The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-05-29

lima took the stand ana 49, -
tute for the report the folIoWrrs1a -.
luton:
"Resozued, by the General Assembly,
That the minutes Of the Synod of South
Carolina be approved -"
This presented the two sides OF the
Woodrow controversy.
The Rev. Mr.. Whaling said he intro
dnced the resolution mentioned in the
Charleston -Presbytery before 1t was
known that DR.. Woodrow ana friends
would consent to obey the decision of
the Baltimore Assembly. He was sur
prised that the matter should have been
brought into the Assembly at all, and re-
gretted that a purely secular and sclen-
tifc question should have ever gotten
into an ecclesiastical court. DR.. Wood
row, be said, had nothing to do with
the matter here. His particular case
had been fully disposed of by the judg-
ment of the Assembly, and DR.. Wood
row had submitted to that judgment.
That decision, however, Mr. Whaling
insisted, was not binding in any other
case whatever than DR.. Woodrow's, and
while entitled to some respect as the
opinion of the Assembly, could not be
taken as a precedent or judgment in
any ether case. --~-.-.-=.-.,.
After Mr.. Whaling had spoken naf.itt.
an hour, the time for adjournment ar
rived and the matter was suspended
until tomorrow, when a lively discus
sion is expected.
CHATTANOOGA, May 21.-The General
Assembly of the Southern Presbyteriars
began its fifth days session to-day. The
report of the committee on narratives,
indicating an excellent condition of
church affairs, was submitted. The
clause advising the discontinuance OF
afternoon sessions on Sunday was or
dered stricken out, after which the report
was adopted.
The Rev. Alonzo Peak, representative
of the Reformed Church in the United
States, delivered an address.
The chairman of the committee on
CO. cooperation read the following report:
To the General Assembly: Your COM
mittee, to which was referred the con-
sideration of the report of the commit
tee appointed by the last General As
sembIy to confer with similar COM
mittee of the General Assembly
of the North as to fraternal CO.
operation, would respectfully report
that they met as directed by the moder-
ator. and organized by electlng Rev.
J. ". Lupton, D. D., chairman and Rev.
H. T. Darnell secretary. The report
was taken up IN its various divisions,
and the discussion OF all points involved
therein was free and unrestrained.
After full consideration the committee
resolved to recommend to the Assembly
the adoption of the report as a whole.
The roll was called with the following
result: In favor of recommending the
adoption Is, opposed 7, absent ?, non
liquet 2.
A recess was then taken.
Charleston PreSbytery, after the meet
ing of the Baltimore Assembly, passed a
resolution declaring that the Assembly
had iudicially decided that the doctrine
OF evolution, as taught by Dr.. James
Woodrow, was contrary to the stand
ards of the church; and forbiddlng all
public contending against the decision
of the Assembly. The Synod Of South
Carolina declared this action unwlse,
irregular and unconstitutional. A com
mittee of the present General Assembly
recommended that the action of the
Synod be approved, so far as it declared
the action of the Charleston Presbytery
unwise, but disapproved in so far as it
declal ed that action irregular and un-
constitutional.
This report was called at 2 p. nj. for
discussion. An hours excited debate
as to limiting the speeches of members
was had. Motions, amendments, sub
stitutes, reconsiderations followed each
other in rapid succession. The Assem-
bly, closely resemoled political conven-
tion in its noisy session. Finally 1t was
agreed to allot one hour and half each
to the Rev. T. C. Whaling and DR.. J. L.
Girardeau, as representatives Of the
Synod and Presbytery respectfully, half
an hour to DR.. J. B. Adger of South
Carolina, and ten minutes each to other
members.
The Rev. Mr.. Whaling was the first
speaker on behalf of the action of the
Synod. He said:
"The Presbytery of Charleston was
The aggressor in this matter. The Balti-
more Assembly decided the Woodrow
case, deciding that evolution as taught
by him is contrary to the standards of