also assent; "and," he added, "such is now my
position." Dr. McIllvaine then gave at length his reasons
for desiring to arrest the case where it was. No good could
come of its discussion, and the result could not but be
productive of discord. The Moderator reminded Dr. See that
they waited for an answer from him.

Dr. See--May we have a season of prayer, sir? The Moderator
said there was no objection. Dr. See explained that the
matter at issue was not a personal one; it was a question as
to the meaning of the Scriptures upon a certain point, and
he was there simply to know what the Presbytery would do.
Rev. Drs. Brinsmayd and Fewsmith then prayed, but Dr. See's
frame of mind was not in the least changed. He still
insisted that his was the passive part, to sit and see what
they would do with his case. Rev. Dr. Wilson thought that if
Brother See did not desire to do anything contrary to the
usages of the church, he might say so. Brother See said it
was a question of whether God Almighty had said certain
things or not, and that he could not answer. In his formal
answer to the charge the accused then said: "I believe
myself to be not guilty of the charge, but I admit the
specifications." Dr. Craven, in his speech, said it was in
no spirit of animosity that he had brought the charge. He
believed that the law of God had been broken in this case;
not designedly, perhaps, but really. A custom had found
lodgment in a Presbyterian church that would impair its
efficiency and would also injure woman in the sphere which
she was called upon by God to fill. No judicial decision had
been arrived at upon this question. The case of Dr. Cuyler
was the first that had come before a Presbytery, and that
was hardly a trial of the question. "Why should I," he
continued, "bring this charge? Because I have felt it to be
wrong, and feeling thus, resolved to take the duty upon
myself, painful and agonizing as the task may be. I deem it
my duty to God to do so." Dr. See (_sotto voce_)--"And the
Lord will bless you for it."

Dr. Craven, continuing, read the passages of Scripture
refer