Iron County register., 1890-01-30
PRESBYTERIAN FAITH.
Inc Discussion Concerning the Proposed
Charge inthe Creed Continued Learned
Men Speak Both Sides of the Oues-

New YORK. Jan. 23.-Another meet
Ing of the New York Presbytery was
held yesterday afternoon. A large au.
dlence was present. The meeting was
opened by DR.. Brown, of Union Semin-
ary, who. in the course of his remarks,
said: "We should not only regard God
as just God, but also a God of Love.
l am in favor of the proposed remodel
ing. The new creed is brief. and that
at once should be sufficient recommen-
dation for it to be incorporated into the
articles of the Presbyterian faith" The
speaker argued in favor of the new
changes proposed at considerable
length.
Rev. Charles S. Robinson, of New
York, took the rostrum and spoke with
much feeling against the change.
Among other things he said: I'VE, in
stead Of following the Masters COM
mands and searching for lost souls and
trying to relieve distress. are here in
the dead of winter searching for a new
creed and trying to tear to pieces that
of the old church" The speaker Bit
terly denounced the committee ap-
pointed to compile a new creed, and
spoke against certain ministers. Some
one in the audience informed him that
the persons named had no connection
with the committee, whereupon DR..
Robinson said: We'll. Dr. Parkhurst
is on that committee and he said in his
pulpit that he doubted if there were
five people in his congregation who had
read the present creed entirely through,
and that he himself had not and did
not intend to-
At this point Rev. J. r. Kerr arose
and called DR.. Robinson to order, say
ing that he considered his remarks as a
personal attack and very ungracious.
DR.. Robinson made a slight apology.
and then continued in his former strain,
saying that they were not attending to
their proper business; were wasting
time. and keeping bad blood stirred up.
He closed by entreating his hearers to
let well enough alone and abide by
the creed that had been good enough for
their fathers.
Rev. Henry McCracken, chancellor Of
the University of New York, spoke next.
He said that revision" began with him
more than thirty years ago. consequent
~ he could not look upon the proposed
change with the emotion of the pre-
ceding speaker, or as DR.. John Hall did
the day before. He quoted various
passages of Scripture as illustrative of
his ideas and theories concerning the
revision. He was followed by Rev. J.
Kerr who said that he considered it a
serious and solemn matter to touch the
constitution of the church in the way of
modifying it. 1t had been reported in
II NJ n his or,1it hoo
been tampering and playing havoc with
the creed of their faith. This he indig-
nantly denied, and pronounced it as un-
kind as it was untrue He defended at
length the action of his committee and
gave his reasons for favoring the pro-
posed changes. He was followed by
other speakers in much the same strain.
'Pouring Oil Upon Troubled Waters"
HALIFAX, y. s., Jan. 23.-The Ham
burgAmerican steamer Rhaetia, from
Hamburg 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 says
that during the voyage there was ex-
d SuCCtSSlOll Oh UIlt IiOSU ledE-
full gales, mostly from the west, that
the vessel ever met On the 1ith and
18th there was hurricane with fearful
seas The deck was underwater all the
time, making it almost impossible for
the men to move about. 1t was only by
the able management of Captain Vogel-
sang and his officers that the ship was
saved from receiving serious damage. AS
it was she came out of the storm almost
without a scratch.
At noon on the 18th it blew another
hurricane with worse sea than before.
This lasted until noon the next day, but
by the use of oil bags the steamer was
enabled to weather the storm, although
outside of the charmed circle of the oil
the ocean was like boiling cauldron.
The waves would rush on furiously to
the oil and then break and pass harm
lessly under the ship.
On the 18th inst in lat. 80. long. %,
the steamer spoke an English bark
showing the signal letters 4 Z + r.
bound west.
Had \ Severe Voyage.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-The Cunarder