The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-03-25

read a plan of proceedings which had been formulated by himself and MT. Blake. The plan was adopted, and MT. Marsh, chairman of the minority com mittee, presented the charges and read the report of the minority. MT. Marsh said that the minority had at first no intention of bringing the charges of heresy against MT. Brown, but had only expressed an opinion on his teachings and asked the councils advice on the matter The council had informed them that nothing could be done unless spe- cific charges were made, and then the chargetof heresy was preferred. After the reading of the charges Rev MT. Brown rose and said that whether or not the charges were true was for the council to decide, but that he ventured to say that he believed the charges to be entirely without foundation.
 pr. Blake began the case for the op- position by saying that it was charged that on December 19 1895, at an even ing meeting MT. Brown had said that Christ did not die for our. sins, neither did He make an atonement. Here MT. Brown rose to point of order, saying that this charge was not identical with what had been put into his hands. The chair sustained the position taken by Dr. Blake, who said that the charge was brought by Mrs. Scranton. Mrs. Scranton was called to the stand, and said the words as embodied in the charge were the plain words he used with his own mouth, referring to MT. Brown.
 +l,n ' that he had heard MT Brown say that we have not been saved by Christ's death but by His life; that salvation is the result of taking Christ as a teacher and that God saves those who take Christ as teacher, and that Christ was not foreordained, but foretold. Here MT. Brown was asked if he cared to question the witness, and replied, q am somewhat interested in the case and will be satisfied to allow these charges to stand. I will submit my sermons later"
 MT. Redfield stated that he had heard Mir. Brown say that for anyone to be- lieve that God had foreordained for Christ to die on the cross was to be lieve that God was a devil, but that some of Mir Browns hearers on that occasion had understood him to say monster instead of devil. At this point Prof. Brastow asked MT. Redfield if he really understood MT. Brown to say a devil and Mr. Redfield replied, "Well, l don't know; half of his preaching I didn't understand at all.''
 Miss Lizzie Lee said that MT. Brown had said that no innocent person should suffer for the guilty, and for them to do so would be devilish, and also that he had said that the whole system of sac rifice in Israel was not established by God, but was pagan.
 Park Scranton said that he had heard MT. Brown say that the ritual of the Old Testament was not a God given ritual.
 Miss Alice Nash stated that MT. Brown had said that he believed that it would have been as well for the world if Christ had died a natural death.
 Dr. Blake then stated that he would pass over the second and third charges, except that part in which it was assert ed that Mir. Brown did not accept the doctrine of the incarnation of Christ.
 In the evidence brought out on this point it was stated that Mir. Brown had said that the birth of Christ was not more miraculous than that of any other man.
 Dr. Smyth then asked the witness, Has MT. Brown ever in any sermon said anything to deny the incarna- tion?"
 T can't say he has" answered the witness.
 Professor Brastow then said, Did you understand him to deny the virgin birth of Christi"
 Not exactly"
 Dr. Smyth asked Did you ever have any conversation with MT. Brown about the incarnation?"
 Never
 MT. Moore in answer to question put by Professor Brastow said the idea that Christ became a divine person at His baptism and not at His birth was implied rather than said in MT Browns sermons.
 Dr Blake said at this point that he did not consider it worth while to pre- sent evidence on the charged denial of the Trinity, and passed on to the fourth charge
 Miss Edith Buell. said that she had heard MT. Brown say that it would have been as well for the world if it had not been for the four gospels.
 Professor Brastow asked, Did you understand him to say that if the four gospels had been lost Christianity had such great power of it's own that it would have been perpetuated by it. self?"
 Yes, sir, I did.
 Ralph Buell. said that he had heard MT. Brown say that the Bible was no better than any other book, and you may read it through and through and you will not find eternal life in it.
 Dr. Smyth asked the witness, Did these words create confusion or trou ble in your mind, and, if so, did you go to your pastor to get enlightenment on the subject?"
 No. sir; I can't say that did.''
 Miss Edith Buell. said that MT Brown had said that the works of George Eliot were sometimes as good in times of trouble as the Bible. Dr. Smyth asked, Was that in ref erence to some particular case?"
 T think it was
 Dr. Blake then rose and said he did not care to prosecute the fifth charge, and was ready to rest his case at that point.
 The question was then raised as to