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Show THE IIIIIIKin I'ASU llrlily of lliu rrnarrnlloei Colilincnee.1 by Hrr l.auine. NKW Yomr, Deo. 22 Thu Iter. Joseph Lainpo to lay began the reply of thu iiroseLUtlou lu tbu Hrltga cate. llotald thu Tresbyterlan church did not sreli to comiel any mau to adopt Ita dootrlnei, but when men personally ntiumed the obligation to that church Ilia ihuroh ltaelf had the rUht to eiy whether any man who ciceplaauoh K.sllloii lu that church fulllllcd lallli fully lilt obligations. Dr. llrlggi' metheda lu determlnlnif whethur ur not any doctrines aru oseontlal wore unquetllouably lngonloui, but they wora hla own and must bu regarded merely aieuggiitlontuntllha can induce in-duce thu church to ruvlso thu standards bo nt to aocipt them. Dr. Lituio aald llrlggs lind not answered the nrgumonta of Dr. lllrch nud Colonel MoUook. Tho oh urch denied, de-nied, ho aald, thu position taken by Hriggstbut reason and thu church aro tjurcet of dlvlno authority, Lampe nald thero It no ralvatlon without knowlcdgaof Christ and faith lu him. Hu asserted that Christ and hit Apuslh a lu nil their teaching pointed out thu Gospel as tho final and only s'.andaid of divine authority. Ur.llrlRgf, ho said, oontradlcla this vital dootrlue. In hit claim that tha scriptures "contain" thu word of.Uod, Mr. ilrlgjtwaa in antagonlam to the! prlnrlplu taught In tlie confession that llio scriptures "are" tlio word nf Hod. Tho ntatement, mado by llrlggt that dlvlnuuutliorlly was not lu words, hut In concoUon,c3ntradlcteil thu doctrine set forth In thu Presbyterian standards that makta Uod to bo the authority of tbu written word. |