St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-06
MINNEAPOLIS.
AT THE HOTELS.

1.-THE matter of greatest Interest IN the
East at the present time" said ii. w.
Henderson at the Nicollet yesterday,
'.is the Briggs case" Mr. Henderson is
a BROOKLYN, n. Y, manufacturer who is
en- route to North Dakota to look after
large landed interests there. He is a
liberal churchman, and as Sucn reels
that great mistake has been made In
the general assembly's decislon5 in the
Briggs case.
"The decision" he continued. ''savors
of the bigotrv and blind intolerance of
the middle ages. 1t is declaration on
the paltof the general assembly that
outward form is more important than
inward feeling in the Presbyterian
church: that creeds and confessions are
more efficaciouS as instrumentalities OF
saving grace than honesty and charity.
The decision will not only hurt the
PRESBYTERIAN church, but the cause OF
religion will also suffer. 1t is step
backward towards the days when the
observance of rituals and ceremonies
constituted the only worship, and when
conformance to the letter OF the Mas
ter's teaching was deemed ofdmore I'M
portance than observance of its spirit.
There was 10 question as 10 the
pietv and Christian character of DR..
Briggs. He differed in some minor par
ticuiars from the antique and lron-clad
declarations of the Westminster con-
fession, and. although firm and unshak-
en- in the fundamental beliefs Of Chris
tianitv, for these minor differences Of
opinion he was suspended from the
ministry. There have been great ad-
Vances in theology in the past half
century. The greatest advance is seen
in the wider scope of religious toler-
ance. Research and scholarship have
exploded some of the barbarouS teach
iugs of two centuries ago. and creeds
are becoming mole and more grounded
upon reason"
MIR. Henderson thinks that the decs-
ion will result in ultimate good to the
cause of liberal religion. The case has
set the public mind to thinking, and
will serve to bring out in strong con-
trast the radical differences between
the creeds Of today and century ago.
A. C. Woods. of Decatur, H.. was at
the Windsor yesterday. Speaking about
the recent lynching of Bush at that
place. Mr. Woods said: ILLINOIS is a
Iaw.abiding state. There are as few
cases of the miscarriage OF justice there
these reasons the resort to mob violence
IS the more reprehensible. This is the
first lynching that mas occurred in
Illinois for wears, and | feel Inundated
that it should have occurred in the city
in which reside. The crime was a
fiendish one, but punishment i'll keep
ing Herewith would have been melted
out I'm the due course of time. The
lvnching places blot OH the fair eS-
cutcheon of the state that even the
prompt action of Gov. Altgeld will not
remove. That the leaders of the mob
were prominent citizens and many OF
them refined and educated men does not
Dallate the ofTenSe, though it may result
in defeating the efforts of the governor
and secure immunity from punishment
to all the lynchers. The feature which
/ most disTke about the case is that my
townsmen have, by their frenZied acts
placed illinois in the same category as
Texas and Arkansas"
c. w. Cook and J. Ii. Smith. Of Sbel
don. n. D., and E. G. Gates and wife, o.
Brainerd, Num-, are among the guest:
at the Nicollet.
Col. q. A. Lounsberry. the veteran
newspaper man of North Dakota, wa:
at the Nicollet yesterday. The colone
is doing newspaper work Mt the worlds
fair, and merely took a run up to st
Paul to look in on the reciprocity con
vention. He says the North Dakota eX
hibit is very creditable one, but tia
the attendance from that state has beef
SO far below what was expected
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