Evening journal., 1893-06-01
BRIGGS WILL SOON GO.
His Case Will Be Finally Dis
posed of Tomorrow.
ARRAIGNING THE NEW YORK SYNOD

The Members of the Prosecuting Com
mittee Were in Their Places But Pro-
fessor Briggs's Party Was Represented
by Professor Francis Brown Alone.
Assembly Settles Down to Other Work.
WAsHINeToN, June 1.-The final stage
in the progress of the Briggs case before
the general assembly of the Presbyter-
ian Church, was preceded this morning
by half hours devotional exercises,
conducted by Rev. J. 7. Smith, of Balti-
more, moderator of the Centennial
Assembly. The leader read the 122d
psalm, the psalm Of the peace of Jerusa-
lem, beginning: 81 was glad when they
said to me, let us go into the house of
the Lord.
Re-Convenes as a Court.
When the assembly convened as a
court at $50 o'clock there was notable
decrease in attendance both on the floor
and in the galleries, last nights vote
having been the climax of the meeting
of the assembly. The members of the
prosecuting committee were in their
accustomed places, but Professor Briggs's
party was represented by Professor
Francis Brown alone.
Naming the Committee.
The moderator first announced the
committee, the appointment of which
was authorized last night to formulate
minute expressing the sense of the
assembly as to a vote taken upon the
appeal from the judgment of the New
York Presbytery.
By a vote of the assembly, Rev.
Thomas A. Hoyt, d. D., of Philadelphia,
was made chairman; the other members
are as follows Ministers, II. w Cong
don, of New York; James H.
Brookes, Missouri; Calvin W. Ste
wart, Nebraska, W. w. Harsha.
Nebraska, J. j. Lucas, Indiana; George
ID. Baker, Pennsylvania Z. p Whallon,
Indiana; Thomas d. Ewing, Iowa. Elders,
John Randolph, Baltimore; Thomas Nc.
Dougall Ohio; David Jacks. California.
Edward I. Green, New Jersey James A.
Curry, Kentucky; E. D. Warfeld, Penn
sylvania.
The committee was given leave to re-
tire for consultation and the assembly rs
court adjourned to be re-eonvened at
the call of the moderator.
The assembly then resumed consider.
alton of legislative business. Chairman
Baker, of the judicial committee, re-
ported upon a complaint against the
synod of Pennsylvania, which was not
sustained by the committee, and the re.
port was adopted
Calling 20 Account the New York synod.
Rev. James NJ. Maxwell presented the
report of the judicial committee ap-
pointed to hear and issue the complaint
of John J. McCook and others against the
action of the synod of New York in
finding in order a complaint of Rev.
Francis Brown, D. d., against the
action of the presbytery of New York on
November 4, 1891, in sustaining the
ruling of the moderator as to the status
of the prosecuting committee to which
the names of 113 members had been
added after the ten days limit fixed by
the book of discipline had expired. The
commission found the complaint to be in
order and it was entertained and the fol
lowing action was taken
"Finding-The judicial commission
finds that the synod of New York has
failed to appear before the court by any
appointed representative They further
find that the synod of New York, against
which this complaint is made, has failed
to send up all the papers in the case as
provided for in section 80 of the book of
discipline
'They recommend that the decision
complained of be suspended until the
record is produced on which the issue
can be fairly tried, and that the synod of
New York be directed to send up all the
papers relating to this complaint with
the record to the next general assembly,
and that the synod appoint one or more
of it's number to represent it st said
general assembly.
Rev. Francis Brown stated that he
wished it understood that so far as he
was concerned the complaint was in
order and the report was adopted
Publishing the Committees Work.
The special committee on proof texts,
through Rev. j. T. Smith, in the absence
Of Rev. Samuel 7. Lowrie, chairman, in
its report recommended that the Shorter
Catechism, with the proof texts pro.
posed, together with a statement Of the
methods used by the committee in prose
cutting it's work. be printed and circu.
lated through the church as a sample of
the committees whole work on the proof
text; also that the committee be con.
tinued until the work shall have been
completed The report was received and
laid over for discussion.