The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-28

the trial as easily as IL he had been GO
ing down hill ON his bicycle. The evil
denee of each single witness was de-
MED, because Mr., Brown could not
ind 1t in his notes, land said that the
testimony originated in the minds of
the witnesses" thus virtually calling
them public liars. But the farce ended,
and the council after celebrating
three hours, adjourned to the next day
and dellberated two hours more, and
decided that the charges were not sus-
tanned; that Mr. Brown was an educa-
ted man and capable of ex-pounding
the Scriptures, and the minority were
advised to come back to the fold. The
reporters seemed to catch the spirit of
the council and the published reports OF
the trial and ridlcule Of the witnesses
was disgrace to journalism. We are
now in a worse condition than before.
The minority will not so back. A few
of them have taken seats as the sum-
mer friends will soon be here, and
when other ministers preach here they
like to have seats of their own. But
Mr.. Brown announced before the coun-
Gil that he should continue to preach
the same doctrines that he had done,
and to have compound mixture of
Unitarianism and rank Herronism
flung in our faces every Sunday is too
much. The Sunday school is in fight,
and there is project now started of
forming Sunday school at the Metho-
dist church which shall be free for all.
The Christian Endeavor society is now
having g. breathing spell. The young
lady who was elected president last
September does not endorse the doc
trlnes that Mr.. Brown breaches, and at
the reelection in March plan had
been formed to turn her out. But Mr..
Brown, knowing that it would cause
trouble in the society, and that 1t
would not sound well just after the
council, appeared upon the scene, and
the same young lady whom he virtual
ly called liar in public the week be-
fore, he now commended for her efii-
cient work in the society and expressed
his wish to have her reelected. Con
sistency thou art jewel" But it is
not for ourselves that we are troubled.
We are capable of thinking for our
| selves and we can comprehend Mr.
Brown, and that is the reason why we
| do not believe his doctrines. We are
| Congregationalists and not Herronites.
1t is the influence upon the young peo-
! pie and children that we fear. They
are told that mo one knows where
| Christ was born and it makes no differ
| ence; that there was no Jesus Christ
until after the baptism. That II they
| believe that God sent his only son into
| the world to suffer for our sins, they
make God devil, god of hell; that
| there is just as much heaven here in
Madison as there ever will be any
| where" This is a fair sample of the
| doctrines that we hear, and to put on
| the climax we are told, My message
comes straight from God, and if you
don't like it for Gods sake get out !"
| The East Haven Consolation have
more to answer for than they know,
| but for the honor of Christianity we
! have authority to say that there were
some members who sympathized with
| the minority and would not yield up
| their convictions Of right, and that Mr..
| Brown was not cleared of the charges
| against him by unanimous vote. We
| are now having a three weeks vaea-
| ton Professor Brastow Of Yale
| preached on Sunday. There were
many who would not go to church, as
they supposed he came here to help out
| Mr. Brown. But he preached two fine
sermons, and II they are specimen Of
! the new theology we can endure it and
| as much more as they are willing to
give US. Mr.. Brown is now posed by
his followers as a martyr suffering for
| righteousness sake. They say that he
ought to be proud Of that council, for
| he is prosecuted Just as Jesus Christ
| was" But the Sanhedrim did not carry
the matter far enough. If they had
| only said, Take him out and cruelty
| him" the triumph would have been
complete. This Is a plain statement of
| facts Cur church is a wreck, and we
can only hope and pray that God in His
good time will bring order out of chaos,
and although the wrong may triumph
| for time that all things may work
| together for His glory and our good.
ONE OF THE MINORITY.