Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-13
THE CONFESSION OF FAITH.
Recommended by the Presby'
terry of Washington City.


The Washington City presbytery yesterday
afternoon completed the consideration OF the
report of the committee recommending certain
changes in the confession Of faith. After the
report closed in yesterdays STAR the following
changes were approved as presented in the re-
port OF the committee:
Section 4, chapter X, reads as follows: 10Th
ers not elected. although they may be called
by the ministry of the Word and may have
some common operations of the Spirit, yet
they never truly came unto Christ and there
fore cannot be saved; much less can men not
protesting the Christian religion be saved in
any other way whatsoever. be they ever SO dill
igent to frame their lives according to the
lie hit of nature and the law Of that religion
they may is very pernicious and to be de-
tested"
The committee recommended the omission
ofSthe last half of the section, beginning much
less can men, and ending land to be de-
tested
Chapter ~, section 1, treats of the creation,
and the committee advised the omission of the
words of nothing" and in the space Of six
days in the sentence declaring that God made
of nothing the world in the space of six days.
divorce Is alluded to as follows in section G..
chapter AXIV: although the corruption of
men be such as is apt to study arguments un-
duly to put asunder those whom God hath
joined together In marriage, yet nothing but
adultery or such willful desertion as can no way
be remedied by the church or civil magistrate
Is cause sufficient OF dissolving the bond of
marriage" &c
The committee advised the omission of the
clause ''Or such willful descrtion as can no way
be remedied by the church or civil magistrate"
The following suggestions of the committee
were also approved:
r,lac for
ample, instead of chapter III. section Z, the fol-
lowing for substance: Gods eternal decree
hindreth no enc from accepting Christ. as He
Is freely offered to men in the Gospel. 1t
should not be SO construed as to contradict the
declarations OF Scripture. that God SO loved
the world that he gave his only begotten Son
that whosoever believeth in Him should not
PERISH but should have everlasting life; that
Christ is the Precipitation for the sins of the
whole world; and that God is not willing that
any should perish, but that all should come to
repentance
Insert at some suitable place. as, for example,
at the end of chapter XIV. statement OF the
obligation and privilege of the church of Christ
to go into all the world and preach the gospel
OF divine love and salvation to every creature"
PROPOSED CHANGES WHICH WERE REJECTED.
The following proposed changes were re-
jected by the presbytery.
In regard to chapter vi, section 8, and chap
ter NJ, section l, the report recommended:
80 guard the statement of imputatiOn both of
sin and Righteousness as to relieve it Of all i'm
preston of legal felton,
Section 6, chapter XIV, reads as follows;
There is no other head of the church but the
Lord Jesus Christ, nor can the pope of Rome
in any sense be head thereof, but is. that anti
christ. that man of sin and son of perdition
that exalteth himself in the church against
Christ and all that is called God" The report
favored the omission of all of this section after
the words Lord Jesus Christ
The committee also recommended the omis-
sion of the words ''papists or other idolators"
in section 3, chapter XXlV, and ''also all other
controversial illusions to the church of Rome"
The report as adopted by the presbytery was
recommitted to the committee with instruc-
lions to prepare an answer to the overtures of
the general assembly. The presbytery then
finally adjourned.