New-York tribune., 1890-05-26
REVISION ANDA NEW CREED
DpocREssIVE CONSERTA71SA' W.
,prsByrERIANs run Up THE Blue 1 AA' a
LITTLE HIGHER
am CONFESSION NOT TO BE SERIOUSLY
AA npsrp-rur COMMITTEE OF REVISION
NAMED BY REPRESENTATIVES, 'N0"
EVERY sryOD-HAENoNY IN
THE ASSEMBLY.
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rnaiped here over the Saop"'i ,o,,,,I,. ,.
""'n'' lion of the General ASNcih"N YES
monions ac'io" ~.,.son of the Confession of
teroay' "n'I and plan sci on foot looking
falth was oi"'i, of \ new consensus Creed
TO the pieP"i''' s.ow twrnty-sX Presbytcries re-
ne -a,, consensus Creed were referred
m'iiis 10 .,i,iee :" on Bills and ONertures. lhlS
10 Vle O'''r,, ai.ouob its chairman DR.. w e Rob-
erts reported ti'o
adopted ,.,, and consensus Creed shall
he referIru ,t,u o the Reformed Cm'chc' tH"HSHoul
the the yoyH holding the IRE td tEc essential articles
pare ss19inster s1[i Confession to be Used as tle com
OF Ine rSed of these churches no. a. bt az I'M
the creed o t,r % the common work OF the Church eN
psar psig in mission field, ana 'ham 1 rPot tHe Wode
Assembly H. io assembly, be the chairman of the com
mt [ter reading the report, Or. Roberts said
1t Is a Ihst il shall contain nothing except
by ua9 we IL necessary to the working OF single
denomination ~ tbe Confession Of Faith. Then sir,
tiaI P,Ib IN be nsed not by the different denominations
but BY all Ie1S '1aS Wor 1t Is believed tra the time
Il " nor distant when these churches may WORK mar
Honionsiy together in home field and III the foreign
sd would say further that great many oi our
npn.,rtares neu thai have sent mp these twenty yslN
orert2res have gone in and will 60 IN most heartily
tor ravision understanding that possibly there VIII
be creed Of this kind thar VIII unlJe All oranc"e' VI
N. Reformed churches in the missionary work.
Dr. Herric< johnson, OF Chicago opposed the
new Creed in these words:
I am constrained TO oppose the resolution and for
two reasons The first j. from me poitt ol IanIr a,nII
The second is the point OF inopporunenes>. tlihh
= We venture upon this movement We are preparing
ourselves for great risk just where 10 my MUD we
oTcht 10 put an additional guard / believe thdt thc
thng needed by Church today rather ihah
consensus creed j. an authoritative interpretation o
the form Of subscription that II we adopt TINS Shor'
coed which j. Ia contain. mind yOU. all the essen
tisls OF the Confession Of Faith and vet accorSlnE 70
the words OF the resolution. j. not 10 'c SUBSTITUTE
for il. ! hold that those things are absolutely I'M
hold tina, just as soon as this Creed j, declared
10 contain the essentials Of the Calvn!>uc ialih IL
viii le held by al who are eagerly 'echinS 10 enter
ton that that is the latest authoritative lnterpreia
ton Of the standards. and that that short CFeci VII
come 20 he. whether we VII or no. tne le's oI
orthodoxy. tAppau,el And man coming hohi
another denomination and applying for admission d"
DO you receive and adopt the Confession oi
Tatl -
Mai do yoq regard , as The . sy,'em Of qoCtr4e v p.
essential article Of the Calyinistic faith
l hold that If that Creed is short. il j. impossible
now. If y l. long. 80 a. t. embrace the feature,
Thar vital 10 oar >N>cni then il cannot b. used
Ro5 ,,i 9P"ar e o % S % ari ag rh % tere ere for GeT oo
In regard 10 the Interpretation. for The form % SUB
J l,li on the Other hand that the proposition j.
inppp pJr;une. Why press another question ~ a. 10
same ,i,'4 Whs, j. The hurry about Ghi-, Wait
unl We have settled tnc other question and determine
g,t what creed cOin- 1o have and then n
TIE hlearen see fiji - form such Creed d, this Jet
the Inauguration oi the movement 20 on iut no"
GO fear that IL viii e,nbarra>s the movement. zap
Pause
Dr. Charles L. Thompson, of New-YorI,. who
moved the adoption Of the report, followed Dr..
johnson, saying:
We gong TO have revision. We are going to
have il on aie and conservative lines. We arr going
g. have Confession Of Faith upon which WIA
r-pon Of IN committee this morning. That Con
icss'on OF Faith VII of course continue 10 be- as J.
for ordnation Nothing can be substituted in it,
place it viii be precisely the safeguard for which
gee, in Inc new creed must vent irc to say. is Wholly
rnsripqry Applause II f., Intended 10 b.. a iJlef
exposition ~ the common articles of faith that is
TT. Tor our Confession Of Falti
We need short clear, -.ns statement Of the
doctrines believed among us tiat be iog IN
home and foreign missionary work what the nas Of
TIC army is TO the army in it, advaucc-somcthnc
that We can throw out 70 tine sunlight thar bc
appfchended a. a glance. in which or children can
Information and which shall Yet always be subordinate
submit TO that IN the PREF araton adoption of
such Creed 50 restricted and guarded % ts intent
Is 10 possible danger N orthodoxy. lApplaI-e)
for new cyd T II Z one o t % s e m9oener n
ne movement al this time that it is specially op-
rot
bond of union between the Reformed churchc, Of tlle
across the sea are no longer afar Oh and We VAIN
some expression OF the Reformed faith Of our chlrchcs
at the present time that shall be bond Of union be-
fo.i9aI gsti,~e tba viii nfcr,on ~ ,, ,GnE ol It,
against the encrOacimeuts Oi ROmanism on tho one
side AID infdcty on the other. such a conscnsi,
Creed mat shall say 10 the world bat are the common
articles Of the Calvin>tic churches Of Chri,crdOr
The appointment Of committee now means that the
Of
submit 20 Iou II j. none TOO soon to begin. bat by
symbol Of the unity and harmony Of the Reformed
islh M me world around; now is especially the op
PoItnne time to begin the work. Cippau,cJ
George Jnnllin. of Philadelphia. joined DR..
johnson in opposing the new Creed, saying IN part
am opposed 10 thi, action for the rca,ol that
D'' johnson 80 ably presented IT. have cqu.-ccd
though not agreeing 10 the attempt b.clu,c
iLaugbterJ But ! think Won have a vcr9 much
larger contract your hands than yOu suppose,
and in NY Judgment We viii make greater progrc,,
~ te me oi these lrcthien vino wan a creed
II We wat until We find whether th. committee
tnai We viii appoint 10 make revision Of our
Co1fe->on Of Faith-and possibly t. be
aud shorter Catcchisnl we wait untl ti,ct
nave lad before the Church the result, Of ,he.r
!a,or ] think We ought to have a lutic r.-t on
this thing instead Of keeping Church in agitation
Sti Ihe timc. II We 90 on. people viii say. Wnat
Thufeh p 1t has been said that We ought +, lale
rae NE lead in The great movement Of conccItng The
kfn. kNofn. The PRESBYTERIAN Church in the last one
nundfed year has alway, been. and believe 10 ever
Hl o. ~ the van Of the broad sa"riuentaI host a.
NJ move on 70 the conversion Of the world iAp.
,raus We do not want anything that viii ever
"1e The place Of the magnificent Confession of Faith
Df kempshall, Dr. Patterson and Dr. Ne
'uiagh also favored the new Creed Tie COM
nitee Of nine called for in the resolution was not
appointed yesterday, and DR.. Moor viii probably
wait until ne who aic chosen to revise the
NOhIesson OF Faith before hc decides on tie new
committee
DR. McCOSH PLEADS FOR FEDERATION. |