The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-18
IS DIR. PATTON CANDIDi
,r DEFENDS Az ADDRESS DELIIERED
TO STUDENTS IN 1881.

m. pefepes Criticised ~ The Rsv. fsts,
Hs.er, or the Address It 10 ssis q
Se,,.in Bragxe-iihs Doetri.e.
,rux EVENING Sun printed the following Dc.
Uatch yesterday:
MS weeks Evangelist Of an address dcliv.
III bv DR.. Patton in 1887. to the Philadel-
Via, soclety OF Princeton College. has caused
ss...s,derrble stir In theological circles here
~. article seems 70 have been sent to the
E~ro,lis, ty former Princeton student,
raj H. Smith. now Presbyterian minister
- Tor the purpose Of showing that DR.. Pit
=. ,crees with DR.. Briggs on some cardinal
acctrines now in dispute.
Thu address was on future probation. In Il
m pntton is quoted as saying. and these are
a.. sentences to which so much Importance
attaches:
continually see men going into the other world
,...,,,et They must be imperfect when they reach
-. and need time for restoration or change.
r,.,tv sure that there 10 no doctrine that 10 put
=. ,.onariy BY the simple Affirmation OF this bslief
a., !. future probation). Neither the doctrines Of
.,,se,,ion Justification. hnal retribution. .
-, n a man held this he might hold those Other
800, az belief Suppose individual 70 Offer him.
~ missionary. would the simple tact that he held
. p.r,onsl hope Of . future probation for
~. heather in any way mar his inhusncs or use.
s,,.. and pre- uiiee him in the performance Of his
$50, snbjec. TO correction It seems 70 that .
nan urs, 20 into the Held entertaining this view and
,-.,sh Jesus Chris. Just earnestly. with an his
~, and larins all his life to the heather though
s.s.,d tina church viaw Suppose he hsld that the
s.,h.p have another opportunity 70 hear Of CHRIST
o.- hs va 10 90 and preach to them this Jesus he
80 ,rs ,eh the same Gospel then a. now thsfe wouA
~ No change a. to what lie would preach. but ~ to
So, hS /. ia!. ho viii preach q thsm in the
iS fas'i life. ,,,.., ,,, :, n,.,. ,,,,,.
s.sshns il does not pAIaIy his missionary ssi
IL aa' an. ss; : .sIs An 5:
s viii without the need Of an objective presentation
.lss, s' e, re ss:s
sesanss believe II CHRIST 80 many hope that Soc
Tso.s who hear the Gospel this world win not have
,asssr chance h.rvsst ;hS.s snS DO not ns.f y g
' oss Confession Of Faith ,a.ss son: .n,ns
does Ssd Sni sh se ss
ives according 10 the Light OF nature.
: Dr. Patton. said to-day: NY theolosical
Confession Of Faith and the Shorter Cate
ehisln. do not care to consider Just now
whether they agree or disagree with other
the article Is very fragmentary report Of
An extemporaneous talk given BY me to the
PhiladelD6ian Society at the request OF some
"A few days after delivered It o student F.
b. Smith. came to me and asked me 70 read
The galley proof Of the address .s as.;,, ..
Gshed. as was under contract 70 write on the
subject for magazine. and also because did
not ike tho literary style OF Mr.. Smiths 70
'"There Is nothing in the article. as Ia a.
have seen yet. that have caus, to regret.
sbly be construed as q belief in moon plete
specification at death. but In that am merely
dspcibnG q doctrine OF purgatory held. and
III the article were correctly punctuated.
regarding my soundness 10 the faith 6 raised
question Of a somewhat different nature raised.
thority: in iset. had forbidden Il 70 30 pub
IA. evening the following letter was re-
10 The EDITOR o. THE sux-sr: In DR..
an oId'speech Of his in this evenings Sun I
An afraid he is not quite candid. Since was
r. s%tS Te shs os NJ
excerpts you have published were taken by
Nj, Smith in an abbreviated longhsnd report
iss tIan that a. 81
We have kept the galley proof. which was
get up within day or two Of tho time tho I'D:
dreSs was made Tho speech was published
IN The Evangelist this week. but Dr.. Field had
told me Il would not be published. Il was
done in his absence. through aHistaka. How
ever. am glad It Is published. Dr. Patton
need not complain about its fraGmentariness,
for 1t IL good consecutive reading. Nor need
! HH MAsq . sStS IS e II e@l5e':
Own. Il rs clear aud mastery 6rfdm0hta-
hive English. That 1t 10 not ,Calvinistio
you know as well as /. No change in
punctuation could change the meaning Of the,
!sst sentence. which claims that our beloved
Catechfsm holds out hopo Of future proba-
hon: whereas. that document, Article 10. Sec
hon 4. distinctly affirms that to hold such n
new or to teach it L. pernicious and 70 be de-
lasted Moreover. DR.. Patton told Mr.. Smith
that to publish his remarks would iniure the
seminary. and the venerable DR.. Duf1eld de-
clared at tho close Of the meeting that It was
very broad How then can DR.. Patton say
lhat no theological question regarding his
soundness IN the faith Is raised By the article
Is printed
How could his remarks 'injure the SEM
mary II they We're sound and Presbyterian
The truth Is that these rcmarks were received
BY the students in Just tho sense In which you
them. and that whole box of Pc
riods. colons, and commas could not do such
violence to tho Saxon tongue rs to make them
loss than radical or less heretical Yours truly.
PETER MACQUEEN.
Pastor Of the Dutch Reformed Church. BRONX
"EYv Wong n.< ~ 1911