The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-10
Many Important Matters Considered and Some Decided
lH|1 DEBATES [Nl|YlA
Sc sion DEPUTIES
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1E 1IuN IL UtpUI lES
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tie whole trouble was that tho house
WINS afrnid of language and called at
tcntion Of three creeds In the church
lie closed by saying that he referred
10 "the master OF nctlon." Dr. page,
& and the n,astcr OF dictlon." Or. Hunt
inston. q
Attack Upon bishop.
Rev. Dr. Cyrus Townsend Brady, an.
other well-knowii Hut thor. spoke.in sup
+ port OF his literary brother. Dr.. page,
III opposition the preamble suggested
by Or. Huntingdon.
DR.. Brady was In the midst Of maxi
ing an attack upon q bishop when the
Rev. Or. Grosvenor. OF Now York. In
terrtipted with point OF order. Saying
hat no speaker could criticize q BROTH
y,,er member OF the convention. Or.
Brady then. without mentioning the
word bishop" described the person
MS "a Clergyman high in the church
ana one or It's dignltaries."
Again he was interrupted by q dele.
gate from Missouri. who said that tho
charges which hnd been widespread
#ibv tho press, had been denied by tho
person In question.
DIR. Brad3i5renlied that he had men
toned no name and had made no
charges. and that. therefore. the gem
8tlemnn from Missouri evidently knew
the namc OF the person and the ma.
tnrc OF the charges and had anticl-
pnted the speaker.
~ After many Interruptions. DR. Brady
continued that this high dignitary had
declined to describe the Bible as the
or sr1p sar, II .hnA I, ,rff
scandal on the church. He urged thai
tllc people OF this faction be given
no support by ambiguous phrases, and
In an impaseioned conclusion he urged
that the church stand by Its ancient
fndth and keep the words Word OF
God" constantly In mind.
1t Is understood that DIR. Brady al
lut1ed 10 Rt. Rev. Charles D. Williams,
Bishop OF Michigan. WHO Is now in
thfs city.
Amendment Lost.
a vote wasfthen taken on tho
amendment adding the word INSPIRED"
to the preamble.
The amendment. which had been Of
fered by Mr.. Mcconnell. was lost.
Mr.. Pepper, OF Philadelphia, spoke
In favor OF the preamble. and was fol-
lowed by Mr.. John T.. O Bricn, of West
ern New York, VIII o made a very clear
statement of the scope of the pream-
BILE. Mr.. O'Brien was counsel tor those
who prosecuted and convicted DR..
Crapsey.
The Rev. pr. Wilmer. OF Georgia.
was the next speaker. He alluded to
Dr. Pages address, and spoke OF him
M the "iilustriouss author of the great
est story of ante-bellum days, Narse
Cham" but no said this convention
did not want to go back to ante-hellum
I In hat a Yrrp
passed without amendment
About to allude to the character OF
the bishop described by DR.. Brady. DR..
q Wilmer was interrupted, and the pres
ident requested him not to mention
Apgs OF personal nature. DIR. Will
rnar said he thought the expression
WORD OF God" had been the cause of
: great inf1delity. lie was interrupted
wtt,, tissee r-f cheers. Continuing. he
said he would explain by using the
smile OF tho wheat field. If he was
asked what was In field. he would
say wheat. but when the next day he
ate bread, he did not eat the straw
nnd roots and Garth. He meant that
tho, ,,sSnte P-airs nj wheat and not
everything In the field. He urged that
Iii. cifuych bury not Its head beneath
the sand. Again. he said that the
WORD OF God" was the cause of In
fidelity. AS he left the stand there
were many misses heard.
Or. Huntington Speaks.
The Rev. P.iw. Fauntieroy OF Mis-
~ souri,, spoke in opposition to the re-
marks OF DIR. Wilmer. saying he was
glad DIR. Wilmer spoke only for him-
self. Mr.. Fauntleroy spoke earnestly
In defense OF the Bible. In speaking
Of the preamble he said. II tell you
that 1t contains tho revelation Of the
deyil in me and in them" Great laugh
Ter followed this thrust.
DIR. Huntington explained the reasons
why he had drawn the preamble OF the
case he had used. OF the authorities
he had studied, of the learned scholars
and theologians he had conferred with.
+ He saidSif his words were not accepted
he would not be greatly disappointed.
for he had been told he would have
trouble. He said that the members Of
the house must not BIO controlled py
what the papers should say In the
morning, and which should go out to
the people OF the country, but that
rather should they vote as their con-
sciences dictated. lie nverred that the
words used In the preamble have moths
ing revolutionary about them. Dr..
the Holy Scriptures. His speech was
most mastery and his diction was
beautiful. VIE 49, III 5E
The Rev. DR.. shayler closed the de-
bate on the amendment to substitute
the WORD OF God" He stated that he
had meant no disrespect by word or
thought to Dr.. Huntington, and he
fs further added that he had said no
word that could he so Inter
preted. He insisted. however. that
he thought DR.. Huntington had drawn
the preamble In such a manner that ne
would please all sections and factions.
Preamble Amended.
Tho vote on. the amendment to sub
stitute the words WORD OF Cod for
-, !f.aNa.