New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-24
ONE PASTOR SPEAKS OUT.
mr. pARKHuRsT WILL NOT PREACH HYPER
CALvNISM
,rropr DOING 90 HE WOULD DESTROY BOTH
HIS GOWN AND HIS BIBLE-No VOTE fEf
IN THE PRESBYTERY.


Tia fourth day of the controversy In the Frespy'
terry over the proposed creed revision was 80,
h,v like it's predecessors. The church was filed win
,ntenesed listeners. Several speeches bearing more
., ,ess on the subject now before the BODY "ero
made At the end of two hours and nan thc NhoN
orators gavel fell with gentle tap on inc un'o
v;sed copy of the Confession before him. anu WIN
word OF PRAYER the audience dispersed to meet AGAIN
TO-DAY at 8 D. m. when Professor Charles A. Bnggs'
OF the Union theological seminary WILL 'ei ' Wv
Confessions should be revised
Dr. c. H. Parkhurst, of the Madison Square fres'
byterian Church, who breaches TO one Oh inc i e''
and most intellectual audiences In this Guy ca"o
ont strongly in favor of the commuters rePof' i0o
ommendng changes in the present Conlession' anu
surresting new Greed later on. Dr. hoplnsoh haA
repeated a part of of DR.. Parkhursts sermons "a
his speech on Wednesday. without justifying hmsen
a, all DR. Parkhurst yesterday admitted the correce
ness of the statement made. Untn recently no i'u
mot read the Confession entirely through Dut peore
serving on the committee to prepare an answer 10 .o
General Assemblys overture ne mad maoe oaieiu,
sudy of the entire documenand because ne UNDERSTOOD
a. batter now he favored the report OF the connluee'
His speech was delivered of hand but abounded Win
epigrams, Illustrations and graphic hgures. MS
solemn declaration that before he would preach the
Cavinistic doctrine of pretertion he would tear HIS
Geneva gown to shreds and rip up MS BLDG h'o paper
raas was received with breathless suspense HIS
assertion that his officers and his church membership
vou,d stand by him II he did was no surprise 10
those who knew the personal magnetism Oh INC
preacher.
The speech of the afternoon in favor OF the standard
Of the Church and against the report was given py
DIR J. NJ Worrall, of the Thirteenth Street Churoh'
Few men in the Presbytery equal DR.. Worrali In
eloouence and conservatism. He has deep rever-
ence for the fathers and patience with those who
profess Presbyterianism and believe ana uSach Vie
German theology Of the present day II man wants
TO hold these advanced" views lie mas no uuarrei
with him. provided he will go to denomination
where they do not violate the principles heio sa0eu
by the majority.
DIR. PARKHURsT's ARGUMENT
Tho following ia the substance of Dr. Parkhursts
address:
Confession Of Faith In order to subserye Its purpose
must be Just expression OF the integral sense OF the
Christian Scriptures 1t must not only state truths m
Scrptura accuracy. but must reproduce the opor'oh
,mphasis which in the Scriptures those truths have re-
spectively laid upon them.
In drawing map of Europe may outline Russia for
example with geographical nicely respecting conscen.
tousy It's longitudinal and latitudinal dimensions and
then 20 on but different scale to do the same thing
for Germany, England and the rest OF the Continent now
ever accurate my deneaton OF each country may nave
heen nv map OF Europe whole will be vtated bv that
fatal alteration OF SCALE Bere then IS the ground OF my
desire for change in our Confession as recon-
rnended by the committee. 1t may be all reproduction
Of scripura truth different classes OF truths
I'm IT, and those different classes have not In the Con-
,ss,on ALI been drawn the scale. The prescrDt
OF scrptural proportion is not adhered TO- The Gospel
gives the weight OF emphasis to the love OF Cod Inc
does but underscore the sterner features
of the divine character This is not to object to what the
Confession says the sterne attributes OF holiness
and justice The point is that the Confession makes
more Of the latter 1t does OF the former while the
ospe on the contrary makes more OF the former han
a. doa. ~ the latter The Of God stands out on the
face Of the Gospel In the Confession you have to hunt
for IL In order ind IT, The centre OF gravity OF the
Confession does not coincide with the centre OF gravity OF
the Cospel 1t vtated exactly as my map was
,1.,aed nv the use Of scales Truth dsproporton
s,elv stated is falsehood Truth untruthfuly told is
lie. . .,.,o m,
Calynist is doubtless right in saying that God is not
unaer oblsstons TO us Offers of salvation
are with God Of gratuity or what IL known
6 grace We owe everything to Him; he nothing 70
us Still even that be the case, God may De anu
.v. s under obligations afford every man an oppor-
tunitv to DO saved that He has no right TO pass oy
snvbody falls into the water at my sloe; or'y'
90 toy.nothinr wretch he may be, who has never
done anything for anybody else 'hereiorc'
ove him nothing He has claim upon me 'or rescue
He cries "save me'' laugh and say NO am uhuef
No obliestions TO you" But because am uhder no
obligations TO him. not therefore, released from my
t,,,ons N myself To AFFORD poor fellow means OF
escan. So God does perhaps, owe 1t to me 70 pro-
vide me with some means OF escaping eterhai u&n
hut He owes Il Himself to AFFORD me some such means
uere ia no suth tremendously obligated beng IN inc UNI
,erse an God Conceive OF God as being VINO uoes
thing Simply because, in the exercise OF HIS own wn
He chooses TO- and you rob Him OF that quay "n
alone can Him to our respect saying nothing u
our worship There is much room for the eAeo
Of Justice In providing way Of escape as In snu''s
up in hell who have not availed themselves VI Wv
vsy Of escape The damn" side OF D3'ihc 'u''i0e ~
heen rather heavily overworked .
II now we are going retain the preterition ide'
I'm our Confession, then we must De true 70 y
,r our preaching Presbyterian ministers, anu on
c.as,on declare it in ali frankness we shal
add
his manner: My friends, am sorry to say H. OUT as
CIvistc Presbyterian am bound to say IT, that Onrs'
Ala not die for all. There certain amount oil
:, ,ha case Some are damned, and not only that'
~. oonitally damned damned before they are born,
800 ~ God even in the moment Of conception"
DY william NJ. Paxton" On no.
~ .ood brother Paxton says Oh! no." Well, 1t Is
,v hard way Of stating the case and would hardly
pr ,,rod 70 nut 1t in this way II had not heard
pax,on,s exposition Of the matter last MONDAY after
-, mt the story Of jacob ana Esau, a. INTERPRETERS
nv the hyper-Cslvnists means al ,as - -. y, Va
~ 80 ming out in natfooted English NO" con
"n 49,, ,ha, WAS a Scripture doctrine and that saliva
,,on vas not absolutely free 10 every ''Ne !, "ouiu
80 INV Geneva gown TO shreos anu ZIP w NY DUO nv
"S' ' - ha,ore another Sabbath and my elders sne
paper-fass o church membership. i believe, woulC
deacons and all my eh"iS
stand by me- x-..o., prosbvterial nrobler
',,a, Concession Your committee nave Drought IN
u nv -, M member Of that committee thorouemy DC
report 'h- ~ &, no, such a report individu'' mem
he' 3. ~o,,d have framed But early IN ou session.
made M our minds that we couid none y a. So -
we antsd We therefore took turns afouna IN con 81,
dng continued our sessions n aSS gu, We
we s,e ~ that is the only policy We can as Presoy
s safsy adopt We can none OF Us &c. r., ,n,,v CO.,
t an,y by giving up little all around sh.s Sni.y y.
~ secured. 1t is not just to ask any par" " ~ ''
surrendering. II has come to stay and com
ls w II Is futile talk about repressms NV e. ~
ay box but the arc preparing 'sa
more DESTRUCTIVE s ling the brooks lowing dow
self II while you arc ~, ,as The wall of rock lynn
into 1t from on the Ioss 70 hinder Niagara Rive
:s.o Niagara River does to wear away INC wan ava