,
of Moderator, to 25 which it had reached
yesterday afternoon on the departure OF
the up train, the increase being caused
chiefly by new arrivals.
During night before Last and yesterday
morning there was earnest debate on
resolution disapproving the action of the
faculty of the Theological Seminary in
forbiddiDg its students to attend DR..
Woodrow's lectures at the State Univer-
sity. The resolution was supported by
Doctors Finn, Adger and Crosby and n.
J. Holmes and opposed by Doctols
Girardeau, Mack, Blackburn and Thomp-
son and d. S. Henderson, of Aiken, rep
resenting the trustees. The speeches
we're earnest and powerful. The resolu-
ton of disapproval was adopted by
decisive majority-scoring another point
for DR.. Woodrow.
The Synod, after another earnest de-
bate, refused to accept the new professors
elected, postponing that matter a year.
Yesterday afternoon the Synod was
considering paper offered by Dr. Crosby
instructing the stated clerk to inform the
Synods of Georgia, Alabama and Florida
that the Synod of South Carolina will
resist by all lawful means any effort to
remove the Theological Seminary or any
part Of it from Columbia.
It is the judgment of many Presbyte-
rians that the action OF the South Carolina
Synod will cause a movement by the
Georgia, Alabama and Florida Synods
to dissolve the copartnersh1p by which
the Seminary is maintained and with
draw their support from it.
(From the Columbia Daily Record, Oct. ~
The session of the South Carolina Synod
of the Presbyterian Church concluded at
Greenwood Tuesday night. The next
session of the Synod will be held at Spar
tanburg on the Friday before the fourth
Sunday in October The Columbia dele
gates returned yesterday evening.
The outcome of the session was CON-
plete victory for the Woodrow men, the
lntis being defeated in every instance by
majority of from 20 to Gu. The leaders
admit that Greenwood was their Waterloo.
A prominent leader of the ants said yes
terLay: Yes, we were whipped. 1 sup
pose turn about is fair play.
In regard to the resolution passed by
Charleston Presbytery forbidding public
contending against the decision of the Gen
eral Assembly in DR.. Woodrow's case, the
trainers and advocates thereof said that the
others had mistaken their meaning 1t is
understood, however, that DR.. Woods re-
fused TO accept their construction Of the
meaning of the resolution, given at Green
wood, and denounced their motive severe
ly, charging them with having persecution
at the bottom Of it.
Two of the members of the Board of
Directors of the Columbia Theological
Seminary are now "out and out" Wood
row men.
At first it was believed that Charleston
Presbytery would appeal to the General
Assembly to reverse the decision OF the
Synod annulling its resolution passed at
Aiken. Accordingly the Synod appointed
DR.. Woods and the Rev. T. S. Whaling
to defend their action. But Charleston
Presbytery decided not to appeal or COM
plain, but to let the question 60 before the
General Assembly in the records of the
Synod. This, by the law of the church,
precludes the Synod having representatives
to defend the records. The ants have
here an advantage, and have appointed the
Rev. Drs. J. L. Girardeau and j. B. Mack
to defend them before the General Assem-
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