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Show H Tilt! llllllillS CISK. B Tbo Ffoilijtetla.il ueneral asiiimlily, H iisw In session In Waililogtou, jreater- m day reaolTtid Itself Into ft Judicial B Court of lbs Lord Jriua Chrltl, for His H iurtM ol hoarlnK Ihp caao against H Dr. llrlggs, acoussd of heresy. A brief H rsTlsw ot tbli uow celebrated trial la B u followi: B . When Dr. Ilrlgga In 1801 ni trani- ; t fetreJ to Hie chair ol biblical blitory In BBHHl TTnlAn TliMnlnirlral Humlnarv. Xaiw B ' York, lie tleltreroi an tuiilreaa on the B authority ot the Hcrlpturn. In thli B be malntkluej that the Jllble haj not B brenhtnilrtt down to ua without error, B rtnil that, conirquently, tbe render bad B to exerclaurt certain amount of ctlllcal B Judgment, ft theory not In harmony B with tbe l'roibyterlan erred. The B matter waa brought to tho attention H of the general aaierobly at B . Uetro and tbat body dltapprored B the action whereby the pro'euorablp H bad been given, to llrlgz. Chargea H ware alio preferred In the New York B preabytery In the aprlng of 1891, but B that body dropped the cate, etatlng B' , that It did ao "without approTlug of H thepoiltlona atated In hie Inaugural B aJJreia; at lbs aame time dealrlng B earneitly the peace and ult of the B church, and In view of the declare. BBB tlona made by Dr. Ilrlgga touohlng BBB hla loyalty to the holy Horlpturea and BBB the Weatmlnater atandarda, and of BBB liladlaclalmera of Interpretation! put BBBj ouaomeofhla word, deemaltbeatto H t dlamlaa the caao and hereby doea ao BBBj Tbeaeoralngly wlaedeclalon did sot BBBB r eatlif j the proeeoutlng oommltlee, but BBBB they appealed to the general aaaembly BBBB at Portland laat year, who remanded BBBB thecaiefora new trial back to the New Vork preabytery, by whom the H, aconiedwaa acquitted. The proaecu- B tata again appealed to the general B aaiembly now In aeaalon. I, At the Portland meeting tail year Dr. l'atteraon, editor of tho Philadelphia Philadel-phia 1'rttbyUrtan Journal, Introduced a rtaolutlon, which waa laid over till BBH tblayear. It waa evidently penned B i agalnitDr. llrlggsand reada aa followi: B The ceneral aaaembly would remind all BBH nnd.r Ita rare that It la a fundaiuenlal BBH doctrine tbat the Old aud Now 'loala. BBB rnenta are the Inaplred and Infallible BBB void of (loJ. Our church holda that the BHH Inaplred word aa It came from (tod la BHH I wlthouterror. The aaaerllon of the con. BBB ""? cannot but abalto the confldenco of BBH thepooplelnthoaacrod boolca. All who BHHI enter otllco In our church aolomnly pro. BBBi reH t0 rccvlTO them M tbe only BHH. Infallible rulo of faith and prac BHH' "c0 I' "ley change their belief on thU BHI point, Chtlatlau honor douundw that BHH, t tu' nou,d withdraw from our mliila. BHH ! trf' They bare no right to uo tho pul- BHI pltor the chair of the profnaaor for tbe BBHI Ubaanitiiattoti of their errtira until they BHH r" l,,a" w,ln ty "" low proceaa of ilia. B clpllue. Hut If ifiey duao act, their prea- B hyterlea ahould epeedlly ImeriioKo, and l deal wlili them for lolatlou of onlluailoii H vona 'the vnnr taken at tho iHglniilni: B la obligatory until the party Uklugltla B houorablynnd properly rniwiett. 'lha B general a..i uiuly rnjolna upon all inlnla- BBV tnrp, eldaraand jroanytorloa to hofiiltb- B fulto tho duty hero luipoaod. B Here la evidently a liaud-to-linnJ B onttit between Dr. llilggi and Dr. BBBB! Patlerion. Tor If tho former la nc- H quitted tho lattet'a dogma inuat H rclroted aud vice vena, BBH The l'reabyterlan church In by thla BBH oaieln a dilemma. If Dr. llllggnla HHB pronounced guilty of beteay, th prob- H) ability la that nut a few liberal clergy "Bh men will aocedu aud porhaa found u BBBK' new church. HlmulJ tbo accuiet) be B acqulttod tbe ultra coniervatlvei B would probably accede. Thla etnlua B of afTalri atoouuta for tbo nvldunt H ' dcalta ruanlfeitcd to far to delay tho B ' final dmlilon aa much aa toeilble. |
