Show ACCUSED OF HERESY Professor McGiffert Sends a letter In His Ow Defense New York May 15It is stated that Professor McGiffert of the Union Theological logical seminary accused of heresy has sent a letter of defense to the stated clerk the Rev Dr W Roberts of Philadelphia to be presented to the Presbyterian general assembly which meets in Minneapolis on Wednesday Professor McGiffert declined to talk about the matter but i was stated by the Rev Dr C W Knox of the semi nary that the letter had been forwarded for-warded Seven Presbyters have over tured the general assembly to take up the McGiffert matter and one of the New York commissiorers yesterday said that the action of the Pittsbury Presbytery in passing it by had led to a misapprehension That Presbytery he said had in no way retracted but feeling that seven having acted it was not needful for it to do so I |