The Facts in the Case of of the Rev. Albert Barnes Fairly Stated
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Excerpt from The Facts in the Case of of the Rev. Albert Barnes Fairly Stated: Addressed to the Ministers, Elders, and People at Large of the Presbyterian Churches and Congregations in the United States Fathers Brethren, and fellow Christians - Nothing can be more evident, than that Mr, Barnes and his coadjutors are using every effort and all their influence, to prepossess the public mind in his favour, and to prejudice it against the Synod of Philadelphia, in the matter of his suspension; and this with a view to insure his acquittal, and the condemnation of the Synod, at the meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church, in May next. To this method of procedure they are encouraged, by the remembrance of the success which attended a similar course, when Mr. Barnes was bought before the General Assembly in 1831. Their system of action then, was, in substance, the very same which they are now pursuing. The explanations which Mr. Barnes gave of the sermon which was the cause of his prosecution at that time, were published, and sent throughout the length and breadth of the church. The sermon was also republished, and copies of it were distributed largely in the western part of our church; and the editor of the Philadelphian issued a large number of extra copies of that paper, containing the defence of Mr. Barnes, and a crimination of his accusers, and sent them, far and near, to ministers and elders, and other influential individuals, in various parts of our land. Nor was the enlisting of influence in the favour of Mr. Barnes confined to the Presbyterian church. I he editors of the Christian Spectator, a monthly periodical published in New Haven, embarked in his cause with great zeal. Of this periodical Mr. Barnes has long been known as a correspondent, and on the occasion alluded to, the editors wrote in favour of their friend and coadjutor, lauding him in the most extravagant terms, and severely censuring the Presbytery that had commenced a prosecution against him; and they issued the number of the Spectator, that contained these eulogies on one hand, and censures on the other, a whole month before the usual time of its publication, and sent forward copies of their pamphlet, in time to be distributed among the members of the Assembly, before the trial of Mr. Barnes should lake place. Success attended these extraordinary efforts. For the first lime, the New School party had a majority in the Assembly; a majority of nine, as appeared on the vote for a Moderator. The sequel will be noticed in another part of this address. We only add here, that the majority obtained by the New School party in 1831, they were afterwards able to maintain, so far, at least, as to influence that judicatory to discourage discipline, for four years in succession. They confidently calculated on retaining their ascendency at the last Assembly, and began to take measures accordingly; but were grievously disappointed, when it appeared by the vote for a Moderator, that the orthodox members present formed an overwhelming majority. It is certainly very natural, when a party have lost a majority, to resort to the same measures by which they have gained it, on a former occasion. This the New School party are at present attempting, and are doing it with a zeal even beyond what they have heretofore manifested. Their confidence of success is also great. Ever since the rising of the last Assembly, they have often and openly boasted, that the Assembly of the present year(1836) will reverse all the most important doings of the last. To produce this result, they avail themselves, as they did before, of the cry of Persecution against Mr. Barnes, extol his talents and his piety, publish, and distribute in every part of the church, his defence and his explanations; and bitterly vituperate both individuals and judicatories, who have felt it to be a sacred duty to oppose his errors. The Philadelphian now,
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