The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-05-23
THB PRBSBYTBRIANS.
Have a Great Session Of the
General Assembly. A.
THE WAY#ls PAVED

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! Faith by the Adoption Of the Re.
n port OF Committee on Meth.
ods-.Thanks9iyins Service.
; SARATOGA, N. Y. May 222.-In tb
Presbyterian General Assembly, thi
morning, DR.. Kneeland, OF San Francis
CO, offered resolution that the specia
Committee on Publication be continued
another yenr, in order that 1t may NEE
and confer with the Reference Commit
tee in the matter Of tho Board OF Publ
cation reports; also rendering vote o
thanks TO the Special Committe iol
their faithful work during the year.
I A dozen commissioners at once clam.
ored for the floor, and motion was
made to strike out all tho resolution ex.
cept that part returning thinks. It was
defeated by a roar OF nays, and DR.. Knee.
lands resolution was adopted.
Thespecial order OF the day was the
report OF the Committee on Methods OF
Eaecting Changes in the Confession and
Constitution. ]
THE COMMITTEES REPORT.
The Chairman Of the committee ro.
ported that it has been coutisued from
year 10 year since 1857; that this church
has always emphasized doctrine as the
vital element; tho changes in 1t shall be
made under greater restrictions than
those in discipline, and that alterations
should be in definite terms. 1t is recon.
rnended that the following overturcs be
transmitted for their action, viz:
First-Shall a chapter be added to the
form Of government making provision
for tho amendment and alteration OF the
Confession OF Faith, the Larger and
Shorter Catechism, the Form OF Govern
ment, the Book OF Discipline and the Di.
rectory Of Worship. And in the follow.
ing: Chapter NNIII, Of Amendments,
section 1-Amcndments or alterations OF
the Form of Government, Book Of Dis-
cipliue and Directory for Worship may
be proposed by the General Assembly to
the Presbyteries, but shall not be obliga.
tory on the Church, unless majority OF
all the Presbyteries approve thereof in
writing.
SECTION .. Amendment or alterations
OF the Confession Of Faith aud the
Larger and Shorter Ca.echisms may be
proposed to the Presbyteries by the Gen
eral Assembly, but shall not be obliga.
tory on the church unless they shall be
approved in writing by two-thirds Of all
the Presbyteries and agreed 10 and en-.
acted by the next General Assembly,
and the written votes of the Presbyteries
shall be returned to that Assembly.
SECTION 3. Before any amendments or
alterations OF the Confession OF Faith or
the Larger and Shorter Ca.echisms pro-
posed by the General Assembly shall be
transmitted 10 the Presbyteries, the
General Assembly shall appoint to con-
slider the subject committee OF minis.
ters aud ruling elders in number not
less than fifteen, OF whom not more than
two shall be from any one Synod, and
the committee shall report its recon.
mendations to the General Assembly
next ensuing for action. W. s5} =.
SECTION t.. No alteration OF the pro.
visions contained in this chapter for
amending or altering the Confession Of
Faith and the Larger and Shorter Cate
chisms Of this fourth section shall be
made, unless an overture from the Gen
eral Assembly submitting the proposed
alterations shall be transmitted to all the
Presbyteries aud may be approved in
writing by two.thirds Of their number
and be agreed to aud enacted by the
General Assembly.
SECTION s. It shall be obligatory on the
General Assembly to transmit to the
Presbyteries, for approval or disapproval,
any overture respecting amendments or
alterations provided for in this chapter,
which shall be admitted to the same
General Assembly by one-third of all
the Presbyteries. In such cases, the
oyertures shall be formulated and trans
mitted by the General Assembly receiv-
ing the same to the Presbyteries for
their action subject TO all subsequent
proceedings to the provisions Of the fore
going sections. i>s sl.El.5.
Section 9. Wheneyerit shall appear to
the General Assembly that any proposed
amendments or alterations OF the Form
Of Government Book OF Discipline aud
Directory of Worship shall have received
majority vote Of all the Presbyteries,
the General Assembly shall declare such
amendments or alterations to have been
adopted and the same shall llimmcdiaiely
go into effect. :,
SECTION 7. Nothing in this chapter
shall be so construed as to affect the
right OF two.thirds Of the Presbyteries to
propose amendments or alterations OF
the Confession OF Faith and the Larger
and Shorter Catechisms or the General
Assembly 10 agree to and enact the
same.
SECOND. Shall Section 9, Chapter 19,
he stricken out? Your committee
would also recommend that the presby.
teries be required and directed to an
sWer 10 the overture as whole by a sim
pie yen and nay, and to report their an
s@ers to the Stated Clerk in time for the
presentation.
PEACE MEASURE. :
d.. Roberts, OF Cincinnati, read the
report, and addressed the Assembly in
its support. He said Section G OF the re.
port was compromise. The commit
tee was a unit on that section .as il
stands. Three modes were recommends
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