Mr Logan afterwards withdrew the ex* pression. Rev. Mr Gillies rose to propose a motion, and in doing so said he was aware of the responsible position which he thus took upon him. He was very sorry that Mr Logan had taken up the position which he had. He was not of the opinion of Mr Watt ; he thought that the matter should have come before the Presbytery. For the Session to have settled such a matter as this would have been wrong, and the Session had shown their wisdom in sending it to that tribunal. It should be remembered that the Presbyterian Church does not consider that its most im portant doctrines are matters to be dealt with lightly. Nor does it allow its ministers to deal as they like with matters of doctrine. If there had only been error* of judgment charged against Mr Logan, the case would have been very different, but there were some very important charges brought against him. He moved the following reso lution :—": — " The Presbytery having considered the reference, find that Mr Logan, Deacon of Knox Church, by the public and private countenance he gave to Messrs Peebles and and Dunn, on the occasion of their Sabbath evening lectures in the Queen's Theatre, at which doctrines were promulgated antagon istic to the Christian faith, thereby causing a grievous scandal, to the injury of religion generally, and the Presbyterian Church in particular, And, further, having considered

OTAGO WITSBfIB,

PRESBYTERY OF DUNEDIN.
