The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-30

eecond-it IL separated from the houan Sath-
Ollie doctrine OF puTgatory by so iran barrier
that IL will easily pass into It.
Third-It viii lead 10 graver departures from
the faith. The doctrine Of redemption after death
OF the doctrine OF second probation. DR.. Briggs
entertains the largest hopes In respect 10 tho
possibilities o. redemption in the middle state
In conclusion DIR. Lampe appealed TO the
assembly TO reject the verdict OF acquittai
10y the New York synod and TO set the
church right before the world.
DIR. BRIGGs's DEFENSE.
DIR. Briggs then began his defense. He
SAID that be had been accused of teaching
that many of the Old Testament predic-
tions had been reversed by history. and
that the great body of the Messianic pre-
diction mad not and would not be- fulfilled.
which was contrary to the essential doc
tTIne of the Holy Scripture, and OF the
s'andards of the church, that God IS true.
nnisei nj and uncL angeab!e. This be bad
loOudIated, and would ask the assembly TO
hear exactly what be had said. but whatthe
committee on prosecution had omitted. tie
. had said this:
'Kuenan had shown that IL we insist upon the
fnlnllnent Of the details OF the prophecy OF the
Old Testament many OF the predictions had been
reversed by history, and the great body OF the
Messianic prediction has not only never been
fulfilled, but cannot now be fulfilled for the
reason that its own time has passed forever.
All depended on the word "if.n which the
committee had omitted. lie had di sclnimed
this charge before. and disclaimed il now.
He also disclaimed that he was gnilty OF
teaching as charged in Charge z. that the
process of redemption extended 10 the
world TO come In the case of many who
died in sin, stating that he had repudiated
the Roman Catholic doctrine of purgatory.
also the doctrine of future probation and
regeneration after death. or any beginning
of Christian life after death. Continuing
on this gu biect. DIR. Briggs said:
You have heard attributed TO me the dreadful
look into n my inaugural you viii see that all I
have TO say on that subject Is connected with the
Incarnation of Jesus Christ. The trouble with
these brethren is that they are taking too mar
row view OF the doctrine. would that could
teach such a comfortable doctrine, aud x the
down my ministry in the Presbyterian Church
and go forth To teach the hope of salvation OF
some OF those who apparently have died without
regeneration In this world. But do not hold
that belief now. / cannot
DIR. Briggs made O legal argument against
the consideration of these rejected charges
by the General Assembly until after they
had been tried by the New York Presby-
terry. The assembly then took recess
until 7:45 p. NJ.
BASED on FALSE LOGIC.
At the evening session DR.. Briggs defend
ed the action of the presby terry at great
length, and then passed to discussion of
the logic of the case. DIR. Briggs said il
was alleged that the New York Presbytery
made q mistake in the logic. 1t had
been held that the case was SO sim.
pie that logic demanded verdict of
guilty. Logic was necessary to all good
practice, but. like all good things. IL had
many counterfeits- The appellants logic
was at fault where 1t always appeared In
false logic-in the premises. The premise
that the defendant admitted the tact,
for instance. was false. The law re-
quired the specification to set
forth the facts. and the appellants
-skillful impoverished that because he
admitted the extracts cited he ad-
mitted the facts. Dr. Briggs held
the doctrines attribute TO him were con-
tanned In the inaugural He could not be
held responsible for the differences OF the
prosecution. He held that the defendants
had not admitted the charge by admitting
the extracts cited.
The defendant had admitted that he
taught that errors may have existed In the
original text of the SCRIPTURES; that Moses
Is not the author of the Pentetauch; that
Isaiah did not write more than half his
book; that ssnctifoation is not complete at
death. He had not admitted the other
things he had. he said, admitted what
premises OF four of the charges. Did the
major premises Justify the charge of
heresy to the Westminster standardsf The
chief argument of the defense had been TO
valid; the presoytery had listened; the
prosecution had not objected. The
logic OF the prosecution was leap
logic. The defendant had always
charged 10y the prosecution TO have been
attacked. He admitted the truth of and
accepted two of them, but did not regard
them as essential. As to the doctrine
touching ssnctif cation. he denied that the
phrase lat once which the prosecution
bad arbitrarily inserted in the Westmins-
ter definition when it was their own In ter
probation of it, was essential. The prose-
cution bad gwen no proof that his own in
depreciation was wrong and that their own
was right.
The aim OF the inaugural address was TO
set forth the divine authority of Holy
Scripture. lie claimed that the reason was
great fountain of divine authority. but
not of faith and practice. He had not said
IN his inaugural nor In any of his writings
that no co-ordinated the Bible. tho church
ana the reason. nor could it rightly be IN
ferred that he did 80. He proceeded with
his argument. touching uDon the teachin "a
of the Confession and holding that be must
be ludKed by his faith and his practice and
not by individual Interpretation. He held
that there were errors of Holy Scripture in
matters that did not IN any way impair its
tDfallbility in matters of faith and practice.
AT this point. the hour of 10 o'clock be-
ing reached. the assembly adjourned till
DO O'clock tomorrow morning. DIR. Briggs
having SPOKEN altogether three hours to-
day.
Unired Presbyterian General Assembly.
MONMOUTH. ILL.,. May 29.-Most OF the fore
noon session OF tho United Presby terrain General
Assembly was devoted to consideration OF home
mission work. The report of the general CON-
mittee, which recommended appropriations to
the amount OF about $50, 900. was adopted. OF
thi. amount So 900 IL for special missions IN
ths care OF the home mission board, $42.O for
the other stations hitherto aided 900 for New
York and 81. 900 for emergencies etc. This Is
the largest amount ever asked for by the United
Presbyterian Church for home mission work.
This afternoon the General Assembly considered
the reports OF the boards OF church extension
and freedmen missions. The church extension
board asks for this year $4,000. The freed
mans board has missions located in Tennessee
Alabama. Virginia and North Carolina which
reach directly about 20.0 600 colored people. Sew
eral schools, including a college at Knoxville
Tenn, are under the control OF the board. The
assembly authorized the hoard 70 establish the
illogical department In connection with that col
1ege. The board expends about $4,000 in its
work each year. Tonight foreign missions
were discussed.
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