, 1891-06-14
HOW PRINCETON WON.
Dr.. Parkhurst Bitterly Attacks
the Presbyterian assembly.
Some of the Tricks ResOrted to
by Princeton College.
Mrs Gordon umming 0stra
cised by Her Family.


New YORK. June 2.-For bold accuse
ton. ~plainuess OF speech and fearlessness
of u~tterauce. the criticism which appears
in the New York Evangelist over the sig
nature OF the Rev. G. II. Parkhurst. and
directed against the Detroit assembly, ex
GELS, if anything, the famous sermon
preached by that clergyman we weeks
ago last Sunday. DIR. Parkhurst begins
with a review of the work of the rs.
sembly, giving what might be called the
brighter side" He then abruptly en-
tiers upon a bitter attack, in which he
handles the Princeton contingent without
gloves. He says:
IF 80 per cent of the members were
sheep waiting to be led, 10 per cent were
bellwethers waiting to lead them, and
Princeton was that bellwether. Princeton
is doctrinally jealous, even more is she
enthusiastically ambitious. Formerly
Princeton was dominated by the general
assembly. Union in 1880 helped her out
from under the domination and mistak
emily surrendered some of her own auton-
omy for Princeton's sake. But Princeton
has no genius Tor remembering those who
befriended her in her extremity. She
essays now to convert the assembly into
her chain OF state and Union into her
footstool. Union, by her action last Fri
dav, indicates that she does not care to
hold Princeton's feet,
The bad feature Of the Detroit assem-
bly, was its politics. Jersey politics are
.lbad, and Princeton is situated in jersey.
Princeton captured the moderatorship-
by what means we will mention presently.
DR. Green being in the chair it was, of
course, incumbent upon him to make up
the committee. We do not censure DR..
Green for having so much regard for Dr..
Patton as to want to make him chairman
of the committee on theological semina-
rles, but we are surprised that DR.. Patton 5
self-respect should have allowed him TO
accept the position when it was offered to
him. II the case had heen that Prince
ton had been under the suspicion OF
Union, and DR.. William Adams had been
moderator, | will vouch for it that he
would never have made Dr.. Hitchcock
chairman OF the committee on theological
seminaries, and | will vouch for it. that
had he done so, DR.. Hitchcock's delicate
sense of fitness would never have per.
mItted him to consider the proposition for
an instant. A delicate sense is a beauti-
tul thing, although somewhat in the way
sometimes, when ones only ambition is to
WIN. Not only that; not only was Prince
ton influence cut in control IN tie com
mittee, but the committee was packed
by men OF the same animus | am sim
ply saying what everybody knows. A
trial uuau RagArfaA 20 fhnU u.A.ll have
been booted out of court if attempted in
the arena of modern politics. The speaker
of the house of representatives would
never have dared to make up an lnvesti
eating committee on the principle that
DR.. Green made up the committee on
~seminarirs. The general adherence of
such partisanship would have buried such
a speaker too deep to be reached by the
final resurrection.
There were three OF the directors of the
Union seminary present at the assembly,
and we naturally, with the simplicity of
men that had never had a Jersey inltla
ton. supposed that the committee would
like to nave the light turned on, and that
they would be pleased to confer with us
before bringing in their verdict. Such
simplicity on our part may be piuable,
but it is hardly Censurable. Two out of
three even went so far as to volunteer
their services and To suggest to DIR. Pat
ton committee that we would be willing
and glad n come before them and state
any facts that they might wish to ques-
ton US upon. They met our overture so
far as to say that they should be glad to
hear ANYTHING that We would communi
cate. One of us IN particular was in
formed that such c tation would be made.
Nothing came oft. Not one of us was
sent for.
1t has Just trauspired that the true Jer-
sey principle of s]inuousness animated the
method by which DR.. Green was elected
moderator. DR.. Patton, representing the
Princeton interest. approached DR.. DickeY,
a director of the Union, with the request
| that he should nominate DR.. Green for
that position. DR.. Dickey assented, with
the understanding on his own part, and
he supposed on theirs, that if Union
helped Princeton, Princeton would re-
member the service further on and REIN
nurse Union by friendly dealing with
Union and Union interests. For Prince
ton to make a catspaw out of so fine a
specimen of a man as Or. Dickey, is an
act so far beneath the dignity, even Of
Jersey politics, as to require some word
outside of the polite vocabulary in order