New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-23
TO REVISE THE STANDARD.
pRESWTERIEs DEMAND A CHANGE.
THE FIFTEEN ovERTrRE- SECURE HEARINa-
TIE ASSEMBLY APPOINTS An HOUR TO

THE FIFTEEN OVERTURE SECURE A HEARIN'-
TIE ASSEMBLY APPOINTS An HOUR TO
REAR THE sumECT DISCUSSED.
Twice already have the proposed changes IN
| tho Confession OF Faith come before the As'eu''
| tlv, ord the subject has been made the ORDER
| nj tho dlv for 1880 q. NJ. tomorrow. lAst week
the specnl committee appointed 10 revise ,hr
prooftcxts reported progress and was roh'ih""''
| Yesterday morning, DR. Charles l.. Thompson,
| chairman Of the Committee on Bills and over.
tnyrs reported That fifteen Prcshvtcries had
scnt ovcrturrs asking for some revision OF the
Confession of Faith The resolutions continued:
Whereas, In the opinion Of mauy of our ministers
ami people ,umc form, u; statement IN our Confession
arc liable to ml,und rs'auduc AMI expos our system
Of dGctrno 10 rmcrirrd rriths and
Wher,a Ecorc any definite SCI ,hoIh be f1 a1g
vioihof there general doir for s'on revision
Rrsolyci. That ~. Gcr cal A,e,mbly overture t.
the pr,,Sby trrtcs ne foiloqtt, QuC-'lons,
l. 10 YOU desire n revision Of the Confession OF
:. II CO. IN what rcsprc', s0d to what eH'rn''
Dr. Crosby sid he rrioced that the Pr"NOy'
terrain Church was conservative and would con.
tnpr 20 he so The Church should be- careful
how Il altered so vrnC rlhr Confession. tn"
| members were not required to subscribe 10 every
| sen'once Of H. hut simply 20 the system OF
doctrine The Church had not so far as he
| knew. expressed desire for the revision Of the
Standards At the >nme time, rs fifteen PrrNhy.
terrs desire something OF hat kind, n seemed
| 70 him that the course recommended by IN" CON.
mittcC wus the wlsc,t one 10 pursue. 10 ignore
| their oyrrturr< would be 90 subject the General
| Assembly and the Church 10 the charge Of COW
ur1ice.
80 PROGRESS MADE on THE rROOFTrNTs.
When the Moderator announced last Friday
| We win hear from ia" committee appointed
Inst year - revise the procftcNts 81 our Standard
| every commissioner In the house was on the
| alert There was a hush in the galleries, as
| no one except the committee knew what might
| result from the reading Of the report. Last year
| an overture wns received from the Prcsbyt"ry Of
| Philadelphia asking the appointment Of com
| mittcr Of COMPETENT dvincs 20 rcNiSe III" proof
texts Of tho Standards and % suggest such changes
| as might on examination be- found desirable, 10
| be reported % u future Assembly The request
WIS approvcd, aud the following committee was
appointed 80 report % III" present Assembly :
| Minist.rs-Samuel r. Lowric, William II. Green.
| Uovp-d Cro,by. Joseph T. Smith, Marvin j.
! Vincent David {. Marquis, Matthew ID. lHdl!c
| DT IowrIr read the report Tor thr colnIAilJcr'
saying rh1t T. hld done Ati'" toward Ilc pu,.
| pose fer which Il Wa appointed. Progress was
| reported. aud the committee increased IN SIZE
PROTEST or \ DrTOINATioNAL PAPER.
In an interesting editorial on the present A..
scmbIy. "The Observer Inst wccI, hnd this 10
say in regard 10 the proposed changes IN Tn"
standard:
Their. are some WHO favor \ revision Of The Con
fos,ion 81 Path and ovor'urrs VII b" presented to This
| assembly "a that eject IT, is no pf.r sal 10
change iar dyrlrn >, bat The lnpH'Ir ID ,"hta lhrS
not Ir anculisncr with mnd"rn conceptions AMI mode.
u exprr,s,n We hay" ;hnT9 ~ recent edl3 ia,
ScripuraI n WILSON'S alleged for tho proposed