Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-07-05
WASHINGTON COLLEGE

After an absence of four weeks from
the columns of this our best county
paper, we call again to say we have
during our absence visited the homes
of 1858 of the citizens of this county,
and have found these families gener-
ally well, and blessed with plenty to
eat and near q very flattering pros
pect for a superabundance for the
insuing year. Corn, oats, and grass
crops all are promising, and the wheat
crop is already harvested and no one
need fear but what we will have plenty
for home use and a good surplus for
our foreign demand. True there is q
stringency in the money market but
we see the balance of trade has now
turned in our favor, that means more
money at home. Today the semian-
nual interest on the U. S. bonds will be
paid. Next month our pensioners will
receive their quarterly allowance.
From these two sources the circulat-
ing medium will be greatly augmented.
There will be thousands of bushels of
wheat and hundreds of fat cattle and
sheep marketed within the next ninety
days, and the Congress of the new
administration will meet and some
thing will be done, and we hope for
the good of all. Sure we can stand
anything Democracy can. There is
one very plain truth before us, thers
will have to be many material changes
taHn nlonn hnfnra tha ,oacooo - NJ
Tennessee are brought to the starva-
ton, or even the point of want. AS to
those who have made assignments, we
are sorry that they have managed
their business affairs in such a man.
ner as to force them to the wall hut it
is encouraging to their creditors to
know that they had something to
assign. Let them settle up in an equit.
able way and then start again and be
more economical in the future.
Buy and sell things at their intrinsic
and not imnlaginary value, keep
little business boats in the legitimate
channels of business and there will be
hut few thatwill run on the breakers of
destruction; take the bible. as it is
trust in God, obey his commandments
and the promises will be verified. But
in order to have all do this il possible,
we will notice the article that was in
your paper June 20, Orthodoxy ver-
sus Higher Criticism" The writer
has furnished many important facts as
to the makeup of the scripture, it's
translation, versions etc., which we
are glad to see SO ably collected. The
author however seems to reflect upon
the Presbyterian Church, in a cunning
way, as being opposed to progressive
thought, and the natural results of
pathological investigation because it
condemned DR.. Briggs. AS the writer
says, Briggs holds THAT the same
laws of criticism and common intelli-
gence be applied to the bible as to any
other price of literature, and that
it is in no way impaired thereby. For
this he was taken to task and a test
case made of it."
Now this was not the charge against
DR.. Briggs at all. The condensed
charges are as follows:
l That tine reason and the church
are of equal authority with scripture
in matters of faith and practice.
2 That errors may have been in the
original scriptures as they came from
God.
3 That as to authorship and histori-
cal statements, the scriptures can not
be relied upon.
4 That messianic predictions are
largely untrue.
. That santi6cation is not complete
at death, but that men may have a
futher chance.
As to these positions, DR.. Briggs was
condemned and restrained. But as to
free scholarly investigation and attain
ment, the Presbyterian Church, does
not lay even u straw in the way of
DR.. Briggs or any other doctor. The
church was not actuated by ''preiu-
dice" but decided according to law
and justice. To this | am satisfied,
the church in general will agree, and
also the world, when they see the
facts and charges fairly put together.
All that we ask is such statements
with no covert implication.