Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-06-02
HERESY CASE BEGUN.
POINT TO OVER
WHELMING CONDEMNATION.
Feeling Among the Great Body of
Jurymen That the New York Profess
Must Be Made of Him-Several
Committees Report to the Assembly.

f9 hit in the Briggs case has now been
begun and The indications po Mt to a
condemna ton o. the New ork pro-
fessot by an overwhelming mao it,.
There seems TO be a feeling among the
great body of ]urymen OF the assembly
that Dr. Briggs is clearly guilty of
heresy and that an example must be
made of him. One Of the prominent
adherents Of DR.. Briggs has declared
that he was convinced tlat the minds
of a great majority of the
assembly were already made up.
He admitted that the outlook
was anything but bright, although the
unexpected NIGH develop. The crush
to get INFO the New ! DIRK Avenue
Church was even greater than last
week At TIE half-hour devo ional
meetings ali the prayers uttered were
for divine l GIT in solving the great
question before the assembly. The
service was conducted by Prof. j. M.
Coyner of Los .Angt les, who read the
of the prosecuting committee was the
first of the Leading figures to
arrive. HIS ass ,cia e, Rev. Mr..
Lampe rca he'd his seat just as
Moderator Craig opened the assembly
with prayer. While the minutes We're
being read Rev. G. w. +. Il rch, chair
man of the Prosecuting COMMITTEES, APP
peared, carrying his familiar bag, and
took his seat. AZ this time Kew. Er.
Frazier Of Newark was the only Occu-
pant OF the Briggs table, but before
the reading of the minutes was con-
cluded the Defendant envrloped in a
dark overcOat and accompanied by
Prof. Francis Brown of Union Semi
nary, entered and prepared himself
for the days session.
After the minutes had been apprC~ed
| DR. Herrick johnson, chairman of the
| committee Gu Column bian Worlds Fair
! exhibit. stated that the committee, in
! view of the action of the assemb bly,,
| was in paralyZed condition. If the
| exhibit was 10 be removed from the
grounds, as indicated by the vote Of
! the assent bly,, the committee must be
| backed by the financial responsibility
! OF the body. To remove the exhibit
and return the subscriptions to the
tund for insta lation would require
about s., 500. There was ST.,
on hand. After some discussion it was
voted to refer the matter to the COM
mittee on finance with power to act.
DR.. Young, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Bills and Overtures, reported
upon a number referred to that COM
nittee. Answers to the most import
ant were:
That inasmuch as the Presbyteries
! voted against the overture on vacancy
and supply sent down by the General
Assembly of 1892, it is deemed iroppor-
| tune at this time to overture the Tres
! byteries again on that subject.
That the synod OF Utah be erected,
with the Rev. r. q. McNiece as Tenn
porary Moderator, and the synod Of
Montana be erected with the Rev.
Andrew Wormser as Temporary Mod
orator.
These recommendation were
adopted.
A memorial Of 365 officers and mem
bers, asking an Interpretation OF the
deliverance of the Assembly of 1892
upon the inspiration of the Bible, was
reported by DIR. Young, with the rec
ommendatton that it be considered
answered by the report of the commit
tee made Saturday afternoon. 1t was
SO ordered, and that report was made
the second special order of business
after the close of the judicial case.
The closest attention was given DR..
Baker, chairman of the judiciary com
mittee, when he rose from his place on
the platform to make the report of the
committee as to the disposition of time
in the Briggs trial. The arrangement, he
said, was entirely agreeable to both
sides. Four and half hours
was allowed the appellants tc
open and close the case. DR.
briggs is allowed seven hours to
reply and the New York Presbytery,
from whose judgment the appeal was
taken, is assigned two hours, to be
used in ten-minute speeches. A vote
will taken on each specification. Lr.
Baker said that no new matter would
be introduced.
After some desultory debate on ''the
conduct of the debate, the report was
adopted unanimously and the Modera-
tor arose to caution the comm ssioners
as to the manner of Their bearing dur
ing the trial.