Show THE BRIGGS CASE the celebrated heresy came against dr briggs brigga will soon bo be finally decided it is ia one of the principal questions be lore fore ahe be presbyterian general assembly which convenes today at washington having come beara that body on an appeal frona from a former decision by which the learned divine was acquitted of all charges it is to be expected that this decision will be sustained the time is in past long ago when it to Is considered 1 ato entertain views somewhat diverging from those held when old creeds were formed the principle now recognized among confessors of protestantism is in unity in essentials liberty in minor points and charity in aima all were this not so there would be no end to charges of heresy among the sects hardly two leading men man can be found among them who agree oo on anything their only occupation would therefore be to 10 excommunicate each other until every sectarian church were broken up into fragments A trial for heresy in a church that disclaims divine inspiration is a bad farce for who can tell leli without that inspiration and the authority it confers which of the parties is wrong As long as there is a possibility that both the judges and the accused are equally in error it would seem to be but consistent with modesty mo leaty lesty to decline the doubtful honor of officially pronouncing a brother in the faith a he burette rette |