New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-18
THE BRIGGS CASE TO COUE Up ~ ALBANf
THE PRTSEYTERIANs OF NEWYoRK AND Nj"
ENGLAND TO CONSIDER IT AT TIE
SyvOD MEETING.

THE PRTsEYTERIANs OF NFw-YoRK AND NEW
ENGLAND To CONSIDER IT AT TIE
SYNOD NETTING.
ALBANY. Y. Y. oct. II ,spcciaD-Thc synod OF
Network Will ree tomorrow In the Fourth PF',h!
tcrian Church OF this CITY. The event cN'i'lSV9
WIN ronsls, of sermon by the hN'
Dr. Asa & Fiskc. Of the Prcsbytery OF Oayus''
commissioners from the several PF"sNt'Th' VI "''0
state ana New En- gland Will BE- cnrOiieu 'o'n'o'o
and the bu n,ss sessions will begin on N'"'cS''''
The Woman's eynodcal Committee VIII meet al 'h'
clinton Souare Church on Wednesday ana IhnrNd'N o
The Briggs case viii BE- the most uhp'r'ah' "t',
IN no discussed this week. Professor Frames Bowl :"
Union Theolocica Seminary, In behai OF hih''h '.''
1l3 others has filed complaint asaih>' NV "'''
of IN. Ncy-York Prcsbytcry last year tia' l'c yum
mittpc which prepared the charges OF h'rpS "-i"
DE- Briggs was Il committee OF pr'sccu'l'h' an oih"'
,,tv in tho trial and independent Of the PrcsOyhS
which appointed II. The committee h'auc' 'S "a
birch. took the ground that it was an orH'in p'
and v.,. anpoutcd 10 prosecute the case uh'ii
apo, decision was reached. When the aPpc" VI I'll,
committee 10 the General Assembly WIS c"''''
Ios, sDrnc the Assembly Judicial committee rp'i'"
that IN il, opinion The Presbyterian Nh"''i' a."
o,i,innl marty. was represented By "t'c mt
..rDo,io, and thai "thc said committee has the
right 10 take this appeal repiN'cn'in7 ,',' , IN,
nary.r As the Assembly adopted tuiS report Wv
annsa,v,,ivcs say that the synod viii probably as
miss Dr. Browns complaint 900
rho liberals. Dr.. Briggs friends, ana o'h'S, say
that the Book OF Discipline never conl'nP"." Wv
Commitment Of committee that couln not " "''
missed by the appointing body
n,cC1,ss1vG Union eEMINARY'S POSITION.
The formal withdrawal Of the Union lI!'o'ot''
c,irorr from thc General Assembly OF INC IT'S
,rtndon Church caused much discussion yes'eiu">
o,or, the cIcrcvmcn Of the city; two opinions pre-
,au oe usul The conservatives as rue thihh 'l''
tho seminary people have made MISTAKE is ''I'
,ho liberals think they have pursued I'e oHN WI"
o .. than Al the Office of The observer, "
rro, vos nxnrcssed that the seminary had cut HSe'
az I'm, II was said that the seminary directors "ei'
honest. conscientious men. who uidoup''"S ''' '''
they were doing what was hight ana Whit WIS =,
Gov tho seminary and the Church ut large Dr. flcin
tho editor of THE Evangelist" was not III 'o"n, az"
in his absence no opinion could DC give" VI Wv
,ttitudo Of that paper on the withdraWai'
Nmonc the liberals sc-called, the sentiment wa
froo ovnresscd that the directors had no alorh"Nc
tho assembly had refused TO acqncsce In th'ir NC
r,o,I asking for q release: morally and l'HaiN 'n''
a., constrained 10 seek the relations tia' oM'""
ior IN so and there was other way OF r'a''i"-
:. oxcont nv severng the ties that were h"pos'"
,n Emo ,,vo schools Of the Church were unied. lnr
t,om whether the assembly viii allow the s'liin'
tn 20 without legal contest Waa br"u-I' ~ hut
~ The men with whom the reporter th,h' turw. If
vos MOI thought that tins result WIN" I've. "a
W. ,nnnIa wLo have given Union money sli,' in.U.
NV h. b.irs nrc dissatisfied persOla suns 'N's
1,,r tut the seminary people do not lear su0h al