The Huron Signal, 1880-10-22, Page 21
THE HURON SIGNAL, F'RWk'Y, OCTOBER 22, 18811.
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.truuu We are unable t.. give the pr, Lana. Dr Flint had need .oi . rt'1'1 VER R EAT
ceedings to full. The following front the and b Out Lae Not fnw, SL..tlaad
excellent report of Monday's proceedings i Prof- Calderwood sat there, oaltt,uttense,
in t New York Stat shows how Cana- but quiet The impulsive Dr.
d elegate* are able to hold their own
amu t their brethren all over the world.
It will be of special interest to our Pres-
byterian readers. It says:—
The Rev. Dr. A. B. Van Zandt, of
New Brunswick, N. J., read a paper on
"Creeds." He reviewed the objection
usually urged against the acceptance of
prescribed formulas of belief, that they
disparage the S- riptures and check theo-
logical progress, and argued that thew
views are based upon a inisapprehension
of the use of creeds, which, he said are
craned not to create, but to express a be-
lief, and which are not made but grow.
In considering the differences which ex-
ist as to the obligations incurred in sub-
scribing to creeds or confessions, the
author advised conservatism in the ex-
orcise of authority.
Prof. Flint's paper on agnosticism
caused a little breeze to sweep over the
Council. The delegates have had two
nights to sleep over this paper and to
weigh carefully its utterances. That
they did so, the somewhat exciting de-
bate of the morning indicates. Perhaps
it was well that the hour of adjournment
brought a sudden atop to the discussion,
for some of these divines were getting
greatly excited. The venerable Dr.
Armstrong, of Norfolk, said that Prof.
Flint had spoken sneeringly of church
discipline, and the Rev. Dr. De Witt, of
Philadelphia, had characterized soine-
thing that the Rev. Principal Grant, of
Canada, had said as most vicious. The
debate revealed one thing very clearly:
That the Scottish and Canadian delegates
favor more of free thought and liberality
than do the American delegates.
The little thorn that had pricked the
delegate who opposed Prof. Flint was an
assertion of his that the failure to . om-
prehend or to believe portions of the
Presbyterian dogma was to be overcome
not by church discipline so much as by a
more faithful study and explanation of
dogma. Prof. Flint seemed to intimate
that it was ,luite possible that the fetture
of theology Wright modify, or at least
clarify these troublesome dogma.. Such
an assertion, coming from so eminent an
authority, was what troubled the strict
constructionists, and gave comfort to the
liberals. It certainly revealed the fact
that there are still some points in that
pillar of the faith', the Westntiniste
catechism, that some of the clergy are
not at all clear about. Prof. Flint.
while claiming that 'it tended to the
spread of any further light, or that in-
vestigation in theology can go no further
by inference, at least opened the, way for
permitting the doubting Presbyterian to
remain inside the fold. That is some-
thing that some of the delegates plainly
felt would never do.
No sooner had the morning papers
been read than Dr. Andrews mounted
the platform and rained his voice in vig-
orous protest against such an utterance,
and ne attracted attention to himself
atraslgely enough by saying at the outset
that Prof. Flint had spoken sneeringly
of cftarch discipline. Dr. Andrews
wante.l to know how you were going to
stop tint propogation of error except
through church discipline. .Here the
venerabh gentleman waxed hot. "Is it
honorabl \' asked he, "Is it honorable
for a minister to go on preaching in my
denomination who believes in what my
church duet not believe, what it in fact
abhors 1 Int such a minister go out of
the church, find then let hits teach what
he pleases."
This caused' some confusion. It was
getting right dpwn to the marrow of the
most vital ques&on that stares clergymen
to -day in the face, and which one dele-
gate expressed thus: "Shall we, holding
commissions to poach from the Presby-
terian Church, and not believing in all
points precisely, as the accepted interpre-
tation of the creed rtquires us to believe
stay in the church or go outside of it r'
Several delegates rose to reply, but
not one Scotchman or Irishman. It
seemed to be the feeling among them
that as Dr. Flint had been accused of
sneering by an American, they would
leave it for Americans to defend him.
A youthful American divine. Dr. Boggs,
got the platform, And while le was more
gentle in his use of terns los condemn-
ation of Prof. Flints utterances was no
lege marked than was that of Dr.
Andrews. Dr. Boggs asserted categori-
cally—and he faced Prof. Flint stat: lade
his assertion sternly—that the great disc.
c verses in theology are behind us—not
in the future. Theology. he said was
allied to.astronomy in this respect, and
Le geology When Dr. Rogge made this
point blank asaerti.m, the impetuous
blood ,of Principal Brant of Canada
.caused him t, rise and it seemed u
though he was I. speak then and there.
Hut h. ,- etratned himself sod malted his
,pportunit/ De Rim, wh• rinks with
Alt abler, :heal' e,^" -a hot Wrest bntair
Hutton
sat with his eyes fixed on the speakers,
but he made no mutton as of rising. Dr.
Watts sat with bowed head. Principal
Cairn showed no disposition of defend-
ing his friend. In fact the silence of
Scotland wassimpressive.
Canada sent a fiery delegate to the
theologian's defence, The Rev. Princi-
pal Grant hurled back the accusation
that Dr. Flint had wasted, "I detected
no sneer sir, in Prof. Flint's address.
He is not the than to sneer. He has the
courage of his opinions, and he will say
boldly what he believes without any
sneering. What he meant to convey
was that if we try to reach doubt by
church discipline, instead of by an effort
for broader, clearer thought and a deeper
search into the truths of theology—if
thus we try to roach, doubtless we shall
lead the way to agnosticism." Here
there was applause, and none applauded
louder than did many of the Scotch dele-
gates. Principal Grant then made a
bold assault. Think of the advance of
liberalism when a Scotch Canadian Pres-
byterian faces the leaders of this Church
from all over the world and says these
words: "We do err if we say the West -
minister Catechism is beyond the region
of inquiry. Creeds grow and how can
there be growth unless there is liberty of
thought. You say to s minister, if he
has doubts about the socurecy of your in-
terpretation, 'Go out of the church.'
You say no honest man should stay in if
he has doubt. Yoe call him dishonest if
he does stay in. I say no, no, let the
Church cast him out if it wilL" There
was more applause, but there were many
delegates who heard the vehement pro-
tests and utterances. with solemn fseea
"Is the church afraid of liberty ?" were
Principal Grant's closing words, and he
said them in ringing tones whose echo
seemed to be heard above the applause
they occasioned.
Principal Cavan of Toronto, a ,tan of
quiet method of speech, told the dele-
gates plainly that in his opinion it wee a
life or death question with the Presby-
terian Church whether you can expect
such progress in dogma that you can dib
cipline for not accepting it. Thus again
from Canada came the intimation of a
protest against what Prof. Grant called
"illiberality."
Then a zealous, fiery young divine, the
Rev. Mr. McDonnell of Toronto, mount-
ed the platform. He plunged boldly
into his subject. He spoke with the
rapidity that comes from oveflowing
thought. He asked whether it was ex-
pedient for the Church always to exer-
cise its unquestioned right of disciplining.
"The question to -day is, what is the
faith ? A young man full of the desire
to preach salvation, and believing that
he is prepared for it,. is brought up all
standing by the creed. He can't make
it all out, in the way the, church inter-
prets it. What are you going to do with
him ? Shall he be forbidden to preach 1
He asks you whether you have any right
to impose on him conditions that Christ
did not impose. Well, you tell him
there are other churches, fifty others
that he can go and preach in, but you
don't find anything in the New Testa-
ment about fifty churches. Only one u
spoken of there. Suppose you send such
a man over to the Methodists or Congre-
gationalists. The first thing you do is
to exehange pulpits with him and call
him 'beloved brother.' Thus you admit
that you restrict as Christ did not re-
strict. Now I suggest that you reduce
to a few weil-defined articles that are ab-
solutely essential your creed, and require
your minister to stand by these and hold
his own views about the non -essentials."
There was more applause when this dar-
ing divine had finished.
Dr. De Witt of Philadelphia was the
last speaker. He said that Prof. Flint
had not sneered. He also said that he
regarded the assertions made by Princi-
pal Grant as most vicious.
The chairman's hammer here brought
discussion to an end, but the delegates
kept it up among themselves, some Of
them until the afternoon hour.
Lame Htnrr oto BURS.. —" It has been
well observed by somebody," says Leigh
Hunt, " that Bunts was not so unedu-
cated a man aa is supposed. He had
books, and some good teaching, and was
acquainted, at an early period, with
some of the beet writers. The intelli-
gent part of what are called the unedu-
cated are apt to be better instructed than
is supposed, and many a workman and
peasant would surprise people, if they
talked with him, with the amount of his
acquired knowledge and his habits of re-
flection." in the same essay in
which he makes this remark. Hunt adds
" When the Soottish poet wrote
Snglash Dopy. he sometimes *Reel
ord words fine enough it was the
"els evidence .f s defwnttee odneatl"n
heti".ved ti his stele
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MY STOOK OF
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Fresh Ground .Water Lime in Stook.
AGENT FOR BEST STEEL BARB FENCE WIRE.
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Early Fall Goods !
JAMES A. REID
Has just reonived a choice of of
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TAILORING Department.--w"ofinerRod Catoitn�osf C� fi made to order
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class style and at low rates for cash. All cloth bought cut free at charge.
Felt Hata Ties, Collars. Shirts and Drawers -cheap.
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1751 Manchester House, Oodericb.
MEDICAL HALL,
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F. JORDAN,
Chemist and Druggist,
MARKET SQUARE, GODERICH.
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tSr Physicians' Prescriptions carefully dispensed.'`* 1751
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1751
J. C. Detlor & Co.
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1751
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