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Show HERESY CASES. J i McKifTen Closes lliis Argument I Against Smith. j 1 1 til mt A VOTE KXI'KCTEI) NEXT WI!EK R afl Eighteen Ministers and Six Elders for II the Defendant. H IssssfBB Tin: ciai: or ihiltiiii iiiiiuus, H H Ii The liliallnii In lie lleelileit by III fM I'mbytery, Aeeorillnar te le B nl t note's Mm. H 89 Cincinnati, Die. 8. Dr. McKlb. Hlsf ben, for the prosecullon, closed his jJdB8v argument this forenoon In the Bmltii ' IHIiPi heresy trial. Professor Hmlth then B Vji begau hla rejoinder, making tbu point Issssi i5l that even tho commlltco'a theory did iH a , not rule on all forms of error, Lut only IHi S certain forms. iH Ca! At .1 o'clock the presbytery went Into Bt eSsf secret session to consider tho caie, fI aW whon they adjourned to meet on Mon- ;1h Bfl day next. A votu Is expected by Tiles- IB H day or Wednosday. srasttH llrfora going Into tecret seislon to ajHBH consider thu casu the roll waa called to ,lXflB ascertain who were eligible to tit In ' MBssUt ludgment. It disclosed thirty-nine jIBikI' mlnlifers and eighteen eljers. An IsBBsHflriT ettlmate aato how they aland on the lesssiiH.4 question befotu them makes eighteen 'sshLmW of tbu ministers aud elx ol the elders IjassaaMB favorablo lo Professor Bmllli. ssssslifa tiik nuiueiSTniAU BBBI Ni.w Yum;, Deo. 8. In the Drlgga 'Dassssl case to Jay McCook completed Ills ar- lBH gument for the prosecution. Thu 'Bin question to bo decided lu Ibis court, assEfSSl raid lie, la simply whether tho doc- lslssi Him sot Dr. llrlggsaud tbu doctrines sssttMl of Presbyterlanlsm aru lu harmony, sssVlH When llrlgga nskod II the prosecution asssUasssi had flulahod thu case, au affirmative, iasBlflB though Bomowhat gutrdej anawer wai asssf ssHr given, llrlggs said he asked the quel- iHJjoTsl Hen with a reaaon. Dr. Lempar, lIHlVl' lllhlutcbolar of Ihe committee, had 'tt'l: uotsokeu aud llrlgga wauled him to iBBBv' present now any argument he had OEHf' lire arid agalmt thu defendant. 'VuSiafe llrlggs tatd he suspected aomo such 'dEjiawlfli policy may be followed by tho commit- sH) wJt tee as at the first trial, when luaoy RjBssb1 ol their arguments wero withheld uu- issKsssM til after be bad pleaded. Auudjouru- JlVflli lueut was then taken until Tuesday. '9,BsS! |