New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-28
PRESBYTERIANS TO CONFER
UNION SEMINARY AND THE ASSEMBLY.
THE DIRECTORS TO RECEIVE THE COMMITTEE

THE DIRECTORS TO RECEIVE THE COMMITTEE
APPoINrED AT DETROIT LAST MAY.
When the General Assembly dlsapproved the TRANSFER
Of Professor Charles A. HTigSs' VI ''o an.
Theological Seminary from the Hebrew chair 10 'ne
new one founded by Charles Buter for the study OF
Biblical Theology the following resolution was adop.eu
Resolved That committee consisting OF eis IN
ministers and seven ruling elders be appotn'ehS i-non
Assembly to confer with the directors VI IN. .o % tbe
Theological seminary in regard 70 the RELATION VI ."t
said seminary 20 the General Assembly, anu " iNP''
TO the next General Assembly.
The committee called for in this resolution was ap-
pointed by the Moderator. Dr. W. H. Green. OF Prince
ton Theological Seminary, and a conference VIII DC
held this afternoon at the seminary between the COM
mlttee and the directors At this meeting VIII be
gathered several of the lending members Of the Presoy
terrain Church. clerical and lay. The following were
Che named by Dr. Green:
DR.. Francis L. Patton. the president Of Princeton
University, who had served as the chairman OF tine
whose report prepared by DR.. Patton, the resou-
tons calling for the veto Of Dr. Briggs and the con-
a pastor Of Chicago, who has resigned his place
the committee slnce becoming a professor Of Union
the Assembly. who voted for DIR. W0rcester's resou.
ton recommending the appointment OF committee Of
appointment; Dr., ". Ii. Roberts the stated clerk o.
ne Assembly the only o professor s0 St 6 dSne
ture against DR.. Briggs sent to the last Assembly
Dr. s. j. NiccOlls, the pastor Of Judge BrechnrIdge
Briggs case DIR. Herrlck Johnson, OF Chicago, pro
lessor in the Mccormick Theological Seminary, who Is
strongly conservative and yet defender OF the pro
fessoF whose inaugural address has cnsed the meeting
today; DIR. j.. ;. Macintosh, OF PhiadeiPha Ut ;
George Alexander OF the University Place Church OF
this city, whose recent effort to prevent trial Of Dr.
Briggs in the New York Presbytery nearly be-
ing adopted with Elder George Junkin OF Phlla,
delpha, conservative OF the conservative C0lonel
John j. McCook. an elder I'm Dr. John Halls church
and n member OF the committee OF prosecutions IN te
pending beresy trial Dr. Russell Murdoch. George IL.
Ely 5. J. Broadwel, f. p Durant and +. W. Ketcham
The Seminary directors are these:
Dr. Thomas s. Hastings the president OF the sem
mary: Dr. David X. Frazer. OF Newark classmate OF
ton Iast January Dr. John NJ c. Holmes Of Albany
DR.. c. \. Dickey Of philadelphia; DR.; Er,kin y White
Charles H. Parkhurs Of the Madison Square Church
| McIlyaine of the Church OF the Covenant DR..
/ John Hall OF the Fifth Avenue Church. who Of
fered compromise resolution at the PresDvtery
last month, cenSuring DR.. Briggs and dlsmisslng
| lvn: Dr. James NJ Ludlow. OF Orange: DR. Robert r.
Booth Of the Rutgers Riverside Church: who with his
reafirmed their action shortly after the Assembly
adjourned Dr. f; L. Clark Of the Church Of the
Church: Charles Butler, the venerable PRESIDENT OF
the Board and the founder Of the new chair; william
A. B92n Henry ny an ee bonloc Dr' F 5 Kngs
lev the treasurer Of the Board: John Crosby Brown.
Us vice president: John Taylor Johnston. David n
McAlpn, william E. Dodge. Morris X. Jesup and W. W
! Hoppln, jr.
1t is expected that nearly all OF the committee and
the directors viii be present The subject to be dis
cusscd will be the legality Of the compact entered
| into by the seminary directors and the General As
sembly in 1870 when the seminary. which had for
merly been Independent offered 10 place Itself under
the care Of the Assembly T. the extent OF reporting
the appointment OF professors. II is not probable that
! DR. Brlggs's name will be mentioned "a the conference
has to do with the relation of the seminary 10 the
Assembly and not with the transfer OF professor al
though the latter has brought up the former.