Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
DR.. John Carson Chosen by
Presbyterians.
ANOTHER HFRESY QUESTION
President and Professor of Union
College Must Face Charges
of Departing From the
Faith.

Atlantic City, May 19--Rev. John
F. Carson, of the Central Presbyter-
Ian church. Brooklyn, ". Y, was elect
ed moderator of the Presbyterian gen
eral assembly.
The assembly opened its 1891 an
nual session here and listened to the
farewell sermon of the retiring mod
orator, Rev. Charles Little, of Wa
bash, Ind.
Charges and counter charges were
made by clergymen in nominating the
candidates. Bold charges OF brass
band campaigns conducted by back
ers of candidates were made by DIR.
w. Francis Irwin, OF Louisville, KY,
who nominated DR.. Frederick limit,
of Danville, KY.
"A man asked me how many votes
1 had for my candidates" he declared
81 consider that an insult to the Pres
byterian church"
"Our candidate is not carrying
around photographs in his pocket or
working through advertising agen-
cies," he said.
DR.. John r. Davies, of Philadelphia,
who nominated Rev. John Dixon, of
Trenton, declared: I'VE also came
here without brass band campaign
believing all such methods are a dis
grace to the church of which Christ In
the head.
These statements threw the assem-
bly, into wild applause. Nomination Of
xryoc NV nr Do
mer, of Columbus, o., who character
ICED his candidate as the man who
fought rum and kept the Bible in the
public schools of New York and the
first man congratulated by Governor
Hughes at the end of tn race track
fight.
1.-The greatest danger that faces this
country is not the Jews and the Ro-
mans, but Mormonism," asserted DR..
Joseph Weaver, of ROCKFORD, Colo,
in putting Rev. Mark A. Matthews, of
Seattle, in nomination, whom he de-
clared was the man to lead the
fight"
The second ballot gave DIR. Carson
total of Asa. His needed vote was
400. DIR. Matthews got 31s and DR..
limit 1875. They both made a motion
to make DR.. Carson's election unani-
nous. This was carried.
liz Another Heresy Case.
Among the many subjects OF i'm
portance which will be taken up by
the assembly during its session, the
most important will be the heresy
cases involving President Francis
Brown and Professor William Adams
Brown, both of Union Theological
seminary, and Rev. William D. Grant,
a graduate of the Union seminary, who
-urs now located in Northumberland,
Pa. - sa.ssaasSsf ST, si.a.~ss.~-
. For years there has been constant
friction between Union seminary and
the Presbyterian church, and at near
" every assembly some phase of the
difference comes up for discussion.
Last year the case of Steen, Black
and Fitch, students of this seminary,
charged with heresy, almost caused
split In the assembly, though the
young men were finally acquitted.
This year the question is more seri-
GUS, In that il affects the president
and one of the most influential profess
sors in the seminary. Both men are
charged with heresy in that in their
writings they strayed from the ortho-
dox view OF the immaculate concep-
tion and the resurrection of Christ.
DR.. Grant, a graduate of Union semi
nary, is also charged with departing
from the faith of the founders of the
church in writings and sermons on
the same subjects.