New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-29

seenred 10 want 10 watt if we only could now, ~ i
agreed eS have ss ost the power OF veo And ten u
Is suggested that committee SO 10 tne DoatI h con-
e srScOS Of e0 compact Now brethren aSR
! Won to face that fairly. Will burr every nov
that have and will make no threats as " nUm
would treat tis action Tor am loyal 10 my Church
no matter what my Church may 90. put en AZ Nv Dr
a a. Sn. Robert r. Booth Dr. EEne White Dr.
Hall OF Brooklyn; DR.. Frazer Of Jersey nVS n y
S S1ns ny x SSq th sS E E s1e roll cali
there is not name among them that Is I n0t sres
GSYs S;sS s.. at ss@ to
.oosan su the fact IS this that he has loved
Dr. Briggs from his bcyhood and admired nun he lie
at the proper time to endow chair of Biblical
theology, aud when that time came ne not oiS yon
Hs Now we told that Dr. Briggs snC Cc tSs
face Of the Church DO not believe 1t for know
that he went to Mr. Bqtlsr and said r nUng Says
acsd to this Sh The t. % of the 'fS
1aughtef5 for do not believe he would have taken
k in geography as he hss e xe nst ss Up
Your own subject the authenticity and authority tSy
the SSs, TS S SSt BUr
making that request had any Idea OF drawing OUT an
2sTEgr not 'f he s Subject taken and wish
that some Of the good things had been sS gu
ON Ec wish ' that he had confined himself to bis text
discussed IN the the, good Old GOD way ssS '
n Shs to Of air 'nf the T Scholarship PICKED
in and Slr II Ana now a1 having given
Coo omen B" secrets pets Of the way by which
this return the point which + hod men S one
year9 That ia the question. That Is the proposition
of the committee They do not intimate tiat thc st
% director cannot fail to read in the manner that
II is presented at least the shadow Of doubt IL. II
Is merely gt'i as well as we can trust you Is
it not farcr way to consider n e comnact here ana
ppsE what what we think the compact means' That is
the simple question
DIR. BARTLETT, of Washington, spoke after Dr.
Francis of Cincinnati, both being in favor of the
report DR.. Bartlett's speech caused many snies
Among other bright things he said
The great simple question is as TO whether TINS
shall be postponed another year That Is the 9u9s
done The Interpretation of the record Is uat ~ sV
be done this yeaI or that the General Ss Ses
is any way in which all parties couiu oe n &
and in which b the ua eOd ab be peFSe u am cea
there are two purposes about the aonsaoiitS VI
doing lust cb st teeveps am in favor Of the
Immediate action this report, II action must DO
for The present The mputaton Away
Is by men who argue for the hlgher cr1tclsm' thaC
every Presbyterian minister is fool and that nobody
ever read the Bible had any private secret reve-
laons but themselves CLaugnter) wish TO say
that over thirty years ago was in the German uni
versies, and i can take DR.. Brggs's books and do
for them with absolute certainty what ne suesSeu az
o %1 Of fT Ss positions H from nationalist German pro
fessor over thirty years ago; and am prepared mere
tIemen. there is scholarship and there is scholarship.
No ever doubted but what Strauss was scholar.
by tearing Moses to pieces and he ended by stripping
Christ Of everything but being aR Na and
scholarship Why, lenatlus Donnelly is scholar
pried into And right here l wish to say about these
intimations-in all these addresses that have heard
on the higher scholarship about the marvellous teicn
ings they are Cabling about, the wonderful things tat
they see which nobody else has ever explored-why,
gentlemen, you could talk that Thousand years and
Scholarship today. / wish further to say word
about sc6oap The Ws Is e a t eh %oGe
rhe Church seeks scholars but IT. does not
tss evidence 1 s f sw
And now in regard to heresy. This Is not an age
S WHY hat there S is nc Sa nnS ch IN
Officially has made ito ten yeGs OF Of Ss d"mmcs
The hereto has hunted the church and not the
Church the hereto If there Is any heresy For ten
odeaN eliminating in the inaugural address Gle Pres
byteran Church has been pursued. Inc man ma. mas
II in every way. Who has made this distuTbance:
Is 1t the Resbyerian Church. through spies and queer
Wet him Of heresy The Church is forced to regard
Il, and we simply say Let go. Let us alone. Ana Ia
III
beautiful land Of Egypt under the repression Of this
awful Pharaoh-the Presbyterian Chuych-we say, 60,
ter and applause) There Is the end OF tho matter We
must face it fairly There is personal thing about
t. We have talked of, Of trying T to save Professor gsEP
there is question about saving the seminary ana
about saving the Church OF God t t1 S it e cb ce
ber said the mother was dead and the child was dead
but % thought think s aRoS He a r us ss to the
Church that Is so true TO us.
The great argument of the morning and the
one which closed the session was given by Dr.
Patton. For nearly an hour he held the audience
spellbound There was no applause-that had
been forbidden, but there was no Lack of signs of
approval The dinner hour came and passed, and
his time was extended las long he desired"
and not person left the room till he had finished
The spirit of the argument may be gained from
the following summary
Mr.. Moderator fathers and brethren: Before /
speak to the question, for my own sake and by way
OF privilege, ] would like TO eliminate from this de-
bate as far as possible the personal element. Let
will yield to none of his friends. not even the best:
in my recognition of his learning, in admiration of
is my friend 1t is my privilege to call him so.
venture the hope that in spite H-,, Of my ny
recprocate my expression Of the relationship between
us. so far as the directors Of Union Seminary are
power Of comprehension, and really have looked at
the matter is how under any circumstances the action
proposed by this COMMITTEES he looked upon IN the
light Of reflection upon the directors individually or
upon them in their corporate capacity. And let me
say again that Is my privilege. and count q high
privilege TO know these directors personally and COUNT
the hope that they will not dsaow the claim make
know something OF the history OF Union Seminary
A moro ardent admirer Of Henry B. Smith Of Roswell
Hitchcock OF Dr. scba and Of the other men that have
composed and that compose that faculty, think
II would he hard to find than am.
Now, SIR confronted with the whole question.
Your committee arc Of the opinion that THIS constit
place to another In the same institution Is given The
right veto the appointment OF professor. OF
coursc-and call the attention Of the Assembly TO this
we are he extreme IudlcatOry Of the Presbyterian
Church. and therefore cannot shlrk II we want To
the question to the responsibility involved We
cannot slrk the responsibility OF putting an inter
pret-Ilon upon that compact At the same fim> we
recognize the fact that besides being the udlcatory
constituting the contract we are parties TO IT, We ara
party the other party Is Union Seminary Now. it
has been said the floor: "What right have you 10
cnnstnIe this any more than we have 10