Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-06-02

consider what ShO0ld Oe oOhe Win
him.
Accordingly committee was ap-
pointed to bring in verdict and lts
members were requested to get to work
at once. After long session the con-
mistee brought In this recon Ommendatioc:
"Suspensien from the ministry" and
the Assembly adopted the report.
During the session Of the committee
motion was made by DR.. Stewart TO
adopt a resolution adnOnishing DR..
Briggs for his delivery Of the inaugural
and requesting him to refrain from the
a furthsr spread of his teachings against
VIII !. % church has spoken.
suggested, however, by an
o. ater that possibly admonition
ofno avail, and IL was decided
committee should wait upon
and ascertain what position
AXE in that case.
" had expected from his
spvt.... they found that DR.. Briggs
was nos disposed to take back or modify
anythi which he had said. Upon
makirS tsis report TO the full commit
tee II wa decided that the oRly other
thing TO 20 was TO suspend him from the
further piactice of the offices Of Pres
byterisn minister. and this was agreed
TO by an unanimous vote.
DR.. Briggs is suspended indefinitely,
and can only be reinstated upon reeant-
ation of the matter in his speeches and
writings to which objection has been
made. 1t is unlikely that be will ever
do this.
Prof. Briggs was not in his seat when
the closing scene took place; all the
commissioners who have given him
their support and counsel had gone,
with the exception Of Prof. Francis
Brown, who waited TO hear the verdict,
and then left the church. Drs. Birch
and Lsmpe, the members Of the Com
mittee on Prosecution, were also absent,
Col. MeCook being the only member In
his seat. The gallery pew, which had
been occupied by Mrs. Briggs and her
friends, was conspicueusly vacant for
the first time sinee the Assembly met.
THE MORNING SESSION.
When the General Assembly convened
as court at $50 o'clock there was
notable decrease In attendance. The
mem bers Of the prosecuting committee
were in their accustomed places, tut
Prof. Briggs's party was represented by
Prof. Francis Brown alone.
The moderator first announced the
committee. the appointment OF which
was authorized last night to formulate
a minnie, expressing the sense OF the
Assembly as 10 the vote taken upon the
appeal from the judgment OF the New
York Presbytery. BY vote Of the AS
sembly, Rev. Thomas A. HOyt, d. D.,
OF Philadelphia, was made chairman.
The other members are as follows:
Minlsters-M. w. Congdon, OF New
York; James II. BroOkes, Missouri;
Calvin w. Stewart, Nebraska; w. w.
Harsha, Nebraska; J. j. Lucas, India;
George ID. Baker, Pennsylvania; Z. p.
WhallOn, Indiana, and Thomas ID. Ew-
ing, Iowa
Elders-John Randolph, Baltimore;
Thomas McDougall, Ohio; David Jacks,
California; Edward L. Green, New
Jersey; James A. Curry, Kentucky, aud
E. d. Warfeld, Pennsylvania.
The committee were given time for
consultatiOn, and the Assembly as
court adjourned TO be re-cOnvened at
the call OF the Moderator. The Assem-
blv then resumed the consideration Of
legislative business. Chairman Baker,
Of the judicial Committee reported
upon a complaint against the Synod OF
Pepnsylvania. which was not sustained
by the committee. and the report was
adopted.
CASE OF PROF. HENRY PRESERVED SMITH.
Rev. John Dickson. Chairman Of the
Committee on Theological Seminsries,
submitted the report Of that committee.
The report says:
In the list Of professors Of Lane Sem
mary the Assembly finds the name OF
the Rev. Henry p. Smith, d. D., who
was. in December last, suspended by
tbe Presbytery OF Cincinnati for un-
souudness In the faith. On the 31St
of January, 1898, Prof. Smith rendered
his resignation to the board because OF
that suspension. The board declined
20 receive such resignation, but con-
tinued him by formal action In the du-
ties of his prosess0rship in the Semina-
~. Where = minister is suspended
he is suspended from all the functions
OF his ONCE. Among the most Import
ant OF such functions is that OF training
young men for the ministry. However
serious the em mbarraSSment to the sem
mary, the Board should have immedi-
ately accepted the resignation or Prof.
Smith, or at least relieved him from the
discharge Of his duties The Assembly,
therefore, Is constrained to withhold It's
approval and commendatiOn OF Lane
Seminary until the Board has recOnSid-
cred its action in this respect and rene
died the error.
Referring to UnioN Seminary the re-
port says: "In the discharge OF what
seemed its plain but painful duty the
General Assembly at Detroit declared
It's disapproval Of the appointment OF
Prof. Briggs to the chair OF biblical
theology. The Board Of Directors in
stead OF removing DR.. Briggs, or at
least requiring him to deSist from teach
ing until the difficulty between the AS
sembly and seminary had been decided,
resolved TO continue Or. Briggs in the
chair which the Assembly had
declared he ought not TO occupy.
Later she seminary refused to
submit the atter TO arbitra-
tion sugd 6y the General Assembly
last yea 5ecause then OF this strange
and IN ntsd action ofthe directors