The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-05-26
THE RESOLUTIONS AS AporrEp,

Rcsolred, First, That committee com.
posed Of one member OF the Assembly
from each Synod, to-wit: 10 ministers
and 10 elders be appointed by the Mod
orator to nominate to this Assembly a
committee consisting OF Is ministers and
10 elders, which shall be called ''The
Assembly's Committee on the Revision
of the Confession OF Faith,n which COM
mittee, when constituted by the General
Assembly, shall consider the suggestions
made by the Presbyteries in their an.
swers to the second of the above ques-
tions, and formulate and&report to the
General Assembly OF 1901 ); such aItera.
tions and amendments to the Confession
OF Faith, as in their Judgment may be
deemed desirable. ..5....
second--This Committee on Revision
shall meet at the call Of a temporary
chairman, to be named by. the Modera.
tor, and snail, upon : meeting, appoint
their own permanent chairman, and shall
have power to fill vacancies. :, 5i-.s
Third-This committee is instructed
to meet Mt an early date, not later than
October 81, 1870, and diligently pursue
its work, TINT it may promptly report at
the meeting Of the General Assembly
OF 1891. WI L =
Resolred, That this Committee on Re-
vision be and hereby are instructed that
they shall not propose any attentions
or amendments that will in any way i'm
pair the integrity OF the Reformed or
Calvinisticsystem OF doctrine taught in
the Confession OF Faith.
THE ASSEMBLY, BECOMES EXCITED.
Tho report was received with up.
plausc, which was repeated when DR..
McCracken said:
II heartilymove 10 accept and adopt
tho report, and join DR.. Erskine in the
hope that itlwill be carried unanimous.
iy.H Cries Of question" were immedi.
ately raised. Without needing them, Dr.
Erskinc said: "In answer to our pray.
ers, believe the Divine, guidance has
been vouchsafed' to this Assembly in
bringing us to unanimous conclusion,
or one nearly unanimous, as to the cues
tiona which have been brought before
it. AS you. SEQ by this report, while
we took heed as to the suggestions in
the propositions under consideration,
We have proposed no further instruc.
tons to ; the Revision Committee in
addition to those offered in the answe,
Of the Presbyteries than those contained
in the last paragraph Of the report
This contains the only instruction tc
the committee which! the Assembly il
usked TO adopt, ~ hope We. will jall
unite in the adoption Of this. Cries O.
question When we do the an
swer will go forth TO tho world that the
Presbyterian Church has not renounced
the system OF doctrine which it ha.
held. from the beginning" [Applause
mingled with cries OF question. Is,tf
| "A MINISTER BEATS A RETREAT
"1 move you, sir, the question be nov
taken,n1 formally said one delegate. Be
fore it was seconded the Rev. Dr.. Bootl
arose to a question OF privilege, and th,
Rev. William Brcnton Green, IT., o
Philadelphia, mounted the platform Il
make a speech. He was assailed b,
such, storm of demands for a vote tha
alter looking doubtfully ut the sLoutinl
delegates be beat Q retreat. ~
J T. Dr. Booth hud sat down by this tim
and the Moderator nowput the adoptio,
OF the report to vote: The vote was
standing one, 'as Or. Booth did not re
main seated long. He was almost tn
first to tiss when the yeas were Gale,
for.5I Everybody else, except perhap
DR.. Patterson, arose with him, and a
! Dr!s Patterson kept his seat when til
nays were demanded, there were n
!, votes Ia the ncgatire, !, The "Doxology
, was now sung and Moderator Moor
, gave thanks forlthe uuanimisy that con
!. tiuued 10 ;nlark$tho; proceedings.
THE COMMITTEE A prolNrEp. KS s
The Moderator announced the follow
ing committees, which will. nominal
jtthei actual Committee on / Revision: Z
. Hambleton Hunter, Synod Of Atlantic
Bcnjami T. Bittinger, Baltimore; Wi
> liam A: Alexander, Catawaba; Frauk !
Mills, China; Robert Douglas, Colorado
i Curtis G. Strong; Colnmbiai William
8 Roberts Temporary Ohairman) Illinois
. Thomas Tracy India Il Henry B. Taylo
1 Indiana; John Edwards, Indian Teri
: tory; William g.. .Dennan, Iowa; Lew
J l. Drake, Kansas James Barbour, kel
5 ltucky;l John r. Oxtoby, Michigan
J. Daniel R.sNoyes, / Minnesota Frank
. Baird Missouri Samuel ?. Davidson
3 Nebraska Nathaniel W. Voorhee
\ Nav Jersey; Samuel D. Fulton, Nc
Q NexEpi Geprgp Ale4ander, New Yorl
i James NJ Anderson, North Dakot
3 Daniel Il, Evans, Ohio: Henry B. Gag