The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-24
alton, and Amendments b. mad. in the cont..,Ion of


RtS@irsd That committee Of ministers and eiders in
plumber not los, than nf,ssn Of whom mot more than
Assembly TO consider the .uEseston, made BY the
p pst ,Ss,,nSIV: and N"' ~ report 10 '"'
negative to the overures on this subject down by
the last Assembly aud 49,.
Armstv. have eInr,s.y said that tl,ey desire batnO
tssi OF lie system Of doctrine taught the eOHtss
Rs,SirsT Tn.t the said committee when appointed
shall be instructed that they snal propose no changes
Of the coiSintt system embodied in thsISonISs
and furthermore tat they connne their abors TO such
b" nsctssary either b. elimination, suUsttutUn or ad
diton, 10 remove popular Misunderstanding
Elder Day, announced that hiss resolution
was intended 10 lake tho plnce OF both Prof
MoCracken's and DR.. pattons resolution.
Prot McCracken said that he would second
the substitute, but not accent IT. IA MIR Days
resolution alter the preamble, was 80 changed
as to be unrecognizable, II Is here reDroduccd
R,or,d IhAtN COMMITTEES be SppIHiin!od to consider
Confession Of iAh which shall not impair the integrity
ThSt IL s,S be lie duty OF the COMMITTEES to con.
slider he ,usEe.ons contained Il the answers Of tho
lily Of SSi ovsrutcs OF alteration amendment to the
SRt.ion q Path for ns srTToy % ,h the Assembly
= E,iou,d That this committee shall consist Of NJ
= At III" mode q procedure shall he the followins
The Moderator shall Appont Npn,nninI r2mm,ss
1ssenbIy IN addition ne Moderator Of The assembly
OF the same tho committee thus nominated shall name
Wy T Tie Gommteo Of Revision thus constituted shan
call Of 10 G and pHm Ts
un9n meeting appoint their Own permancnt Tlni.man
cd 10 al sn das not later than Oct s.
and dliRentl! TO nur,Ge III WORK snst ay repor
FFEG'p''' a''"' meeting OF the GENERA" Assembly o.
The Rev. DIR. Herrick johnson Of Chicago
moved a. his point tha, a SseSnSb 81 the roaE
to consider The appointment OF a Lewiston
Committee until vote was reached on the
Elder Day then took advantage OF tho oppor-
tunty afforded by the Introduction of his reso-
not on 10 sgrnisei but Delighted this body
Applause The thing Is done-reyision is
viii Snt no Sn IN it's patti be GE
fined 10 the limits Of our system Of doctrine.
NE will yield that. am confident, of carrying
them let revision go until God shall bring
us to one mind on the subject"
:, After the |,Doxo!ogy,, had been sung the
Rev Or. IandySe' another reysionist. said;
cannot and 40 no, b want to dlyess myself Of
fought for forty years. has come to crisis in
sented byy tie Assembly. with a. grand
opportunity. Yesterday sho trembled on the
has been restored BY What Dr. Fatton has sai.
came here this morning fearing that the old
tiger Of Princeton was resurrected in his
and lamb scene which is pre- ented, and can't
tell which is the lion aud which Is the lamb.
Accordingly let me give this notice The grand
transcontinentai reunion train starts to-day
from Saratoga. 1t will stop TO take on passen-
w # NOT soo there {op
ct Princeton passengers lose no time. for the
train only stops five minutes. The train starts
Golden Gate, and thence to the heathen world
beyond the ocean. The train has started. ami
pig iron enough in Pennsylvania, nor lead
enough IN Missouri. nor scrub oak and cacti
enough between there and the Pacific TO stop
"Bosh" was tho loudly uttered comment of
an anti-revisionist at Dr. Nandyke's perora-
ton Paying no attention to it the sneaker
while there are. two other modes Of revision
10 here dc the
ists can call convention and appeal to the
presbyteries. and II two-thirds vote for what
to endorse their action. The only question Is
whether 1t is necessary to appoint any Revision
the entire confession for us. But won't con
sent to any restriction beyond that proposed by
sHtysiT Of the pres6ytehres that TN no amenf
Of our system OF doctrine. ! don't agree with
DR.. Patton that the last Assembly did an I'M
wise thing In handing down the revision over
lures. think it was a wise thing
For the last several minutes cries Of Cues
hst Dr.
,,sTfd P!ess you elamor me down. will be
Hurry" said a voice.
IN take my oTn time: appeal to the Mod
for him; Dr.; Van dyke said THE, discussion
has also been an educating process. 1t is not
only single minister in New York who has
never read it before this discussion began
Alter Indicating some OF the things TO be
God and infant administering drew applause
with this declaration: Il don't hold these
doctrines; and want every SHADOW apd faint
thought should be inserted in the Confession in
dS 80 loved Fiat he
His oily, beloved Son" &c He, didn't
"a 6at is %ante sHfht So
tered th:t there would be no doubt on the sub |
!ecti and hat 1t could be put in the hands Of |
In CONCLUSION, he told Of a vision he had had
when yni awake last night thinking how he
ton tiger. It brought to view q committee do
Ing its workin time TO report TO the next AS |
AMENDED to Ge and they
It ratified 10 enactment by the Assembly OF
DR.. F. D. Norris Of tho Lane Theological
Seminary sait that he considered the ASSEM-
bly, practcallyn unit; Pr Patton speech had
been in tho reytion movement" he continued, |
any desire to fake the pillars OF our Calvin
ism and only SUD obligations ofltare desired
as shall ADJUST tie doctrine system to the liV- |
ing faith OF the tving church. He considered |
that Elder Days presentation embodied. with |
little change. althere was in Dr. Pattons."
DR.. Crosby. in few earnest words, now |
asked the Assembly to contne the discussion
TO the appointment Of the revision COMMITTEES.
DR. Patton" he aid. who had tho power
to lead US into the Hgions OF strife. has shown
instead the paths 81 peace Let us leave to
tho committee and the next assembly every
thing discomposfngl vs. to the mature OF the al
terations to the confession. Let us not entan-
gle ourselves among theological arguments"
The Rev. Il. NJ. Paterson. editor OF the Pres
bvtSrinr JOurndi. publAhed IN Philadelphia the
stronghold Of the antiFevision sentiment. was |
the first g interrupt tie harmony which ire
vailed 1t was sometimes ungrHcous," he
sail. Ito run counter Il tho general opinion;
but he. for one. could MT vote for any PROPOSE. |
ton before the house, NO even DIR. Patton's | |
don't believe anv real retsion Is probable and. |
II the majority rules, We, the minority. |
must place ourselves pm record as dis |
senting" He said that only 1000 Of |
the $4,000 ministers in the Church
had voted on the subject o revision. ana that |
Of the 2lS presbyterles which had voted In |
favor OF it, In only thirty-o,e did the aifirma- |
ton votes form a maJorityOf the whole. lie |
argued from this that the Nurch a. Il whole !
was not In favor Of revision, Without naming |
him lie quoted briggs practical ackn4wledG- |
ment that revision once bcGln might lead TO |
an attack on tho veiy FOUNDATIONS OF the