St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-06
HOT EXCHANGES.
The Reverend Brethren Get Into
an Uproar.

The reverend Brethren Get Into
an Uproar.
New York, Oct. 5.-At the close of
its report the committee recommended
that, under section 10 of the book of
discipline acopy.of the charges and also
a citation to appear and plead be imme-
diately served on DR.. Briggs. This is
the normal procedure in such cases.
Dr. Booth moved that this recon-
mendatiOh of the committee in regard
to the service of the charges OH DR..
Briggs be adopted. A long discussion
ensued,in which the question was raised
as to whether or not the presbytery had
the right at the present stage Of the
proceedings to arrest the proceedings.
Dr. Alexander: I'VE gave way with
the understanding that our substitute
should be considered after the report
was presented. 1t seems that there Is
now desire to refute that understand
ing. The only thing see to do is to
vote against the committees recon-
mendatiOn." This brought out storm
of applause.
DR.. Hastings created an uproar when
he said: For the last two years this
man Briggs has been bounded all
through the land with misrepreSenta-
tons and lies" Cries of NO"
'Sname."] The moderator interpoSed
here and called DR.. Hastings to order.
DR.. Hastings: "Well, Phi keep in
bounds. I'll qualify by saying that for
the past two years this man, my col
league, has been under fire. Great
laughter.] l believe DR.. Briggs would
greatly prefer ayindication after trial,
but also believe that Dir. Briggs will
suffer good deal and will suffer much.
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in God and in the church." DR.. Booth
followed in warm speech. He declared
that Dr.. Briggs utterances had almost
disrupted the church, that it was but
just to the church and himself that Dir.
Briggs should vindicate himself.
4, Rev. {. S. Clarke explained at length
how DR.. Briggs came to answer the
questions put TO him by the directors of
Union seminary. All of the directors
were satisfied except one, and he want
ed an explicit answer to certain queS-
tons. A query was sent to DR.. Briggs,
who returned an answer over his own
signature. That answer" declared
Dr. Clarke, in conclusion, twas salts
factory to that one man. That Man de-
clared IN the presence of ali the direct
ors that he was satisfied. That man
was DR.. Booth"
This declaration created a decided
sensation. DR.. Booth jumped to his feet
and eXcitedly exclaimed: ''Ar. Moder-
ator, that is not true. declare i'll the
presence of my brethren and God that
it is not true. did not say anything of
the sort. l said l would discontinue my
opposition"
After the uproar had ceased the aye
and nay vote was taken Oh DR.. AleXan-
der's substitute (discharging the com
mittee, and preventing, practically, the
services of the charges on DR.. Briggs.
A good deal of excitement attended
this.
While the tellers were making upthe
count Rev. w. w. Page asked that his
name be dropped from the roll. as he is
about to leave the Presbyterian church
and enter the Episcopal. He started Gin
to read few farewell words" when
he was shut off by delegate who
asked: Have we got to listen to this
stuff now?" Mr.. Page retired. and the
presbytery ordered his name dropped
from the roll.
The vote was then announced on the
substitute. 1t showed that DR.. Alexan-
der had been defeated by two votes, as
| follows: Ministerial vote, yeas 80, nays
a; lay vote, yeas II, nays 20; total
vote, yeas g. nays ga. The substitute
was declared lost, the papers were or
| dered served on Prof. Briggs, and the
presDytery adjourned.
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