New-York tribune., 1895-10-19
IN FAVOR OF UNION SEMINARY
THE ACTION OF TWO sYNoDs CoNsiD-
Erred SIGNIFICANT.
COMMENTS OF PRESIDENT HAsTINGs-H's iNsil-
TUITION NOT INJURED BY THE GEN

COMMENTS or PRESIDENT HAsTINGs-HIs INsTI-
TUITION NOT INJURED BY THE GEN
ERA1 AssEMBIYs BOYCOTT
Apparently the ban placed upon the ohoh i"eo-
logical Seminary by the General Asse"'o'' s''"0
months ago is not meeting VII" ."'' e -
ouiescence on the part Of presbyteries .na' "a' Ca
nected nv the opponents Of Professor Briggs when
the boycott was resolved upon on rhursua! a'
the session Of the New-Jersey syhoo d. WV"
brunswick n. j. while the minutes Oh 'he >e""
presbvtery were under discussion attention was
oa,od 20 the fact that that presbytery had ac-
canted a student named Holden under its care
while he wa. pursuing his studies at Union SEMI
nary The minutes showed Sat resolution hau
been offered instructing the young man 10 s'u'' "
an approved seminary" but that those VINO IA
vored allowing him to study at the Union SEMINARY
had prevailed by large majority.
i, ,ory debate ended I'm the synod's practically
s,,,nor.ins the action OF the Newark Presoytery.
On the same day the New-York synod III sesso'
at Binghamton. was occupied TOT many no'' "
considering similar contraventon OF 'he "'.'u
tions of the General Assembly by the otseso rieo
bytery. which in June last iicemseu a,,
See,ey Union Seminary student Ihe synod i'a.'1'
~, majority OF Is to CO. upheld the Otsego Presoy-
terry ,. ,,hor .,
Although it was expressly declared that neither OF
,ho svrods was arraying itself against the denerai
Assembly their action was Significant ana 'ne ''''-
nresslon prevails that unless the uec'Sio"'
versed the two synods have In effect Oppose b tno
oc, Of the General Assembly cn)oning the ,Iioyg
aarv NJ New-York and all others py I'M inn,
iron, receiving under their care Union Se"'''ai'
President Thomas s. Hastings, of the Union sem
mary when seen By Tribune reporter geS'eIua!'
saig; .r, ,o,,on of the Otsego and Newark presby-
teries clearly demonstrates that there Is an ihca .
ZION on the part OF the presbyteres OUTSIDE vi .
New-York body TO insist upon their constI.u M ma
right TO take a student under their care Ioi, any
seminary whether approved OF by the Heneia. - L>s
sembly or not The boycott placed upon the 1i,'o ~,
Seminary Is not viewed with favor by any oVuy vi
Presbvterians outside of New-York. and me peter
class of the New-York Presbytery are undouDteuy
ashamed of the General Assembly's decision only
today a prominent member OF this presDy yer!
called upon me and asked II 1t were not possiDe 70
bring about an adjustment OF the trouble petWeeh
the Union Seminary and the General Assembly
The feeling thus Indicated may become 80 acceh.u-
atcd and so general as to lead TO resembling OF the
last General Assemb,y's action. Moreover; ~ ~
nrobobe that the stand taken by Otsego and New
ark will be followed by other presbyteres. with the
result that the New-York body Will be lett by
itself I'm the opposition Union Seminary.
mo. the seminary has not In any way suffered Dy
the action of the General Assembly. In TACT, our
Junior class this year is considerable Improvement
over that Of last year. The number OF students IN
this class last year was 142 while this year think
! am right In saying there are 1S In brightness
that the boycott has not proved detrimental 10 u.s.