Show OR HAS ORN SUSPENDED I 1 on the charge of being a heretic HE SAYS NOT RETRACT his statements made before the assem A bly bibin in his own behalf inerrancy of the bible maintained X washington june I 1 having d dc aided cid hut that they hed had a e lere heretic on their hands in the person of dr briggs the first thine thing for the presbyterian general assembly hembly to do this morning was to con sider older what should be done with him the comm committee attee sv appointed pointed to decide the matter brought in lit the recommendation esus bus pension from the ministry I and arid the assembly adopted the report dr brig briars waa was suspended indefinitely and can onty be reinstated on oil recantation of lie the matter in ills his speeches and writings to which oh objection was made it is unlikely he will ever do that on convening converting the presbyterian general assembly the moderator annon tic ed the names of the committee to fornin lale ther minutes expressing the scie of the assemble assembly ai as to the tile v vote 0 to upon the appeal from front new he yo york rk I 1 presbytery reb tery in the briggs case kev rev thomas V lloyt philadelphia was made the chalem m the other ni embers members were as ascol fol lows ministers li 11 W congdon nebraska AV WW W Il harsha arsba nebraska he braska J J J lucas in binl diana 0 D baker pe Pennsyl i yanta vanta L P whallon AV hallon viridiana ir indiana idiana T thomas hori dewing iowa liders elders john randolph baltimore Balti more thos mcdougal ohio david jackson call izaia fornia t E T green hew new jers jersey e 3 A curn cur kentucky E D warfield efi ld pennsylvania sylv iia tho the committee retired and the assembly as a court coart adjourned resuming the he legislative business as an assembly 1 the he assembly accepted the resolutions 0 of f the committee on overtures affirming the tile deliverance of the assembly of or lm or on the inspiration of the scriptures recess was then taken the committee on theological seminar ies presented a report on union seminary of which briggs is one of the faculty dis avowing all for its teachings and at id declining to receive any further reports from it until it Is brought into bar mony with the church the general assembly this afternoon adopted the report of the committee suspending professor briggs from the minis try of the tile presbyterian church llev tev john dickson chairman of the committee of theological seminaries submitted a report the institutions general ly report prosperity As to the lane theological lo 10 ical seminary the true trustees tees were compelled lea to abolish the chair of practical theol egy owing to reduced income thus requiring the resignation of dr heberts ho roberts berts who was incumbent thereof in be list of professors r Ss brathe the assembly ass embi finds ands the name of r fleet c ct henry P smith D D who in december last ast was suspended by the pres butery of cincinnati for unsoundness in lit faith the board should have acce accepted apted the resignation of prof smith or at least re lieveld him from froma a discharge of duty the assembly is therefore constrained to with leold approval and commendation of the lane seminary the board has reconsidered the action and remedied the error ilie the committee recommended that the re election reelection e lection of kev rev charles Chari caA A briggs D D by the presbytery of newark as di rector of the german theological seminary at Bloor ofield ia NJ J be disapproved by this assembly along A long and arid excited discussion B followed the tile pre presentation of the re port but the question was finally put and the report adopted in its entirety entirely by a large majority at the afternoon session dr craig convened the assent assembly bly as a court to hear the report of the tile coin committee cittee appointed to prepare an explanatory minute in lit the briggs case kev rey mr hoyt chairman called upon dr baker of tile sub committees who was sent to interview prof briggs tore to report the result of the interview tort dr r baker said that professor stated his ills irrevocable determination to abide by the tile declarations made in his address dressi before thes the asi embly in his defense I 1 and to 0 cont continue till to teach the doctrines there avowed at the request of dr baker profess ort briggs gave him an autograph letter making such a statement whereupon dr baker said the committee took the action which air mr boyt would now report to the assembly the tile report after reciting the proceed ings in the case proceeds this ju dici atory finds said final judgment 0 of f the presbytery of new now york erroneous and it Is hereby ri reversed versed and this general assembly finds that the appellee chas A briggs has uttered taught and propagated views doctrines and teachings contrary to the essential of the tile holy scripture and the standards of said presbyterian church in violation do lation of the ordination vos vows of said appellee which said erroneous views and doctrine doctrines strike at the vitals of religion and have been industriously industriously spread does and it hereby he re b suspend nor pend barles charles A briggs said appellee fr from the office of minister in the presbyterian church in the united states of america until such time as be he shall give satisfactory evidence of repentance to the general assembly y of the violation by him of f said bordinat ordination ion vows as herein and heretofore found the report of the comm commilee ikee was adopted and a vote of thanks was wait given the committee for its services the motion provoked I 1 I 1 Is eq bev rev dr herrick johnson of chicago toda protest against against the action of t gresen the e assembly on the inspiration of the holy scriptures rev dr young offered a supplement to the report of the tile committee on bills and arid overtures on inspiration of scriptures as follows resolved Kc solved now 11 ow have it in its various translations and versions when freed from all errors and mistakes of translators co printers is the very word 0 of god and consequently unanimously adopted eboli wholly without error 11 dr sprague presented for consideration a protest against the action of the assembly in the briggs case as being loo severe a sentence fur for the offense of the honored scholar named as tending lending to restrict the liberty heretofore enjoyed by office bearers in the presbyterian Presbyter fan church saratoga N Y was chosen as tho the place of meeting of the assembly of 1 1881 sa re cess was taken until 7 45 |