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CHURCH should take tho Initiative In the mat
| ter DR.. W. T. Ioberts answered, Because we
constitute the largest branch OF tho Reformed
Elder. ,;lunkiP Of Phlladelphie opposed the
proposition. lie had acquiesced In. although
creed Rns too large oGnrsG He thoueh ae
you'd be better to wait until the Revision
wap,od ttls sq rest given the Church D0fS lie
The fate Of the Conoensus Creed was appar-
entity trembling in the balance. when. the Rev.
section calling Catholics idoators revised out
Of the confession, came TO Its rescue. TO every
9Hiesced II in a the proposed attempt to revise
the confession because he didn't believe II
would succeed. but for the proposition under
merely passive part He had long felt the need
81 such a creed as was proposed and no be-
lleyed the reformed churches we're willing to
The Rev Rev. Dr. McCullagh OF Brooklyn said
sqoh o creed was already In use. SO that the
adoption OF moro formal ono would not be
After some debate, the Coneensus Creed was
n az and RSST%6d tSs
Presbytorian System, There were few votes
The Rev. pr, Joseph T. Smith now brought
unity, to which Dr. Morris OF Lane Seminary
had objected because the second eection coun-
tenanced the proposition Of the Episcopalians
suffisient statemont sU Of Christian faith pr9f'
smith said that no was wnS e modify the
approves in genera Of The spirit and position
taken by the Committee on Church Unity In its
correspondence with the representatives Of the
that the object. ofthe movement had been mis-
represented. Its object was not to organize
sstona chu reS apd other ehfslan botles
Such union would come. but II was sull in
the tuTe and the present , 9nd mmediss
a federation which should embrace all of
these churches
the proposition as thus changed. The inser.
tion OF the limiting words in general" and
''oi. the spirlt' removed to degree his Oh
be added II stili feel as did DR.. Home when
here 30 the doctrines you have preached for
69f BY 1hs grace Of
resolutions we're passed, with the exception Of
which they were printed in THE SUY Of Friday.
The committee appointed by the last Assem-
bly, to consider the question OF constituting an
order OF deaconesseS reported through Prof.
Warileld In part as follows:
has been thouGht wise TO recommend the revival of
cn R9 the DO9 rs and e ssyS II g future sdS
o waS:nof for dEcefNlns the mSysneit or deysE
Snsr S
5es wS. 9Hy the
homes FOR the training oworkors they content them.
ists "'sS; i0EsS PEI
GGHgEssSt5iSn, 5 bSsA9onssss, ana which & hSBsd
ton Tesou fS Sfe ths foo%ns 10 tho "a0p
,, lir.s- 1pDsaIs TO be an otso q the apGsolio
@sns ies:i.;Sr :1snpA fSSSs d. B.aeSSs.s 'i 10
in tnll activity in the sub apostolic exspe Plinys
to sTEGA M, ,vor nosr t,ro,, -.oo.r,on
such in The reformed churches Gavin recognized It's
S chaoh Of Re Ssharsnd as early n
les x6ca TSs not opposed on pinCipe Our Puritan
1874 has received the approval Of susE re:Sytoran
ThiEd.It "a being successfully revived in many of
once In the needs Of the Church
The report. in conclusion. proposed that the
Assembly submit to the presoyteriee amend
ments to the Board Of Discipline providing for
the estsbl .S ae Of the Order Of Deacop-
Office OF Institution to lie the same as that of
uencons.
B. %algen OF San JOSE contended that the
Order OF Deaoonesses was not apostolic and
that mo- no eepti NceRe FHheT it 1t
the Ch arch had become corrupt.
The hour Of ad!ournme At hNayinG arrived. the
could hardly have failed to pass. In
Wow Of tho address made BY the Rev. Or: Mo
lance. whose object is Christian unity. When
the good old man was introduced to the assem-
bly-an unnecessary ceremony-al tho dele
An expectation was prevalent In the country
at large that the General Assembly, which met
at Saratoga, was to be a bear garden during
the discussion OF the revision question, and
prophetic Of thorough union on
this important subject. Two great truths with
practical consequences are pressi nR on tho
mportans as the doctrine Of election in i0 the
Confession OF Faith. The command to preach
church and individual alike. We all fail to
cities who, have as little opprtunity to hear
the Gospel as the negroes in the heart
of the Dark Continent, The other truth
is that the Church Is one. We should
Individual church with which we are connect
ed. but neither our faith nor our works should
DO confined to that particular denomination
We are only a branch oil, the one great church
between tho union OF churches on the one
hand and the spread Of the Gospel throughout
the whole world. While our COMMITTEES finds
Church, il has found more in uniting all the
rest will unite In time"
tary Of the EVANGELICAL Alliance, began his ad.
dress with the annoQQpcement that there were
eighty shades Of blue. Speaking Of the at
tempts to ChriSta1ize the neRr9es, he said
known IN the Interior Of Africa. The only
mode Of Transportation was In barrels borne
on mems ehonlders; and the barrel bearers
Ing their contents inside. So rum never pene-
trateS far from the coast