New-York tribune., 1890-05-23
the committee for review, and was made the Sec
ond order of the day tomorrow The paper aS
r,roson,od to-dav by Dr. Patton was as follows:


presented to-day By Dr. Patton was as foiiows'
Tho committee appointed by the Assembly TO can
v 9be rrnlies OF The Presbyeries 10 the ques sohs
sn6nitfcd 10 them by the last Assembly, TO VIII;
SIoili1 no Won desire revision OF the Confession OF
Faith and o. If so in what respect ana 10 wi'"'
aVtem,l Lcr leave TO make the following report.
~ tho ..13 Presby teVlcs on the roll Of the Assem-
bIv five filod to respond, namely, Fort DoasS Ssn
ta vote namely, Alaska. Albany Brmlns:
~ CapToo Ca;awbq Oroornlah and Zacateca'
~ answered t tnc ncgye Syfy0 In the case Of two Pres
6yt!ricg tkohapur and Topeka that answer tne
% ,n m vote and one Prcsbytery toacranentol
thnrgh answering the Assemblys overture III VIC
t i,,n,nc x section OF the Confession OF Fatn
Le amended by striking out the worn eieSt uc'Do
, INC" tSat answer the Assemblys second question
in the Affirmative. twenty nave eHrofSu fSc ntnrn and
ti ncts y of revision to the General Assembly They
are the Prcsbyterles OF Benlca' oen,r"i LAM, Fort
None saa,d Eai F2iaa Tcancy Mcsicc SewHSsy
Cairsvie Milwaukee, sGhuylcr d Sont5
pIorSa Your committee find that twenty Pres
byteries express desire for new creed. eit,er a.
atory ~ Tho existing doctrinal symbols. OF tneSe'
se1 namely Albany Cayuga. Gunnison's, Knox, Nor
rs ofSsc, & new creed as substitute for the ex-
sting symbols the Presbyteries OF Cayuga. Lyons,
Scored n~ to should be made combinations and
abrdgement Of the Confession OF ras ana namcy J
nrScL BiprHton ato Cairo Chemung. Chckasaw, chill
Cleveland indianapolis. Kearney, bogahspoft, MauI.
rcnce and Winnebago, desire supplementary crcen,
nrepared under the direction of the Oehef'' Assembly
and gtcnded for popular use. use: desire for creed
that will represent the consensus OF uoc1hg bm n in
trfcre with the usc Of existing doctrinai suulu
ards They the following MACK e illIs titv
Kalamazoo' Los Angeles. Mankato, Newark, New,
York Niagara, Rochester, saOnon am internrn
ircshytcry Chilli asks for an authoritative ih''P'
tafin of OF SuD,Cflplun>
of tho l33 Prcsbytcric> that have answered inc nIS
overture in the Affirmative sNty-sX have eApiesiS i
aid that they desire 10 revision that impalrs inc l
teerity Of the system Of doctrine contained ID INC
Confession of Faith They are the ioliG"lnE il l .ne.
doen Alton Austin. Bnghamton. Benlcla, hi'Iharsh \,
black Iiii>. bloomington. bouldT. CaiIr' n S1uaF
Rapids Chicago Columbus, Council Bluhs' It DenNrt'
Oeirolt Elizabeth. Emporia Eric. Fargo, treep3rt'
Flint. Fort Dodge, Geneva Hastings; Halslohi an in
dianapols Iowa City. Jersey CITY, Kalamazoo hcar-
ney. Iac&awanna. Lahore. Lansing Lehish Lima
Iosansport Los Angeles. Mankato, Marion, Mailoon'
McGG5' M%S' NcyT Eo2th River Northumbcrland
olympia oregon, ottawa, Pcorkey, It. Paul, santa
ttSuts.n Sten6enviIIe Transyvana Utica Washington
CIV Waterloo. Wc,tchcstcr and West Jersey: .
in retpeci to which desire for change has been ex
pressed in tho returns from the PrcSbyierics y9ur
committee find the following facts 100 Prc terie,
dcsiro that Chaptor III on tho Decree oi God be
amended. Two Prcsbytcrcs wish "A change IN thc
confessional statements. concerning no ,o'noeony
lion s ten in Chapter VI. section {. on the snbcc,
Of the Fall and total Depravity: one the omission
chapter VIII, sections 81, the hr,t bcine the sub
JUSTICE two in Chapter * in respect to the Doctrine
Of the sinner, inability; l02 IN chapter y >ee u3l,
In infancy and u "mcn not protesting INC
Christian religion; ono in chapter N, section j.
which saws that God did from all eternity de'Tc
TO Justify all the elect: one IN Chapter XIV. section
/. by uLstutnc the Wonl sinners 70. Io
&o rsssas xGTd Seddcmndos- @ for oaSil Examination A.
ten IN Chapter XVI. section :. rcicrrins e. work
A md he Fra
Of whom II may be known that they have sefVrl ln'
sin unto death and the sc'ond 10 inc "',N ~
obscryaucc Of the satbath four In Chapter XII.
sections and = modifying tie statement mat IT I,
INIT Sfrt and elmina,lnr the rcfcrc1cr /, ~popl,h
mona,tical vows; tNo in Chapter XIV. section - on
XXIv and ky that rcfcr to tho Roman Catnol g
Church or the Pope; one In Chapter MY. section
ordinary possibility OF salvation. on" in chapter
XVIII. section /, by sub utu'iny rco'tni-
,i1l verbal chang in tho 'cntcacr demanded
by this substitution; two in Chap'er XNiN.
until christ come again" IN place Of INTO the cud of
he world two IN Chapter MIX, section -. Dos rad
Ter XXX section 2 in respect to the power Of the k 5.
In addition these changes In The text Of the con
icen expres your committee also ind that thrce
four Prcshvcrics desire IN The Con'e SION more
one Prcsby,rr- have said fhcy wish 10 scc On our
Confession of Faith more explicit declaration ot tc
four Prcsbycrcs desire the Insertion lu tho CoufcsDn
Of statement that viii recognize tho thlgl'7 du'}
to cyau,c1c tho world and four rr'shyi i"rlc' have
asked FOR rhr insertion ~ new clapter u the Con
fc-,ion on tho Person aad Work ~ tlr l1lv spirit
We may mention also that one lfc>t,icfF ha' -
pressed the hope that II committee -houh bee ap
pointed b. consider the quo ,tlDn concerning kr
vision of tho Coufe.ion every SYNOD IN ih" Church
should he represented the committee. and further
that one In,snytcry has expressed the opinion ta inc
question concerning thc mode ~ amending the con
esson Of Faith should be settled bcf1r, auy overture
uplu the subject is -rttcd 20 t" Prr-hsic1e'.
The following Prcsby ferries. namely. Albany. 'nfu-h
Cleveland Elizabeth. 'cucscc. indianapolis Iowa lN
| Jerry CITY. kalamazoo Logan,pOrt. Los Angelo
| Madison. Naukafo Newark, Sow York. North l.lNrF
olympia. Lawrence. solomon. St'ui"u. 'fi
rwentv-oncl. have embodied u their answer, ~ il"
| lat Aescmhly's overture overture "a" tIs Assem-
| blv upon the subject - Revision. and Nour com
ittcc recommend that thee overture, hc referred &"
| Tho standing Committee ou Bis and Ovcrturc>. Ec
spcctfuy submitted, -,.