The sun., 1892-12-15
Biblical faith. to a scholastic theology rather

BIBLICAL fhttn. TO hChOlaStiC tnpOlORy fatnsf
honor sufficiently the indwelling Spirit Of God.
1t would seem that God has raised up the Sal;
salvation and to live Christian lives which are
directed by the Holy, Spirit dwelling, IN the
authority through all the activities of our ma
ture In order to make our souls liEe we'll
The Wcstninster tel' doctrin. tn Of tie Sssur
nnce o.! GRACE were really q part OF the living
iai,h Of the rIeshytstian Church no ,t one could
son is a great fountain Of divine authority, for
let one consider what i nyHIta III 's
making him certain that he is a child q God.
THIS comes by inward evidence within the
dsncc Ssa Of rS% roam ?af . ',S' Fur" S"ia Ds,y G
OF conscience" ho argued iur'hher. rs
ssNsN No t "9 faith 9%f0rs Is rraura r. sn.
religion appeals to the conscience. tho faithful
monitor OF GOD within tho breast, Binn hni,n man
| whatever. whether Church or state whether
system OF dogma or letter oi scripture. and
II tho Lord of Glory inlahit tho conscience.
max, it Ills throne within the man, all Its
liberty OF conscience which every Christian
should geek. You shatter this ideal Tor your
reason explaining reason as the onsciencs-
is II great fountain OF divine authority
scrtnrs In psoo Of his i d"strne and said o
:: These ara only specimens ofa multitude o,
passages which distinctly teach that the
Ihircn as u body. aud Christians IA individual
memb.rs Of that body, nayq the presence OF
power from God the Father with them. and
that it is their rriviego to recognize this
Of God. Those therefore who deny that lie
reason Is great fountain OF divine authority
Hos SEMI Srar ' ps' tho.s whe
guide INTO N. higher lie of communion with
How rnn Christian doctrine" he said. "be
rightly un:oluei ur ess by Il Christian sDrcu-
laiion guided by tho divine Spirit workinE
theology which is mere rn,ionalizinG there
| is scholastic theoio:y; that is mere scholns-
fis Of oEca sGsc, to tho errors into
which weak man is ever falling.
call the great revival @ mpynments y,n o. nIr
comes to mon through the, three great foun-
tains. the Bible. the Church. and tho .reas on.
y similar Confession; Wherever therS has
been vital religion. wherever there have been
God. God has given them the assurance OF His
presence and authority, sometimes throu:l,
sometimes through the reason. W, cannot
! deny this without shutting our eyes to his;
TSt ard W
| lusions OF pious enthusiasts. decline to roc
ognizs one form as genuine and refuse the
each in It's place cont ininE to accomplish the
1ui! work Of grace in the world.
you challenge the Christian centuries. Al the
nges will be against you and. in multitude
the power OF God"
Ofthe charge made by the pros ecut!on that
as having found God through the reason. re-
!!ec,ed Christ. Prof. Briggs said that II was
| the duty OF the prosecution to "onine them
solves to the offences oi himself whom they
were able TO reach through the circumstance
PresSytery sfs yees Of %eW York The only
tion, ralsed, by, me was whether Martineau
IS a question OF lact. did not raise the ques:
tion whether the man who rejects tho way OF
God enthroned in his own soul. did not con-
slider that question in the inaugural decline
9 sba to .at ss
my inaugural and not rove over tho field OF
Theology genera!l,; under the guidance OF this
Prot, Briggs also maintained that his doc
trino that tho Church was a fountain Of divine
hs hs's SAID. aid or Westminstcr divine could ae-
4! %ona Re
q Presbytery Of a Church that calls itself Pres
faith OF the Puritan fathers as to permit tho
| prosecution to charge a minister with heresy
III. aas We hat mode
| Presbyterians have departed far away, from
the sacrNments. hut who could have imagined
| that man would 10 charged with hcrssy for
holding to tho West minister doctrine and
maintaining it against the errors of modern
| dogmatciansi"
In conclusion Prot. Briggs said 1t was i'm
| possible to deny the divine authority OF the
| their historic value to the Christian world.
| At this point in his argument Prof. Briggs
| stopped for the day. Before he obtained the
privilege OF putting in II large part OF his ar
| Eument in printed FORM an effort was made
by Col. McCook to have a similar privilege eN-
| tended TO tho prosecution whom they bring in
| their argument in rebuttaL This was voted
down aud Col. McCook noted an exception on
behalf OF his committee.
1t was proposed that the Presbytery adjourn
until after the holidays. but tho membors de-
cded to finish the trial without further ad-
journments.