New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-10
MR. EASTON ON PANTHEISM.
THE PRESBYTERY LISTENS PATIENTLY
TO THE MISSIONARY.
SEVEN STUDENTS EXAMINED FOR LICENsURE-
AN OVERTURE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
10Y.
REGARDING UNION SEMINARY.

AN OVERTURE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
REGARDING UNION SEMINARY.
The New-York Presbytery met yesterday in the
First Church Ffth-ave. and Eleventh-st and ex-
am.ned students desiring licenses to preach the
Gospel Seven students were examined. and all the
examinations were sustained far held. The
six men will probably be licensed at meeting TO
be held April %.
The Rev James c. Nightingale offered the fol-
lowing overture TO the General Assembly. designed
10 meet the case OF the students coming from the
Union Seminary in the future:
The Prcsbytery of w-York. in session April g.
1896 oycrturcs the General Assembly to instruct 1t
be taken unler 5 Tare ' Who are Snro5nnsSaT or sT
scmbiy disavows responsibility
The overture provoked good deal of discussion,
and action upon 1t Was delayed until the May meet
inc.
The Rev. p. Il. Eas;on the missionary from Per
sin who spoke on Monday. secured ten minutes and
gave an address oriental Pdnthesm" Mr..
Easton said that he would put his argument in the
form Of a story which ran thus:
county He was an extremely wealthy man
ana became greatly beloved because OF his
o,her Institutions, he called upon highly
DAY attended your, church and heard, you read 4
paSsase from the old Testament. such a passage
.$Ii" said the minister. at is part of the
tnndci a wedding the other DAY. ana YOU read from
Inc fifth chapter OF the Epistle 10 the hpheSlanS
unto their husbands as unto the Lord for the hus
hand Is the head of the wife. Christ IS the
head q the Gsa' ha h oht aSG aI o the
eIeySnth CHAPTER OF First Corinthians. and l was
amazed that YOU should read such words IN the
nres,rce of ladies' a man ought not TO cover his
head. forasmuch a. he IS the imaGe ana Eory ~, OF
our friend to excee iingly popular preacher
h h,r and thousi n,s ana that you have an
nouncci series Of sermons on Ihe Duties 81
i15f 5aries, The Man Is Not the Head of the
woman and your popularity will be increased
professor Brown arose and asked the Moderator
II the Presbytery was not being trihed with.
"Where IS the Pan;heism?' asked Professor
Fagnani.
Nh Easton continued:
our friend Wen, to, a scientist and praised him
.oT his work in regard to evolution He went next
sTsat service for MANKIND by putting MOTHERHOOD in
"a place Of fatherhooi" He uttered dungeon
Shalt be avenged He entered into house Of
shame and said inmate: This accused He
boSor but the time IS at hand when thou shalt rue
Our friend then returned 10 Ms OWN p,oI1 ana sdd;
have thrown away ihe FatnerhooG 81 Goa o ana nc
time for IL 10 % in and conquer
When Mr. Eason sat down the Prcsbytery arose
and ef, the room without comment, and all the az
ternoon members kept asking one another the mean
ing Of the parable. one explanation was that while
the story was impersonal. IL was a continuance OF
the charge made by Mr.. Easton on Monday against
nr Parkhurst because Of his recent article on The
Duties and Mission Of Woman" and others thought
that the distinguished gentleman mentioned in the
parable was none other than his satanic majesty:
6r Parkhurst had feared Monday that he would
he called the devil next. and there was ambiguity
in the minds of some as whether his prophecy
had been fulfilled.
The examination Of the students thorough.
and IN spite Of the that four Of them had been
trained az Union Seminary, the most conservative
members of the Presbvtery had 70 admit that they
were sound in the faith. al Of them agreeing In the
belief in the AsSemb.ys j. ,son that the Scriptures
as thev came from GOi We're without error. The
following are the students: Mushegh NJ. Mlnossan,
Charles F. TAYLOR Morris Frank: Frank W Kr-
wan. Alois Barta. Jaroslav DJbias and George