The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-03-25
A DECISION NOT REACHED
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(Continued from First PaSe,) the charges or that those on which no evidence was given De withdrawn in justice to the one against whom the charges were made This was, how ever, overruled, and the third charge was allowed to stand with no evidence being given to substantiate it,
 MT. Brown then presented his case and his argument, reading from man. uscrlpt and occupied two hours in pre- senting his defense. He stated that a sermon was unity and should be judged as such, not by a few discon- nected sentences. He read accordingly copious extracts from his old sermons showing thAt many of the alleged hereticai sayings which had been at tributed to him by witnesses for the opposition had been misinterpreted.
 At the concIus ion of the reading of MT. Browns paper pr. Smyth asked that evidence be submitted bearing on the effect of the ministry of Mir Brown on the people of Madison. In order to do this the case of the minority was reopcned and Pat k Scranton was called to the stand again. He said that when MT. Brown first came to Madison he was pleased witla him, but after MT. Brown had betgn there about three months his inn Mession was that the preaching was pulling down, and not building up and that he knew of Other young people who had been im- pressed in the same way Here MT. Brown asked for the names of some of the young people who were disaffected. r o1otn ,voH h ,ic those of Samuel Day eno Walter Will cox and was about to give more when pr. Scranton suddenly jumped up and said, 1T don't wa mt my son to mention names. It will get him into trouble with his friends"
 MT. Brown said he doubted the testi- mony, but very 'magnanimously waived the point of insisting on names being given although he was sustained by the chair.
 Young MT. Scranton continuing said that he had studied the writings of D. S. Moody, sspurgeon and other ac- cepted orthodox writers, and the result of MT. Browns preaching had been ito make me throw over the whole thing and disbelieve wh at have been always taught to believe.'e
 hrofessor Bras tow said, Specify some of the points on which Mir Brown diffars from Mr. Moody and MT. Spur geon.'
 Moody and Sturgeon regard the Bi- ble as true and MT. Brown regards it as unsotlnd."
 Rev. MT. Countryman asked, "Is there any one in the community whose faith has been undermined by MT Browns teachings"
 No"
 MT. Moore was again called up and said that in almost every sermon by MT. Br,wn he had heard something ut tered which affected him so that in stead of carrying away some great truth he went away disturbed in mind. He also said that he knew of fifty per- sons who had been dissatisfied with MT. Browns preaching.
 Judge Baldwin asked, ttHas your the ological faith been shaken?'
 .'Mp, sir; it is too strongly grounded"
 Where did you receive your theolog- ical education?".
 .'At Andover."
 Mir Wilcox was next call ed and said that he had never come SO near being shaken in his faith as he had under MT. Browns teaching. In every sermon he heard something to disturb him.
 Mir Marsh said that the impression which Mr. Browns teaching produced on him was one of aggravation; that his preaching was negative, each nega- tive implying a positive.
 Miss Buell. said that she was sure that if she had not already become Christian betore MT. Brown came to Madison she was sure that she would not have done so afterwards.
 Dr. Smyth asked, Has yotlr faith ever been shaken by magazine articles or books on theology"
 "No I never have read any"
 It was also stated by a witness for the minority that when MT. Brown came to the church there were about a dozen members opposed to him, and after he was settled he began to preach something obnoxious every Sunday, so that the dozen grew to sixty.
 Professor Brastow asked Are those sixty persons attending church now?"
 'No; they refused to take pews this year.
 Are any of them attending Sunday school?"
 "A very small proportion"
 At this point MT. Blake said: 'There is even honor among thieves. and hope the young friends Of MT. Scranton will not be angry with him for men, tioning names as asrequested by the coun- cil
 Witnesses for the defense were then called the first one being Deacon Fred erick l.. Coe, who said he spoke as representative of the majority in the church and said he could hardly ex- press the kindness, sympathy and feel ing Of the church and community for MT. Brown. The church had not for years been so united as it is at present Continuing, MT. Coe said: "All but six months of my life has been spent in Madison, and lately I have called at ninety homes of different members of this church, at none of which do I find any real good cause for this feel ing which has arisen against Mr.
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