The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-01-31

The Ds~su~~ion CONCERNING thc rrr.,e<rd
Charge snshe Greed Continued Learned
Men speak 10th sides ~ the CUES
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held Yesterday afternoon. A large au-
opened uy Dr. Brown. - Union >..min-
AIRY. who. In the course " his remarks.
said: I'VE should not only regard Tod
as a inst God. hut also God ~ Love.
am ia favor ~ the proposed remodel
ing. The new creed j. hricf. and that
al once should hc sufficient rcrommcn-
dation Tor u u be- incorporated into the
articles 81 the Presbyterian faith" The
speaker argued in favor a the new
changes proposed at considerable
length
Rev. Charles :. Robinson. az New
York. took III. rostrum and spoke with
much feeling against the change.
Aisong other things he said: We. in
stead of following the Masters COM
maisd> and searching for lost souls and
trying to relieve distress. are here in
the dead of winter searching for new
creed and trying TO tear ~ pieces that
Of the old church" The speaker bit
terly denounced the committee APP
pointed % compile new creed. and
spoke against certain ministers some
the persons named had no connection
with the committee. whereupon Dr.
Robinson said: 'Well. nr Parkhurst
j. on that committee and hc said in his
pulpit that he doubted II there were
five people in his congregation who had
read the presentcrecd entirely through.
and that Ne himself had not and aid
not intend to-
Al this point Rev. J. X. Kerr arose
and called Dr. Robinson ~ order. saw
ing that hc considered his remarks a.
personal attack and very ungraciouS
Dr. Robinson made Sigh, apology.
and then continued in his former strain.
saying that they were not attending 10
their proper business: were wasting
time. and keeping bad blood stirred IN.
lie closed hy entrcating his hearers TO
let ''well enough alone and abide hv
the creed that had been good enough for
their fathers
Rev Henry NcCrarkcn. chancellor Of
the University 81 New York. spoke next.
lie said that revision began with him
more than thirty years ago. consequent
IL he could not look upon the proposed
change with The emotion or The pre-
ceding speaker. or a. Dr John Hall aid
the day before. H. quoted various
passages o. Scripture as illustrative Of
his ideas an. theories concerning the
revision. lie Was followed ~ Rev. j.
Kerr who said that he considered II
SERIOUS and solemn matter IL touch the
constitution Of the church IA the way Of
IT, ~
certain quarters that his committee had
been tampering and playing havoc with
the creed 81 their faith. This he indir-
nantly denied and pronounced II a. IN.
kind a. Il was untrue. lie defended al
length the action ~ his committee and
gave his reasons for fayorinr the BRO
posed changes. lie was followed bv
other speakers IN much the same strain.
occurring oil Upon Troubled Water.
HArIFAx. y. =. Ian. 4y-The Ham
burg-i merican steamer Rhaefia. from
iaNNurg for New York. which put in
here yesterday. has twenty-five cabin
and two hundred and twenty-five steer.
age passengers. and two thousand tons
Of cargo on board besides German and
French mails Adolph Schneider saws
that during the voyage there was ex-
rerienced a succession 81 the most fear
al gales. mostly from the west. that
the vessel ever met. on the 18th and
: III there waS hurricane with fearful
seas The deck was under water all the
time, making il almoS. impossible for
the men 70 move about II was only Nv
the able management 81 Captain Vorel-
sang and his officers that the ~hip was
saved from receiving scrious damage. Al,
II was she came out Of the storm almost
without scratch.
Atnoon on the 18th II blew another
hurricane with worse sea than before.
This lasted until noon the next dar. hat
bv the use Of oil bags the steamer was
enabled " weather The storm. although
outside 81 the charmed circle cf tho oh
the ocean was like boiling cauIiron.
The waves would rush III furionsiv NJ
the oil and then break ami pass harm.
lessly under the shin.
on the 18th inst in lat N. long y.
the steamer spoke an English bark
showing the signal letters -IPFE
bound west
Had 4 severe Voyage.
NEw NonN. Jan. "a The Cunarie.
Seryia. which arrived yesterday af.er-
noon, met with 4 number 81 dead cattle
while ~ sea, which were previously re-.
ported q have been seen by another
vessel. The ~ervia had severe VOYAGE
herself. anddid Not come out unscathed.
The !-,-r~ were heaviest last Frida,
night. when par. ~ The fore Sfarboard I
Enari-rail was carried away ana several
'kylights we're smashed seaman Knox !
Sas y lady injured that he had ID h. Y
aiken - a hoSpi:@: on the arrival II the =