Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-09
THE PREsBYTERY's ANSWER.
A Minute to be Sent to the General As.
sembly on the Subject Of Rev ision.

"A Minute to be Sent to the General As.
| sembly on the Subject OF Rev ision.
JUDGE DaAKE WANTS TO HAVE HIS NEG ArrvE
VOTE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF TIE BODY
| roDAY-rHE WEEK. OF PRAYRR AND TIE ELEc-
| TIoNs-oTHER BusINEss CoNsrDERED.
The regular April session Of the Wsshingt n
| CITY Presbytery was begun at the New YORK
Avenue Presbyterian Church last even
ing. The retiring moderator, Rev. Mr..
Miller, preached a sermon from Colio-
slams 1, %. Rev. F. d. Richards
OF Boyd's Station was chosen moderator, and
MI. +. @. Dalrymple, temporary clerk. The
presbytery received under its care Mr.. Kemper
Fullerton, graduate of the class Of 'ss at
Princeton, son Of Rev. DR.. Fullerton Of the
West Street Church. Georgetown, who intends
entering the ministry.
| roDAY's SESSION.
The morning session Of the presbytery today
| began at o'clock and WAS opened with prayer
| by Rev. DIR. Hamlim. The minutes of the last
session were read and approved and the mod
| orator announced a number of working COM
mittees. The reports Of the various churches
were presented.
1t was moved and carried that the elders of
the FIRST Church, Alexandra. be allowed to
|
the .presbytery, and Dr. Bittinger and Judge
Drake were appointed a committee to confer
| with the elders as to future action on their
part. The committee on revision made a report
| as to the answers the presbytery made to the
| questions in the overture of the general assem-
bly,, saying that thepresbytery favors a revision
OF the Articles of Faith and stating what
| changes it desired.
JUDGE DRAKE WANTS RECORD.
Judge Drake called for the yeas and nays on
the question of the adoption of the paper as .
| whole and stated that he wanted his vote re-
corded in the negative on the whole paper, as
| 1t had been on each article in it at the last
| meeting. Mr.. Kelly raised the point Of order
that . negative vote would appear to reject
| the paper, which was merely transcript Of
the minutes and was the final action Of the
presbytery and hence could not be overthrow
now. The moderator held that negative vote
would only impugn the correctness Of the re-
port OF the action Of the last meeting. On the
motion Of DR.. Hamlin the report of the COM
mittee was adopted, and then DR.. Hamlin
moved that it be forwarded to the assembly as
the answer Of the presbytery.
Judge Drake insisted on the yeas and navs
| on this question in order that he might have
another opportunity to record his vote in the
negative on each and every point in the paper.
He did not think it could be overthrow at this
late date, but he was not willing to let it 90
without dissenting voice.
with the vote recorded on each specification as
the stated clerk has it in his revised minutes
was lost by large vote. DIR. Hamlin's motion
that the paper be sent to the assembly as
the sentiment of the presbytery was
then acted upon. A motion was made
to vote upon the paper and the accompanying
minute separately. but Mr.. Lyman held that
this WAS out OF order, as the two had been ac-
cepted as one document and should be 80 re-
garded now. The moderator held that the
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motion to make it read ITO adopt the
paper and to transmit it to the
general assembly as the answer Of the presby
terry to the questions in the overture Of the
assembly,"
Judge brakes motion to take the vote by
yeas and nays was carried. The question of
adoption and transmission was carried by
vote of "a to TO-
THE MINUTE THAT WILL BE SENT.
The minute adopted to be transmitted with
the list Of specifications Of desired changes in
the articles of faith, expressing the sentiment
OF the meeting is as follows: 'In returning the
foregoing answers to the general assembly
the presbytery emphasizes its loyalty to
the confession of faith and also its
request that the work Of revision be confined
to such changes in the forms of statement as.
without impairing its system of doctrine, will
| remove antiquities which lead to popular per-
version and Misrepresentation, and bring it
into closer harmony with the accepted and pub
iiciy declared faith OF our church."
Judge Drake moved that the committee on
revision be discharged. A suggestion that the
words with thanks" be inserted was not ac-
cepted and the motion to discharge the''commit-
tee was lost. Rev. MIR. c. b. Ramsdell was
unanimously elected to fill the vacancy on the
| committee caused by Rev. Mr.. Childs leaving
| the presbytery.
PRAYER AND ELECTIONS.
Mr.. McIlvaine read the report of the commit
tee on foreign missions. II recommends that
the general assembly be requested to change
the time of the week of prayer to some other
date than the first week in November, as the
elections held throughout the country at that
time interfere largely with the interest and
| Importance of the meetings.
A letter was received from Bethesda Church
in Montgomery county, asking that the terri
tory around Forest Glen be surrendered to its
care, promising to have preaching there each
Sunday during the summer months and per-
manently soon as possible. The request was
granted unanimously.
OTHER BUSINESS TRANSACTED
| At the invitation of Rev. Mr. Richards of the
church at Boyd's it was decided to hold the
September meeting of the presbytery at that
place.
DIR. Hamlin moved that DR.. Bittenger be ap-
| pointed committee OF one to draw up suit
| able minute on the death of Rev. DR.. Simpson,
who was the oldest member of the presbytery
A number of reports Of committees were
read and after the transaction of some routine
| business the session adjourned at o'clock to