The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-14
PRESBYTERY Is WORRIED.
PUTS UARsztWIAk orr A WEEK AND
M'GIFFERT A MONTH.
Drs. Van Dyke, Brown and Johnston
Recommend That tho McGinert Case BE
Dropped without n TriRl-Comnittee


| Recommend That tho McGinert Case he
| Dropped without u TriRl-Committee
Would Leave 1t to General Assembly.
The New York Prcsb ytery. at its meeting
yesterday. considered the two matters that have
! given 1t the most concern for the last two
years. tho case OF Herman Warszawiak. the
missioner to the Jews. and the case of the
charges OF heresy against DIR. McGiffert. No
final action was taken on either case. A
special meeting Of the Presbytery was called
for next Monday afternoon TO consider the
Warszawnk case after judicial committee
shall have tried to unravel the tangle into
which the case has got. Warszawiak himself
was ut Yesterdays meeting. and said to the
reporters:
Il an not on trial now: II IL the session that
10 on trial for doing me Justice"
The case was brought M on an appeal from
the action OF the session Of the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church In acqutting Warszawiak
OF the charges against him. The appeal was
made by Silns Is. Brownel, who acted as
prosecutor at the Warszawiak trial. The
ground OF the appeal was that the session had
no jurisdiction while the General Assembly
and the Synod had the case In addition to
Mr.. Brownslrs appeal a complaint was re-
ceived from the minority OF the church session
OF the unwarranted manner In which, they say
the majority acted.
The reading OF the appeal and tho complaint
took great deal Of the Presbytery's time ana
II was at length decided to let the whole mat
ter go over for the consideration Of a special
Meeting Of the Presbytery next Monday.
The committee that had been appointed to
consider tie case OF Prof. McGiffert OF tho
Union Theological Seminary and TO decide
what disposition should be made of the
charges OF heresy that had been brought
against him. reported that IN it's opinion the
case OF Prof McGIfrcrt had better be referred
TO the General Assembly without further action
Ivy the New York Prssbytery. This means that
the committee was unable to persuade DR.
McGifrert to withdraw from tho Presbyterian
Church quietly and without trial. The report
OF the committee was accepted. and It was
ordered that 1t DO printed for private circula-
ton mong the members Of the Prssbvtery.
The Rev. DR. II. A. Johnston rose aud said
that he had u paper to submit In regard TO the
Actiinert matter which he would like 10 have
printed with the committees report His paper
tion that there be no hcresy trial OF nr. McGif-
!ert. and IN II pr. Johnston maintained that
tho truth had been sufficiently defended" by
the action already taksn,
Prot Brown Of Union Thsological Seminary
TALLY the same recomm endations and the same
| arguments hat had been male by DIR Johnston.
s ssns. tsH p 1921 fa,St ysTss
cgnirIhntiop which he likewise desired 70 ha,
said that, the, great majority Of Pros.
S.Tssy fa not and wst to n%ye sn2n.
to avoid one. although u majority ~ Prcshy.
sry ,s:Iudng nm:s Were pc, I. accord
matter and thu CONSEQUENT saving TO the
church Of the distress and scandal ~ another
herssy trial Was the proper solution The
nancrs were ordered printed and the McGlnrrt
next regular mssting Of tie Tf-s6ytery' VIC
DIR NanDyke asked Pre-bytsry 70 appont =
;9Smm,ttsc to 3Errovs ,ns acton o. H. Brick
BsbcOcE OF Bal'imors The ordinary course,
nemIer. o. rtGs6y'cry fpid a'!erw1rd; would
tory to dissolve the pastoral relation. ex-
sting between s himself and the Brick
to "T naInts ain the rssoraI relation. mnpii
hi. successor is actually installed The CLERK
~ Preshytery. DR.. Bgrch., said when asked
Bri'k church shouldn' have two pastors Il Il
wanted To- " and thai the calling 81 the Balti.
Dr. Van Dyke was 70 got IA, a; once s''' '''''
The Rev, pr George Alexander. the Rey. Or.
were appointed a c"mmittrs TO advise the
Brick church in the matter
into the i'reshytery from the Prc-bytery 81
bmFhian n and As soon a.: 10 wa. r;cSSiys
was put into his hands which he accepted.
During the meeting the difficulty with which
the Presbvtery me-; In keeping itS debates Sc.
crat was the subject OF discussion IL came
up whom til" printing Of the NrGiflert papers
Tor private circulation was being talked Of.
Or Van Dyke said that any member OF the
Pfcshyt"ry who CAV" Newspaper reporters
any information ~ 20 IN" Ir-sbytery's pTO-
CeedinC- ought TO lie suspended from the
Preshytery al once,
\ commit" was sent by request o. tn.
Fourth Pr..hy'erian Church to advise with IT,
This . tho church from which the pastor. the
Rev. nr herr. resigned last year after charges
affecting his morality He is now said 10 he
In South America. There has been some di'-
ference OF orinio as To the amount ot back
salary due to him