gragsBOB bVKk 1,500 smohi t . Jlay Possibly Be Delivered in Hip Hrifjtfs Trial Before the NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Verdict is finally recorded. A Decision in the Smith Case Is Likely to Be Eeachcd To-Day. frHE TABLES TURNED ON THE TOCTO! New York. Dec 7. Dr. George F. Birch resumed the reading of his argument 1o-day to prove the heresy of Dr. George A. Jinegs. The speech was in support of Charge 5. This charge, unlike its predecessors, is specific Dr. Bnggs is ac cused ot teaching that "Moses is not the author of the Pentateuch, which teaching is contrary to the direct statements of Holy Scripture and to the essential doctrines ol the Standards of the Church." A iormidahle array of Scripture texts was adduced in the printed charges to show the falsity ot Dr. Briggs" theory. "Dr. Briggs" biblical study," said Dr. Birch, "had Dot a ghost of an excuse ior publication. He maintains that one must Study the Bible in the original, but if the authorized version is insufficient, what are Unlearned people to believe? The theory of inspiration as taught by the defendant, Is a denial of inspiration. It took a perfect xnan to exhibit a perlect God, and it takes a perfect Bible to reveal a perlect Christ The Authorship of the Fentateuch Vital. "The only authority on the authorship of thei.'entkteuch," sa'id Dr. Birch, direct ing his attention to the specific charge, "is tlie Bible itself. If Moses did not write the Pentateuch no Hebrew can be blamed for rejecting Christ If Moes did not write the Pentateuch, Christ himself, is dis honest." Dr. Birch then took tip the charges that Dr. Briggs has taught that Isaiah is not the author ot one-half the book that bears his Zi.inie. Much greater variety exists in the writing of Hawthorne, Walter Scott and of Dr. Briggs himself. "The Prose cuting Committee do not oppose conscien tious criticism of the Bible, for that book itseli say, 'Search the Scriptures;' but the criticism of Dr. Briggs suggests universal ism. The committee are just as anxious tl at Dr. Briggs should be acquitted it his leaching are orthodox, as they are that he shnuM be convicted if his doctrines are con trary to Scripture." Dr. cCook Reglns Ills Spo'ch. "When Dr. Birch had concluded his long argument. Colonel McCook took up the ecclesiastical cudgel. The speaker an sourcrd his intention to prove the heresy ot the theories of Dr. Briggs as expounded in the inaugural address, by showing their eflect upon practical Christianity. The ap jitoacb of the closing hour interrupted the Colonel's argument, and he will continue it at to-morrow's session. When the case goes to the jury the Pres brtcry will sit with closed doors. Each U'ember as he votes on the charges, may pive reasons for his vot. All of these rea sons -are stenographically reported and goto waWe up the record of the case. There are over 130 members of the court, and each has the right to explain his vote on each charge. As there are 12 divisions of the charges upon which separate votes must be taken, it follows that there are over 1,600 .oible speeches to be delivered before a verdict can be reached. It does not seem posrible, considering that there are bntfour f esions open each week, with three hours to each session, that the result of the Briggs trial will be known before the mid dle ot January. A Vote in tho Smith Case To-Day. A disj.atc'i from Cincinnati says: The Smith heresy trial is nearing the end of the portion w'hich will be open to the pub lic. Prof. Smith closed his argument to day, presenting in strictly logical form his view of the cae and summing up with the claim that the committee had failed to (how anything in his writing or teaching ojiititT a verdict of guilty. Rev. Dr. McKibben, for the Prosecuting Committee, began his hnal argument. The Presbytery, believing in the firmness of the foundation of its faith in the Scriptures, should not hesitate for the good of the church to eject anv mrdern builJer who would destroy it. Dr. McKibbcn, at the close of to-day's Mission, said he hoped to close his argument in an hour to-morrow. Prof. Smith then lias the right to make a reply, and the prosecution to finally close the argument The parties then retire, and the court, in executive session, takes the case for judg ment Members may or may not speak be fore voting, as may be ordered, but, owing to the vast amount of talk already heard and the desire to close the matter, it is pos sible a vote may be reached to-morrow. A l'orcouo Conclusion Against Him. "What the ontcome will be is hardly ques tionable. The Presbytery was divided be fore the trial began, the lines were quite closely drawn and the changes made by the progress of argument, while apparently in Prot. Smith's favor, are not sufficient to carrv a verdict in his behalf. What Prof. Smith himself expects, may be inierred from an illustration used in his argument It was this: A boy living in a i cry old house had his attention called by Force neighbors to some architectural dis crepancies in the building, which, wnile not affecting its stability, were susceptible In changes and would add to its beauty. "Upon suggesting these changes to his lather, the latter, in anger at the boy's pre sumption in proposing changes in the an cestral pile, drove him from his home. Dr. McKibbcn intimated what the com n.itlee proposes shall be the judgment of the court, when he cited the case of a son u lio wanted to take out the old foundation from his father's house and replace it with a theoretical foundation which had never lieen tested, and when he could not convince liis father that the plan was right, insisted upon putting in the new fonndation any how. Then the father, mindfnl ot the safety of the family, drove the fanatical son from under his roof to save a wreck. Dr. McKibben said he is willing to die, if need be, to save the foundation of the church from being sapped by the modern ideas of higher criticism. WHEN PEOPLE DESIRE A good room they Invariably read the 1 o Let Jloom Columns of THE DISPATCH. Facilities Are Inadequate. Assistant Station Master Joseph Johns Inn, of the Union station, is borne from Chicago. He says the Chicago transporta tion facilities lor the World's Fair are in adequate. For breaking np a cold use Dr. D. 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