The sun., 1892-12-01
4 TEST VOTE AT THE TRIAL.
nm HRTGGSs FRIENDS BEATEN BT
A MAJORITY OF TWO.

..,v which is trying Prof. Briggs for heresy in
,hs scotch Presbyterian Church. brought out
an UNEXPECTED test vote on one OF the OBJ
,.,t,ons to the charges raised hy the accused
,,o,essor, and his opponents in the Presby-
az, only escaped defeat by the narrow major
,,v a, two. 1t was vote By ayes and noes.
and .be vote shows very accurately how tho
rrsshytery will be divided when the time
,ore. for the members to decide whether
Prof. Briggs is . hereto.
Th. whole afternoon was taken ZIP with tho
.r,uments on Prof Brlggs's objection. and
.h. acht between tho partisans md opponents
a, tho accused was long and tedious. The
s,,,,nc o, the roll took UP nearly an hour OF
On. three hours session, and. as usual. there
ava baif dozen members who asked to hnve
.,.,r names added to tho roll. giving excuses
,.r mai, previous absence. They we're oil ad-
n,,,ted. as no objections were raised. Or. John
. p.,ton got impatient aitcr tho stated clerk.
n,s D. Alexander. had called the roll slowly
several times. and said:
~ object to wasting this valuable time call
In, ,hc roll over and over for the benefit OF the
..,dy chaps They should be here on time
like the rest o. us.
D- parkhurst came in very late. but he ex-
.,,in.1 that a subpoena to attend In General
S.,,ions was responsible for his delay. and he
u, excused.
Tho Rcv. Francis Brown. who has boon Pro-.
B.,cgs's right hand man in the Presbytery
meetings. moved to sustain the first objection
raised By rro. Briggs. t:lnt tho charges woro
finally disposed OF \ year ago by the Presby-
tsry's dismissal OF the case. This was voted
down. friends and foes OF Prof. Briggs voting
AGAINST Il. Tho second objection to the o:der
and regularity o; tho P:esbytery's nrocced.
a MI tho nj
fsatsd. Prof. Briggs's third objection was
that the instructions c: the General Assembly
had not been complied with in the preparation
OF the new charges. but he voluntarily waived
this objection.
The fourth objection was to the relevancy OF
the proofs from Scripture. Confession. and
Catechism. Col. A. T. Ketchuni. one OF tho
elders who announced that he had had II great
deal OF ex perlence with courts martial. made
his maiden speech in tho rresbytery on this
subject. but he only helped to tauGie matters
UP. 1t was finally decided to put the quota
tions from Scripture and Confession under the
charges themselves instead OF with the speci-
heations. so rs to strictly conform with the
law OF the Church. Col. McCook OF the Prose-
cutting Committee excepted from this decision.
last clause Of the charsos the whole Bible and
fdar 20 to
sustain DR.. Briggs. but tho Rev. DR.. Wylie
moved an amendment, that the Prosecuting
quotations from the books cited.
hsy are sGhins tS 4r the wholH BIle
that it shall he read on tho iloor OF this Presby-
terry II they bring in new passages they. may
bring n il "G sn;d :; ,ar 70 assumo t,ot
the accused was familiar with the Scriptures
and the Confession.
and the Copfessinn." ,H So retorted Prof, Briggs.
Ilt. Mr.. Moderator. am not familiar with the
not a mind reader. am prepared to meet the
committee on the evidence adduced, but shall
the floor il they are to be put in evidence"
Prof; Briggs finally said he was willing to
ssw the n to-, to eSd any
secept bis ofier. After . great deal Of unneces.
odenGs
s'sss HS s ns f0sa Gst
With syieW Of getting both sides recorded.
Soas2sd1 shs ssns s.edaa S tp f2 fbat onehra
hosspresent must vote in favor OF q roll call
and nd45stood up There was wrangle over the
Ssd The anti Brsss s1a men me tried to sht d"
thsIoll call; and Dr. shearer did some quick
% mental arithm etic to CONVINCE tho Moderator
question was put once more and tho necessary
one-thrd was obtained.
"a the hs yGbg
Cd the galleries. for they realized that it was,
critical moment in the trial twas plain
The ministers We're divided evenly. 80 voting
ioI and 81 against the resolutions: but only III
Hhe yets9 ssaes oS ahS aEss seso
ton was lost by vote OF GS toTO. This is the
way each member voted:
AYES.
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Tho announcement OF the vote su-nrlsed
every ono By Its closcness. II was cUnsiInreG
favorable to DR.. Briggs. NJ tho sixtv-"jrhi
votes will remain solid for h!m. wniie !is ina,
gain enough to save hin from conviction from
the other side.
When the Briggs case was before tho Pros
bytery a. year ago. two or threo votes war,
taken which We're considered as shown:
which side the members OF tho Presbytcrl
stool on then. comparison OF the vote oi
The Woodbury. resolution Yesterday with tn
votes taken a year ago shows that all Lni r. in,
q f'hc members OF tile Prosbytpry still hold |,
me same opinions that thoy did then. Ot tIics
nihe. seven have, apparently Nv thoir yuts o
Yesterday. ranged up on the anti-Bri.gs side
Lhey ore thn RcyS. Nicholas Ejcrring. Jesse I
1oross, A. Woodruff llalsey. J. X. Kerr, Theo
S8Whheonhnr,. Andrcw Shiland. and ErsIin,
r,,;mnte. Rut two have como over to lii,
4 camp. tho i;evs. Ira S. Dodd and Jame
foIs no Moderator told tie Presbytcry inst he
fhisyes u!aleht HS ni to We On thcir guard aGans
the dny aI sISnra sIiSnra nm%er' - pats had been sto!er
s.sin MA Io.dnl,afe' n",afe' the V;e>bytery win meo