New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-25

Reformed Alliance. formerly Of this country hut no"
If London gave an account Of the progress III "it'
Britain The first object of the Alliance child o'
| the Assembly. Is 10 secure mutual acquaintance DC
tween the eighty different sorts Of Prc>by'eria.- ~"
true blue but Of different ~h9des. lie aehed
why Episcopal Church 'gCh power r, in Enc Enc
"''d of uu,on wo do not have orr due weight. II y
ne Tor to he The d4f plan s a. G %4Gm G
| TO a Belgian conference To- devise rcmedic, ior me
ee great I,S Sr G G A1'" W. Ne w s' asEed WY
! d" Won come We answered. We have loo PAD
missionary agents and 10000 scnoar in our ,'h'oI
that conference. That great acerceaiion " n' ~"
s she pr H Hf family In more than one c9 ,
Lord salisbury has been very rcspeciiu o mn 900 II
civilized cultured aid determined Christian pcope .
Before listening to the report Of the c"mm'''", 20
which the several resolutions relative l" 'f ann
mcnt Of committee on revision waS referred y"
be the tie that binds" d favorte hymn WITH inc ~
,cmhly va, sung. Dr. Er,Ainc. chairman OF the con"
mttcc. read the report which & a follow
To the moderator and member o. the nnt ut
sembly Your c"inmittcr Ir,p',"t,' ,l following
pi"ami e- and resolutions. the adoption '' VIM"
WLcrc@i,. The lat General Assembly, dir.cted an a..
t, be Transmitted t" III" iIeSt' ,'.i,,
,'c' r,,,'Io, 80 Tii,6 .o,o.d. II so i1 what
spcct and 20 what cAt.nt And vhrra II a'pciT
f. .ry.,.- i1c answer, Of the Pr'stie;c- {" >ilH
ovrr.i,r. That 49, Pr ~',t rlc- have answered 's
Tir,t. Tnat committee c,mpo,ed of one member q
Of the Assembly from each synod. 10 VII, h.,'
Voac.,t.r 10 nominate 10 mi, Assembly committee
c.u-.tin, ~ fnccn mi2.i"r, aid ten elder ~l",h
II the Go. fc-,3p q Faith. which committee "i"h
constituted hy the General Assembly. -'aN o"H,,'rI
answer 10 tAc above que-t lions AID frmnai" 9" ne
Gcucr Assemble % 80" qch aiic'to ,ci 4in srnc
NAV be- deemed desirable. ,.,, ,,.o, -,
second I'M, committee ON Revision snail meet a., az
! Moderator = tn- General Assembly. and Ni"l "io.
| meeting app'i, thor own permanent chairman ana
| TlIri. Til. committee on Revision Is instructed
~ meet Al am carly date not later than october 81
go and diligently 10 pursue rs work. ih'' ID may
rcr.rr pro1.rtlv ~ the meeting - the General A.
| -cm}iy n I-"l. Md.
! Whereas. >Nty.cci' Prcehytc-"s have ars7"rcd
! so t. the fr.i & The above questions. AID 'AF
nine Irc,hytcri,s If those au-~"rlnr fcs have cN
u,c-.lv aid they desire cnnnl" .n t'o confession
4 Faith 20 be made that mpa.r> 81" integrity "i tNo
! So, -.cn a. doctrine taught therein. Therefore
Resolved That tM, Committee on h"y.No. &c. ana
ro-cy arc Instructed that tho; shall 20, propo-c any
alteration. or amendments thai VIII n any "'Y lm
mar tl,c integrity q Reformed or talv.n'-Io srs
TEN II doctrine TAUGHT IN ~" Confession Of I"th.
All Of which IS -pccNully submitted
EBENEZER EKsKINE chairman.
HENRY NaoCRAcKEN,
EVVffEAIb Kr.Ni'-liALL.
UENrN DAY.
GEoE1Ef : .,, GRAHAM
DR.. Tr,kine said that every member Of The commit
tee approved tn, report. Great appla""J j. "pc"
Ing the discussion hc cXPr-'sc' rrai'u'" Z" ''H i'
/ the success Of the committee in agreeing upon IT,
/ Tie committee recommended only IA" "'W'u"l 'i
the committee H. the matter suggested h> Tie Pre-
tyt"rics and 10 the CaIvni'tc' "T presbyterian u"
triuc
The report va, adopted by rising vote. unnni
rou.ly after which the DoAo!ogy wa sung with a
! viii and the Moderator offered prayer "i thanks
! giving.
The moderator appointoc tho nominating committee
Il nineteen ministers and elder At once naming Dr.
william G. Robert. rs chairman. The oommii'"" vi
called by It's chairman 20 meet Al noon &" nominal"
,bc permanent committee. Their report VIII PROBABLY
/ he given on Monday.
DR. Roberts said that the overturs OF twenty SIN
pre.bvtcrlc, ia favor Of The new consensus creed
/ s,o,,ld lac referred 10 committee Of nine.
,,l, shall invite the OOpcrauon On the
reformed bOdlc, IN preparing a short cI'ar o"'"Pc
heI~ve statement Of the points III when an he"n'"
churches are agreed; not substitute i'f' n"' sup
plcmcnt 10 the Westminster Confession IL must 90"
tain tbe essentials Of the Reformed aiih and be- the
especially IL their WORK In foreign lands Dr ilcrH'h
Johnson made some remarks Ia opposition TO- ana Df.
C. L. Thompson III favor Of the construction OF snch
A creed Dr. Kemp.hall said that tins movement ID
the work Of the divine spirit who has enabled ana
moved the Assembly % blcssedly Win fosaiu
| to the revision u the creed
Elder George Junkn poke earnestly In opposition
10 the idea % Ione more work III the dlec'oh oi
making ,r.cds OF any sort. lie corrected - 80
icssor Sorll, In hs statement that former attemp'
10 make Il consensus, creed had failed There was ho
| such attempt.
DR. Patterson advocated the motion. lie V0bd ioi
the appointment Of the committee tins mo'ille De'aua'
| he was sure It would fail. lie JhonEht tiat con
scnsus creed for popular and many other us would
| be- a good thing. Dr. Archibald II. Mccullough, o.
| irooklyn. thought the time OppOrunc. Many oi III,
clurchc, nsc A form OF admission Of private member
! much less mlnut. than the Confession. Shch a con
scnsus creed would De scrvccablc IL such cases tno
| for sunday school instruction. The NOTION aflnl
much discussion to it, cause and chcct passed by
a large majority. m .,.. ,
report which told Of cheering pgtTrcs, a. thr tMi"cl
Institutions of the Church, and urged liberal ana ioI
these schools, which are training German ana s'iooa
ministers. The rcc0Innchda'lphs OF Inc report were
adoptcd. Professor McClcand, Of the German lhc0
logical school at Dubuque said that the Prcsby tcrian
are behind all the other leading denominations II
this country In appreciation Of the Importance %
The Committee on Mileage and Church Unity pre-
mittec emphasis laid federation the princi
pal on which evangelical Christians can now cooperate
The committee appointed 10 nominate the actual
Committee Of Revision, i composed follows
II. IIampleton Hunter, synod Of Atlantic benjamin
Catawba. Frank '. Mills, China Robert Douglass
Colorado. Curtis G. strong Columbia. William G
Robert, temporary chairmdnl Illinois Thomas Tracy
India lcnry T.. Saylcr Indiana John Edwards, Indian
Territory William g. DOnnan, Iowa Lewis !. Drake
kau,t,. Jamc, harhoHI, kcntncN John !: ONoby
laird Missouri samuel l.. Davidson. Nebraska