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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
EMBLY SKIRMISH WILL
DECLARES OR. SIELZLE
Union Theological School Not So
Anxious for Presbyterians to Take
It Under Its Wing, He Says—-The
Church lade Move for “Wedding.”
By Rev. Cha Hes Stelzle.
Everybody had supposed that the relationship between Union
Theological Seminary and the Presbyterian General Assembly in
the last year or two was that of courtship, with the General As
sembly as the suitor.
At least this is the impression that one might have secured by
listening to the debates and particularly the resolutions adopted
at previous assemblies, with ref-'
erence to- this matter.
The Assembly proposed union
—it was the aggressor—but
while the basis of union, or, at
least, of closer relationship was
accepted by Union Seminary,
the Assembly seemed in a mood
Monday to “break Ihe engage
ment,’’ and it found itself Tues
day morning in the position of
returning the little “tokens of
endearm<Tnt” which had been
confidently placed in its hands.
Here In the resolution adopted by
the Assembly of 1911. which was the
basis of the approach to the di
vorced but "haughty body," who yet
was believed to have tender feelings
toward the Presbyterian Assembly.
Resolution of Last Year.
Whereas. The t’nion Theologi
cal Seminary in the city of New
York was founded by Presbyte
rians and largely endowed from
Presbyterian sources; and
Whereas, Some years past there
developed a condition which led
to the severing of the rations
which had existed from ttie the
organization of the seminary, be-
tween it and the (Jeneral Assem
bly; and
Whereas, We are persuaded
that there are in tlie faculty and
in the directorate of Union Theo
logical Seminary men who are in
accord with evangelical Christi
anity as expressed in the Stand
ards of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States of America,
and who are zealous in all good
work for the growth of the kind-
dom of our Lord Jesus Christ in
the world; and
Whereas, We believe that it
would be a signal manifestation
of the spirit of our Lord and Sa
viour Jesus Christ, who prayed
"that they all may be one,” for
Christian brethren, under the
gracious guidance of the Holy
Spirit, to remove all misunder
standings. alienations and antag
onism. and to become vitally and
aggressively united in the doc
trine of our beloved church in
the work of bringing nations and
the world to Christ; therefore,
be it
Committee Named.
Resolved, That the Assembly
hereby authorizes the moderator
to appoint a committee of nine,
to consist of Jive ministers, of
whom the moderator shall be one,
and four ruling elders, none of
whom shall be connected with tlie
directors and faculty of the said*
seminary, with a view of the re
establishment of relations be
tween the seminary and the Gen
eral Assembly on the basis of the
standards of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States of
America; this committee to re
port at the next Assembly.
This committee, after much dis
cussion. finally submitted to Union
Seminary two proposition, which
were to serve as the basis of closer
friendship.
Tin- first of those question* is this
W ill the board of directors make such
provision as will secure to all Pres
byterian students In attendance upon
Union Theological Seminary such ad
equate instruction in the departments
of church government, discipline, or
ganization and history as will qualify
them to answer satisfactorily the
questions on these subjects, pro
pounded. according to church law and
usage, at their licensure and ordina
tion to the Presbyterian ministry?
The second question is this; Will
the bQard of directors make such pro
vision as will secure to all Presbyte
rian students in attendance upon
Union Theological Seminary such ad
equate instruction, as an integral pari
cf their theological training. In the
special system of doctrine contained
in the symbols of the Presbyterian
Church, as will enable them to answer
satisfactorily the questions respecting
Presbyterian doctrine, propounded ac
cording to church law and usage, at
their licensure and ordination to the
Presbyterian minist i y '.’
But They Cut "Her” Dead.
"Yes.” said the directors and facul-
. ty,
"we accept your
proposal." This
tna>
' have been "too
sudden”—not to
the
seminary, but t<
) the committee.
Any
way. when it n
lade Its report
Mot
iday, it said so
me "awful nice
thir
igs" about the "If
idy,” but it "cut
her
dead."
t i it
hai
just be a brother to you."
comm 'tee, "and maybe some
i lie future—five years, per-
?’ll see how we feel toward
ach other;
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said.’
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This w
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stunner.
Most
people
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that Uni
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as cage
r to
come back
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le As-
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you've asked us to come. We wanted
to meet you. and perhaps become bet
ter acquainted with you. so that we
might work out together some of the
big problems in the church,” Dr.
Brown said in substance.
A» Usual, There Are "Rivals.”
But, like in every love story, there
were "rivals." They appeared in the
presentation of the minority reports.
Dr. John R. Davies, who presented
minority report No. I. is a director in
Princeton Theological Seminary,
Union’s most bitter enemy. Dr. F. C.
Monfort, w ho brought in minority re
port No 2. Is a director In Lane Theo
logical Seminary, which isn’t too fond
of Union. Now. rivals don’t, as a
rule, say nice things about the girl
who is ready being courted by the
great big strong fellow whom they
like, too.
tl wasn’t surprising, therefore, that
such phrases as "Hindoo philosophy
Is being taught at Union Seminary”
and “unjtarianlsm is the belief of its
professors." and even worse charges
of downright dishonesty should be
made by the men who represented
these rival Institutions. To be sure,
they were perfectly sincere—aside
from their intimate connection with
these conservative institutions, rivals
always are sincere.
But the fact remains—Union Sem
inary had fulfilled its contract in the
particular proposition made to it by
the committee of the Assembly and
was then turned down.
Now Union Theological Seminary
is working for an endowment of a
million and a half—tl>e exact amount
doesn't matter much, for Union prob
ably w'ill plan for even bigger things
when It secures this sum, because this
theological university big, broad, but
thoroughly evangelical—is growing at
a tremendous rate In influence and in
enrollment.
Row Will Aid School.
Yesterday’s skirmish in the Genera*
Assembly will help to increase both
Union’s endowment and its number
of student*#. It has always been so in
previous fights. Perhaps when the
newspapers this morning printed the
story that the Assembly was in a
frame of mind to rebuke the seminary
for standing by what seemed right to
its directors and faculty, somebody
immediately wrote out a check for a
good big sum and sent it to Dr. Fran
cis Brown, its calm, cultured, Chris
tian president.
The other men in this fight are
Christian men. too. Both Dr. Davies
and Dr. Monfort are noted for their
fine admirable Christian characters.
That’s what makes this whole con
troversy so sad and so difficult to ad
just. it’s a case of good men and
true differing, not merely in personal
matters, but they all truly believe
that they are "fighting the battle of
the Lord." And when a man believes
that, he'll die rather than betray his
trust.
However, Union Theological Sem
inary and tile (Jeneral Assembly will
some day be "wed." Not in just the
way that some folks wish, but they’ll
fight together against the common
foe of injustice and sin. and then
they'll find that the hearts of these
men on the other side are right,
whatever may have been their theo
logical differences--and a man’s good
heart is a whole lot bigger thing than
ids theological convictions, no matter
how profound.
Meanwhile other suitors have been
making advances to Union Seminary.
The Methodists, Baptists and Episco
palians have made arrangements
through which students from their
bodies will receive special instruction
in their peculiar doctrine and polity.
This probably forever precludes the
possibility of making Union Seminary
a distinctively Presbyterian institu
tion.
Press Censorship
Asked in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, FLA.. May 20.
Representative Darnell, of Key West,
has introduced a resolution in the
Florida House for a press censorship,
particularly for the weekly papers of
the State. His resolution follows;
"\\ m>reas, a ntimber of corpora
tion-serving newspapers have pub
lished malicious, untruthful and mis
leading editorials relative to pro-
ceedings. thereby doing grave in
justice to members of this House.
"Resolved. That a publicity com
mittee first be appointed to prepare
series of concise articles for the
newspapers, especially the weekly
press, in order that the public may
be correctly informed regarding the
proceedings."
3 Greatest Makers
Of History Named
WASHINGTON. I). t\. May 20.—An
American, a Spaniard and a I^atin-
Amerkan were declared to be the
three greatest makers of history since
Christ, by Senor Don Jose De Diego,
speaker of the Porto Rican House of
Delegates in an address before the
Spanish-American Athenaeum in the
new national museum. •
He sH'd they w ere Christopher Co- <
. Iambus, who discovered the new |
world; ^George W ashington, w ho led I
jit to freedom, and Bojivar, the libera - I
of South America, who freed
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CARRIERS' AND AGENTS' BALLOT.
Miss Hanson Scoffs at ‘Temptations of Stage’!
•»*•+ •!•»•}• v»o
Blames Publicity for Popular Idea of Its Evils
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VU I to June 4, 1913 .
Beautiful Atlanta Leading Woman
Strongly Advocates Drama as
Profession for Women.
"The evils of the stage? They are
just the same—and many times not
so bad—as the eviis of other profes
sions. Stage life isn't any more of a
temptation to young girls than other
walks of life."
Miss Gladys Hanson Snook, or
Next Sunday’s Coupons
Will Count 30 Votes
Southern Body Stirred by
New Statement of Belief
A motion to adopt the ad interim
committee’s report on the statement
of belief, as read by Dr J. M. Wells,
created a furor of discussion at
Tuesday's session of the Southern
Assembly.
The statement is a corrected form
of that drawn up by last year’s com
mittee. After it was read, Dr. T. S.
Knox, of Texas, opened the discus
sion by declaring first that it was
wholly unnecessary.
"The adoption of this statement
would make void all possibilities of a
union between the three Presbyterian
bodies," declared Dr. Knox. "The
article is not only bad grammar but
it is also bad theology."
Cries of shame followed Dr. Knox’s
speech.
"It is outrageous,” declared Dr. Mc-
Pheeters, "that such words should be
uttered in a Presbyterian church."
Dr. A. I*. Gregory, of Tennessee,
spoke, declaring that the statement
was badly needed. Dr. J. B. Works,
of Texas, contradicted Dr. Knox’s as
sertion that the change was not de
sired in the West, by stating that it
would be welcomed in that district.
Following other short addresses, the
motion was tabled until the after
noon session.
The change in the basis of repre
sentation. which has become a law by
the enactment of the General Assem
bly of the Southern Presbyterian
Church, will Increase materially the
representation to future Assemblies.
The change means that in future
the commissioners to the General As
sembly shall be chosen as follows:
Every Presbytery s'hall be entitled to
elect one minister and one elder as
commissioners, and all Presbyteries
where the combined membership of
ministers and communicants exceed
4,000 will be entitled to elect one min
ister and one elder additional. This
ratio will continue with the addition
of each four thousand members in the
Presbytery.
Among the first features of the As
sembly Tuesday morning was the
fraternal messenger from the General
Assembly of the United Presbyterian
Church.
The "special order" for 2:30 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon was a report of
the committee on foreign correspond
ence.
Beneficence Discussed.
Consideration of the report of the
standing committee on systematic
beneficence was resumed. The part of
the report presented was with refer
ence to the permanent committee of
systematic beneficence.
The only item of the report that
provoked discuslson was that with
reference to the restoration of the
power of the permanent committee to
nominate members and secretaries of
the excutive committees of the As
sembly. This power formerly be
longed to the committee, but was
taken from it at the Assembly of 1912
The report of the standing commit
tee recommended the restoration of
this power, but with the provision
that it should not deprive any other
member of the Assembly rimilar right
Dr. W. M, F. Alexander opposed the
res'toraation of this power, upon the
ground that it would mean too much
centralization of power; that in time
the association of this committee with
the executive committees might beget
upon the part of members of the lat
ter the disposition to bow to the for
mer in order to receive nomination for
the committees.
Clyce to the Defense.
’ Dr. T. S. Clyce met this opposoition
with the statement that he had been
a member of the Permanent Commit
tee on Systematic Beneficence when
it possessed the power under consid
eration and that th^re was no log
rolling on the part of any one; furth
er, that it is not likely there would
be such at any time. He urged that
the Assembly have more concentra
tion of power in the transactions of
its business.
The report of the committee was
adopted and the power of the Perma
nent Committee was restored.
The time for uniting all Presbyte
rian churches is not yet ripe. This
is the decision of the Southern Pres
byterian Church, unanimous appar
ently. If there were any who opposed,
they failed to voice their sentiment
against such an overwhelming vote
for the retention of the Southern
church’s individuality.
Report of the committee on over
tures against uniting was adopted al
most unanimously. It stated that the
time was not Just ripe for the uniting
of the Southern church with other
branches of the Presbyterian. The
fact that negotiations are already un
der way between the Southern Pres
byterian Church and the United
ed, the present time appeared as
inopportune for a discussion of union.
The beneficence committee’s report
recommended that the percentage for
foreign missions be cut from 60 to 54
per cent; that home missions receive
27 instead of 21 per cent; Christian
education and ministerial relief to
receive 14 1-2 Instead of 14 per cent,
and Sunday school publications re
duced from 4 to 3 1-2 per cent.
Continued From Page 1.
I
Ministers’ Ranks Thinning;
Missionaries Increasing
«nd itMi iU r r ° r America, who freec
ah- J L^iin-America from the Spanish yoke.
The first report heard at the Tues
day morning session of the United
Presbyterian Assembly was that of
the woman’s board. This report
showed a larger number of unmar
ried woman missionaries sent out the
past year than any preceding year.
The year closed without a deficit.
The report was adopted without disc
ussion.
Reports on the state of religion
and education were unanimously
adopted. *
An attempt was made to bring up
the fight between the home mission
board and the board of publication
for control of Sabbath school work.
Dr. John A. Henderson presented a
resolution that a special committee,
insisting of seven men not connect-
1 with either board, be appointed
to investigate the conflicting claims,
and report the results of this investi
gation to next year’s Assembly. Dr.
McGill opposed its appointment, say
ing it would hinder the Sabbath school
work. Other delegates supported hint.
Dr. L. \Y. Williamson, of Topeka,
Kans., declared it seemed that neither
board was hurt but that a certain
worker was, and asked the Assembly
to find a position for the worker re
ferred to. Dr. Russell replied that the
report yesterday merely showed the
worker’s term had expired. Dr. Hen
derson then withdrew his motion.
Ministers Decrease in Number.
It was shown b> the report on
theological seminaries that the num
ber of deaths in the ministerial ranks
exceeded the number of young men
entering by 11. and recommended that
a campaign be waged presenting the
claims of the gospel ministry to the
young men in the colleges. The re
port was adopted.
It was voted to change the time of
adjournment from 12 to 12:30 after
to-day. »
The session on Monday afternoon
w as featured by a stormy debate over
a recommendation made by the com
mittee on biils and overtures to reaf
firm the action of last year’s Assem
bly in taking control of mission Sab
bath schools and Sabbath school ex
tension work from the hands of the
board of publication and putting it in
charge of the board of home mis
sions.
Dr. \Y. B. Smiley, secretary of the
Sabbath school work, which office
would be abolished if the recom
mendation were adopted, made the
charge that polities was at the bot
tom of the recommendation. Mr.
Smiley stated to a Georgian reporter
that some one outside the mission
board was responsible for the recom
mendation being made.
The courtesies of the floor were
extended to Dr. \V. J. Reed, chairman
of the Sabbath school committee.
Dr. Reed stated that Dr. Smiley wrote
him several weeks ago that a plot
was on foot to take all matters per
taining to the Sabbath school work
from the hands of the board of pub
lication.
Reed Denies Plot.
Dr. Reed said that he had investi
gated these charges and found no
evidence of such a plot. He stated
further ehat the Sabbath school work
was one of the most important parts
of church work, and that the home
mission board desired to retain con
trol of it for another year.
A motion was next made and car
ried by a majority of about ten to
put control of the Sabbah school work
back in the hands of the board of
publication. This motion later was
killed. An amendment was then
made ami unanimously carried that
the present arrangement be continued
until nexi year. This leaves control
in the bands of the home mission
board, and abolishes Dr. Smiley’s of
fice.
It was decided that The Christian
Instructor be disposed of at the best
possible terms and ns early as pos
sible. the committee having found
that it was being operated at a loss
of about $500 a month.
Oppose Mission Cut.
Dr. A R. Robinson. of Pittsburg
Pa., was chairman of the committee
on bills and overt^v* The other
members were Ro* \Y. J. Grimes.
Rev \V. J Buchanat.‘Rev. J. B. Work,
J. A M« Laughty. Hon J. H. Slavery
»n«i \y h Ramsey.
Gladys Hanson, as she is known to
fame, beautiful Atlanta actress who
has just come back home for a six-
weeks’ vacation, stopped serving tea
and leaned forward. She was at her
country place out on Cleburne Ave
nue.
"The truth is this: The limelight
is always turned, full force, on the
stage when it is not on other profes
sions. As soon as art actress does an
imprudent or perhaps an unconven
tional thing, the news immediately
spreads—and it gathers force as It
spreads. Elsewhere there is less pub
licity, and therefore a better chance
for covering things up, that’s all."
Urges Stage for Girls.
Miss Hanson, who belongs to one
of Georgia’s oldest families, and w ho
is in love with her art to her finger
tips. has just finished a successful
ten-months’ season with David Be-
lasco in "The Governor’s Lady." In
the six years she has been on the
stage she has been wonderfully suc
cessful, having been with Frohman,
Sothern and other big directors be
sides Belasco. She strongly advo
cates the stage as a profession for
young women.
"There never have been such op-
Miss Gladys Hanson Snook.
portunities for capable young wom
en as there are to-day.” she de
clared, dropping a bit of lemon into a
cup of tea, "and really it’s almost
nonsense to talk about stage evils and
morals at all. The stigma that for
merly attached to the theater is al
most a thing of the past, for the sim
ple reason that people have come
more and more to realize that im
morality is not confined to class, but
is purely individual.
More Actors of Big Brains.
"Also year by year the stage is
being more and more occupied by per
sons of big brains—big souls—people
who are realities, and who are there
because of the big ‘call.’ ”
"And that ‘call’ is the great thing,"
she stressed. "I don’t care what you
say. When people follow their star,
as it were—when they feel the burn
ing of the ‘spark’ inside and set out
to give it expression, it means the
development of soul. And people of
great souls can only be good.
"I grant this." she said, depreeat-
ingly. "the world looks upon the stagt
from an outsider’s standpoint, and,
therefore, can only criticise from that
angle, which may he entirely wrong.
"For instance, many times I hav?
seen a man rush back to a dressing
room, where the actress with whom
he was to appear was in negligee and
making up, to run over the lines in a
coming scene. But I only wish that
the public might see how in earnest
it all is.
Had to Ignore Convention.
“The man is not sure of himself in
Wife Digs Miner’s
Body From Cave-in
OROVILLE. CAL., May 20.—Frank
Martin, a miner, was killed by -a land
slide on his property along the Feath
er River, near Oroville. He was
found entombed in the dirt by his
wife, who went to hunt for him when
he did not return to his home at the
usual time.
She made her ghastly discovery and
found her husband crushed and dead,
buried in the earth and rock that had
fallen on him. She returned to her
cabin for help and with the aid of her
children dug the body from its un
timely grave.
DRUG. GIVEN BY DOCTOR,
CAUSES PATIENT'S DEATH
Witness Bares Plot
In Lawrence Strik
CHATTANOOGA, TENN May 20.
Horace Hamilton i dead at Erlanger
Hospital from a dose of phylocogen,
administered by his physician a few
hours earlier, although the dose was
the smallest prescribed by medical
books. The drug acted as a poison
because vl * *£ tae
blood, u-jl.
BOSTON. May 20.—Daniel J. Col
lins. the Cambridge dog fancier, in
dicted jointly with William M. Wood,
president of the American Woolen
Mills, and Frederick Atteaux on a
charge of conspiring to "plant" dyna
mite in Lawrence, on the stand to
day told of going to Lawrence witn
John J. Breen, of wrapping up some
"sticks" which Breen called "the
juice" in pieces of newspaper and of
his having asked Breen. "What does
this mean?” Here is what Collins de
clared was Breen's answer:
"What does it mean '.’ It means that
I will be Mayor of this city some day.
Man. there are millions behind me in
this. Do you know Wood? Well,
then, just you watch the papers to
morrow. You will see what it means."
POOL ROOM IS CLOSED
FOR REVIVAL SERVICES
the scene, anti if he did not seize this
moment, he might make a botch of the
play, and v he coi\Jd not wait until the
actress was all ‘made up.’
"But, as they go over the lines they
practically do not see each other—
they are like two machines. The
thought of everything is sunk in the
play. He talks his lines in quick,
high tones, and she comes in with hers
to meet him. And the moment that
is done he rushes out like mad to get
ready to ‘go on.’
“Don’t you ever believe." Miss Han
son emphasized, "that the rules in
practically all theaters are not strict.
And in high-class houses it is prac- I
tieally the same as in your own home.
The people are all big people—they're
men and women—they’re not ’ silly j
nincompoops!
"Again, if a girl enters the pro
fession. she can be sure that if she
gets with a good director—and there
are more good ones than otherwise —
she is going to be pushed along to
success—not only by her own effort,
but by his—for he is just as anxious
for her to make good as she is to
make good herself.
Finds Splendid Associates.
"She will usually find a number of
splendid women to associate with, too
—if she’ll keep her eyes open—and
also a number of broad-minded men.
There’s whe e she may learn many
things about her art—they will all
help her—and that and working hard
will get her her to the top if she has
any ‘possibilities’ at all. If for no
other reason, 1 would have been glad
I had gone on the stage simply for
fhe people I have met."
Miss Hanson expects to go abroad
for the summer. She will return the
latter part of August for rehearsals,
being again with Belasco. She and
Emma Dunn, one of her best friends,
will again appear for a time in "The
Governor's Lady,” later taking up oth
er work Mr. Belasco has not yet made
public. While in Atlanta Miss Snook
expects to be quite a great deal with
her friends, a number of parties hav
ing been planned for her.
Calls Atlanta Hers, Too.
Speaking of Atlanta things, she said
it almost made her angry—that is. it
would if she wasn’t so even-tempered,
for which she took credit to herself—
when she was out and people asked
her how she liked "our" country club,
or "our" city—or other things.
"Why, it’s mine, too,” she said. ‘T
don't feel that just because I'm away
in the winter this isn’t my home. Why.
I grew up here and I belong to the
place! Of,course, it’s usually stran
gers. who don’t know, who ask me
things like that; but. all the same, it
gives me'a funny little feeling around
my heart. I feel just like I ought to
be asking them instead, being"—she
hesitated and laughed—"as I was here
first!” *
DALTON. GA.. May 20.—A number
of local business firms have signed an
agreement to close their places of
business each morning from 10 11
o’clock to permit their employees to
attend revival services at the -First
Methodist Church. One of the first
Vs dutc was a pool room.
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with which it was purposed to "break
his head.”
“Waiting With Club.”
”It Ip as though you had invited a
friend to your home under the pre
tense of hospitality." he declared, "and
then had met him at the door to crack
open his skull.
"Of the second minority report I
knew nothing until ten days ago. It)*
was signed by one man only, and he a
member of the committee for only a
fev; months. His report and his opin
ions had not been made a subject of
conference. They were as unexpected
as a thunderbolt.
"All of these criticisms, however, »
can he met without any difficulty. The
author has been grossly misinformed
and mistaken. In the first place, the
annulling of the agreement of 1870
was done on the advice of two dis
tinguished lawyers. Who advised the
directors they had gone too far under
the provisions in the charter in mak
ing the agreement at all .”
Resents Charges.
Dr. Brown named the men who had
been in charge of the affairs of the
seminary for years as an evidence
that it had been in the hands of
capable, God-fearing directors and
instructors.
He grew bitter when he came to
comment on the arraignment of Wil
liam Adams Brown, professor of sys
tematic theology in the seminary.
"That criticism was most unjust
and unwarranted." declared President
Brown. "Professor Brown is one of
the most ardent, earnest and sin
cere EWesbyterians in this Assembly.
So to attack his religious principles
was cruel and not supported by any
evidence. Terms were used that
never should be used by one Chris
tian in reference to another Christian
or to any human being.
"That reference, too, to Hindu
philosophy was a simple travesty—
a simple travesty! I find it more dif
ficult to be calm at this time. I don’t
want to lose my temper, but such
unjust and unsupported charges have
been hurled at this seminary that re
straint is not wholly possible.
“Asks Nothing.”
"Remember that the seminary asks
nothing, seeks nothing. It is not rep
resented here voluntarily. It cam«4 ,
on invitation. We want to be of ser
vice to the Presbyterian Church, but
if you can not use us, we do not
care to try.
"The members of the faculty have
given evidences of their Christian
faith that should be accepted if the
matter is considered at all. I hold,
however, that discussion on the sec
ond minority report should have no
place on this floor, as the report was,^
never made a subject of conference. * .
"In regard to the students going *
forth from our seminary, I want to
deny the scurrilous stories which
have gone forth about the country'.
There is not a single man from the
seminary who has been licensed by a
presbytery who has denied his belief
in the atoning work of Jesus, the res
urrection of the Lord and the other
fundamental doctrines concerning
which we have been accused of lack
of faith.”
Dr. Brown Loses Poise.
Dr. Brown spoke quietly and with
out any evidence of rancor until he
came to discuss the charges of Chris
tian infidelity lodged against his sem
inary and its faculty. Then his voice
rose and he lost the poise that had
characterized his calm discussion of
the legal phase of the seminary’s ac
tion in abrogating the agreement of
1870.
The friends of the seminary ap
plauded lightly when Dr. Brown was
finished, despite the injunction of the
moderator that there was to be no
manifestation whatever of approval
or disapproval.
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