The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-05-29

e. LOuiS."DT' OiSAAS''
SS,, Makes an Eloquent Plea for a
p p.,srrial Of DR.. Briggs-..Dr. smiths
statement of His pOsltiOn---A Mem
orablc Day at Detroit.
n,,,o,r. MICH, May 28.-After de-
.,.i,naI g., exercises at the Presbyterian
I' ,,.smblv, Dr.. Patton said he wished
. :. ,ne,k word of explanation: "our
',a,ti Il unanimous; we could see no
,,s .tIs, course out that we took. we are
.',5y WI. 10 give reason for every decision
W. , N,yc made" Then Prof. Smith, Of
a, lane Theological Seminary, said:
~Tbe proposition to terminate the use
mines, Of a minister should be discussed
.,reiully. Dr.. Briggs is guilty of some
olTepse. We shall cast reproach on q
goo1 name and a great school already
stricken by the act OF God will be Grip
nlsJ for Of least the immediate future.
is doubtful whether such an assem-
ilr able 10 Judge Of other than doc.
s,inal y, qualifications. DIR. Green has set
avery aver high standard; shall we keep our
chairs vacant because we cannot reach
that mark?
misunderstood.
Many Of DR.. Briggs's colleagues sayhe
ia man Of ability, scholarship, and
teacher. spiritual and pious. This as
.enblv. TO whom he is q stranger, ought.
Hot 10 be in haste. The arguments
sVrinst him are two:
Fint, he is misunderstood; second,
heis not sound in doctrine. 1t is said
iRouarrels that both sides are wrong;
wv not in misunderstanding? Has
nit opinion of the religious press
biased the commissioners These edi-
Ton; have used me well, but are they
qualified for this? 1t may be that they
lave misunderstood DR.. Briggs. Fault
hr been found with his idea that
knowledge Of God could and has been
reached by reason. Schleiermacher did,
Hodge SAYS. Ii DR.. Briggs can histori-
taIy Justify his position he has q right
phOllit
A STRONG POINT.
Ny last point is this: A man must
kproyed unsound, ifneed be, in all the
church courts. But in cases like this, a
n,u is, il charged with unsoundness,
considered unsound from the first. I
ionot ses that his ideas OF errancy Of
he Bible, the redemption Of the race,
nl progressive sanctification after
death, are according to the standards.
Confession has many points that are
often misunderstood. The doctrine Of
the Presbyterian church is that. every
minute thirty human beings drop into
Tie uRspeakableand unending torments
dhell, Think Of this awful belief-you
can't do it and keep out of the lunatic
lSyllm. Most OF US have a secret hope
that in some way God will find o way
outOtthis: II DR., Briggs can find this
IN The Bible let us be glad.
Ona strict construction OF the confess
son, Of course he is wrong, but will
you who mean to, make such q radical
change OF our confession as to say that
al infants are saved-not leave a little
margin for DR.. Briggs?
Prejudice is easily raised, but not
slayed. The theological stomach is
delicate and sqeuamish.
DR.. LoGAN's sPERcH.
Dr. Logan, OF Scranton, Pa, suggested
! modification Of the action proposed by
The committee. II agree with them in
these two amendments:
!, Insert for the present.
The assembly disapproves Of the
etc."
4 ihen he moved, and it was seconded,
ti@ committee Of eight ministers and
ie,ea ruling elders to confer with Pro-
lgss?r Briggs and the directors OF the
seminary be appointed.
VI Patton thought but one amend
aelt should be proposed at q time. DR..
.%saa said the second was only given as
!! iH!OLlee' Il have never known so COM
s aiSS'ed q case as this. There Is 30
auSl excitement that it is impossible
"VselGe ". wisely. We must be careful
N. II 10 destroy the reputation and use
.... ..aess OF one Of Gods able and honored
WI Ishall vote for a refusal to allow this
Ao.aeF ,,. TO take this chair, not because l
ian io,e carefully weighed the critical ques-
~ ,Ias, y out because his mood and meth
" " make him likely to be disaster to
" Y. church in that chair. II We do
,Iat ~ - !nG committee asks the public
~, ,,i IllnS that We have tried and con-
-, Sl,''eu man unheard, and readi-
~ 70 to stigmatize us in the air.
I; .iTa ~ she proposed action is against the
ie seminary.
,r, must, OF course, refuse to con-
,Lia L. ~ mat chair, but let us wait before
'N'us irretrieyable action.
~ PLEA FOR FAIR rIAY. 1>
Una. Saa'Ies A. DiCkey, D. D., of Phila-
g.pa'a' :. member Of the board of
ps'ors Of the Union Theological
SIa,n.a SIallnaEy, hoped we would not mar SO
Inn i b discussion as this BY applause.
N, 'Hye ven no plea to make for Mr.. Briggs,
nv nv n, VIII, II stand alone, plead that
\ r!,as ataa shall have fair play, | do not
,io,a 5,y.I !lis views or attack them. / de-
| o,S a., ils inaugural address from my in
s,so. ~ soul Can We waltz The only
Nm nv. ol the committee for insisting on
.e,,v ,s,V now Is that 1t must be now or
si,6 will presume to differ
.,.an,, '' even them. Has not this
,,ro,,e.y as much right TO in
Il iiS' iss, une compact as the assembly
ic,t ~ Ts whose view is quoted in the re-
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