The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23
Why Rev. William Grant is Standing
Trial at the Presbyterian As
sembly on Charges
of Hereey.
HE WAS ACQUITTED ONCE
Fund Of Six Million to be Raised to
Take Care of the superaunnat-
ed Ministers of the
Church.

of blues suffered by Moses we're re-
sponsible for passages in the book OF
Moses
Christ and Lazarus and Mary and
Martha attended party where
games were played and danced
Jesus did not mount the topmost
pinnacle of the temple of Jerusalem
because it was a physical impossible
ity for anyone to accomplish this be-
cause of lack of ROOM
Parting of the waters of the Red
sea was not miracle, but merely
drying out of portions of the sea in
the change of seasons"
There is no devil"
Christ met death in a perfectly
natural course of events at the hands
of a mob of Jew fanatics and the
crucifixion was not planned by Him. :
Eve suffered from evil in het
own heart. The snake tempting story
is only parable.
Jonah never existed
There is no mediator between
God and man.
"Ananias and Sapphira expired
from apoplexy or heart failure
"Uzzah was not struck dead to eX-
plate his violation of Gods COM
mand, but probably died from weak
heart"
Presbytery Hears Heresy Charges.
These we're the startling utterances
and writings attributed to Rev. viii.
! liam Grant, graduate of Union Theo
| logical Seminary and pastor in the
| Northumberland (Pa.) Presbyterian,
j in the testimony of members of his
congregation read from the assembly
own presbytery before the Judicia
/ Commission of the General Presbyter
ian Assembly in executive session
1 The record was read in the appeal o1
! his case to the highest court of the
/ church.
While the Judicial Commission was
hearing the 800 pages of evidence
4 the cases OF Dr. Francis Brown
president of the Union Seminary ant
! DIR. William A. Brown, professor "
systematic theology of the same insti
tuition, We're unexpectedly flashed be
fore the assembly by the committee
on Bills and Overtures, who were in
structed to investigate the overture'
and report back to the convention.
DR. Grant, who was acquitted of tn,
charges in the Northum berland Pres
bytery when 1t was found that man,
of the counts were said to be garblet
reports of factions in his pastorate
sat in the room and seemed confden
of acquittal.
Utah Silver Service Opposed.
The commission spent an entir
day in threshing out the testimon.
of the alleged hereto utterances .
DR.. Grant. Another hour will be re
quired when the prosecution and de
fense will each be given two hours
opportunity to argue their case
Then the consideration will be mad
and the findings reported to the a!
sembly.
3 The cases of the two Browns al
, pearing in the assembly for brie
instant was the result of an oyertur
] adopted by the West Jersey and low
/ presbyteries after their own presb.
terry had refused to overturn the al
sembly.
The assembly went on record a
being opposed to the acceptance
/ the Navy Department of silver Sc
g vice for the battle ship Utah whic
7 has engraved on the coffee tray a
etching of Brigham Young, one of th
founders of the Mormon religion, an
a view of the Mormon Temple at Sa
, Lake City in the background.
: a resolution of protest presente
by Theodore Meyers of New Yor
: City was adopted without debate an
the stated clerk was ordered to ser
kilograms of protest to President TIA
and the chairman of the committe
+. of the house of Representatives whit
+ is considering the matter. The resol
tion concluded as follows: