The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-04
STEEN AT LAST NAY PREACH
PRESBYTERT PRiIS avn IOTES
DOWN THE HERESI az NTERS.
"Why waste TIme Over scholastic Ques-
tioaa while Our PeNs Are Empty and
Roman CathsIieIsm d In Pull BlsOm: -
ASKS NOunG Nlnlster Prom Tne Bronx.

Hereay hunters held tho foor all day
at the fall meeting 81 The New York Pres
bytery Yesterday. The man accused was
John T. Steen the lnst 20 thre" candidates
who have been grilled for more than a
year for alleged looseness 81 Theological
statement and have figured twice in
the synod ~ New York and once IN
the General Assembly Of the church No
great was the excitement yesterday in
the chapel of the Old First Church that the
Moderator called the ministers and elders
10 prayers before permitting them to vote
The Rev Alfred Nichols on % The
Bronx. one Of the younger ministers,
asked
why does this Presbytery waste it,
time over scholastic questions while pews
Of its churches are empty and Roman
Catholicism ~ in full bloom in ST Patr'ck's
Cathedral3-
and babe him sit down. which he did. hut
not until IL had been shown that he had
a majority Of the members on his side
for when the vote was taken II stood ~
20 20 40 a; last the third % the trio
has broken into the Presbyterian ministry
and IL 20 he ordained in the Church Of the
Sea and Land on October Is
year and half ago three Union
Seminary graduates. Archibald BLACK
George A Fitch and John r Steen, made
on examination what some held 10 be loose
statements concerning the divinity Of
Christ and their own opinions about what
PresbyteriAns teach regarding the same
Union Seminary IL not in good standing
in Presbyterian ofiicialdom. Objection was
made TO the licensure of the three students.
Controversy and new examinations re-
suited Finally Archibald Black was
ordained. and he Is now pastor 81 Presby-
terrain church Ia Tn" Bronx Mr. Fitch
went TO China and. ~ ~ stated. has since
been ordained there Mr. Stesn got by
after yesterdays all day session.
Leaders against the three candidates
were the Rev DIR. John Fox. the Rev
Drs y and q L. Shsarer and the Rev
DIR Henry Is Elliott They carried their
Case first To IN. synod and then To the
assembly The latter seemed To- favor the
contestants for 1t isHiI.',i last May new
statement about beliefs. telling the New
York presbytsry. which was really ON
trial. that although II wa- not guilty IN It's
action concerning M--srS Black, Fitch
and Steen IL must not do n again but
must hold candidates To strict doctrinal
statements
These four Leaders Yesterday assumed
that they had been upheld Toy the highest
court Of their { hurCh and moved that the
license 81 Mr. Steen N. taken from HIM
and that NJ be- not ordained The con
testants made CAT yesterday rather
worse than they dad th,. last time They
lost by a. To -. while the prev ious vote
was 81 TO 81 Personal sympathy PLAYED
some part II was argued that two ~
the men had got IN and that the 'hlrd
should ba permitted Ia enter. II j. stated
that all agree however. that IN future
th. command II the highe-t court must
b. obeved ~ both sides declared last
night that they had won
The only other things the PTe-byteTy
found time 20 do Yesterday were To liC-ns.
Walter H-nriChS TO preach and
arrange for hts ordination and 10 elect
delegates To the synod. which meets IA
Rochester on October ~ Mr. Henrichs
il 20 become pastor 81 an independent
congregation calling itself the Church
Of The Son 81 Man in Fast IOtth street
and he gets Presbyterian ordination 10y
courtesy
The men chosen 10 20 to synod are
the Rev Drs Writ NylIe MlCkav Brown.
Shriver SrnIth. Payson. Deyins Msnden-
hall and Atterburv and Elders Forbes
Green. Smith. Anderson. Frame Poster.
CLARKE. Lambert Murray and Abbott.
4 petition was received asking permission
TO organize a new Presbyterian church
IN Unionport Tn. Bronx
II was said last night that Mr. Stean
while working nomInally az The church
Of the Sea and Land has don" some work
at Princeton and done " 80 well that the
Pre-bytery commended him