The Irish standard., 1890-02-08

this report"
Rev. James S. Ramsey wanted no re-
vision in his. He swallowed the whole
confession when he was ofdaiHed, and
bib had dlgested 1t fully. ''lf," ne said,
''(alvinism in its extreme form be sin
and iDiquity, l can only say that 1 was
conceived in that sin and shaped in that
iniquity." He objected to the commit
tees report because it was comprom-
ise. and because of the omissions and
changes it suggested as we'll as pro-
posed. He quoted the prohibition
against marriage with ''ipfidels. Paplsts
and other idolaters," ETC., and said be
personally didn't see any necessity for
change th4re he didn't want to marry
an iufidel, Papist or idolater. The dam
gers that threatened the country in the
growth of Catholicity were pictured
with fervor that
WOULD GLADDEN. TIE HEART OF DR.
FULTON
or Of an escaped nun. II be!ieve,' he
SAID, ''that the papal church, like a
chameleon, changes its color according
to nationality, and that if it ever gets
grip on America, the grip will be worse
than the Russian one, and, anaconda
like, it will essay to swallow the Pro-
testant lamb. But when the day comes
that the Romish church is thus revealed
in its true c0lors, a new Luther will
nail startling theses On the doors Of the
Union Seminary, and he will probably
bs Or. Brlggs.'' This boom for DR..
Briggs and his book made the REVISION
lists smile and elected rapturous ap-
plause from the adherents Of the con-
fession. DR.. Sutton threatened court
proceedings, but the gag law shut hum
off on that line, and when he shifted
his ground he told tne presbytery that
the sentiment in favor of revision was
not natural; it was manufactured. The
meeting was thrown into violent COM
motion by this charge, and excited di~
vines rushed around the church de-
nouncing it's author. Rev. DR.. Worall
electrified tho anti-revlsionlsts and con
founded the adherenCs Of the commit
tees report bY lurid defence of the
ancient creed. He didn't want q lot of
men to run off With the sheet anchor of
Calvinism and modify it. He had been
thlrtY-ive years in the ministry, and he
was we'll satisfied that the confession
was the safest guide for the people.
LAS to the references to the Pope,'' he
said, g [ am not willing to apologize for
or to retract anv Of our ancient doc
trines when the Pope and his represen-
tatives are boasting Of the marvellous
progress their cause Is making ia our
county," DR.. Worall uttered the first
note Of warning about
A sOHIsM IN THE CHURCH,
and he created sensation. division
may be lin the air. but it is there just
as dust in the air when boys throw it
up and cry to every one: Look out! the
air is full of DUST y There was tone
of reproof in the closing words of his
speech which caused little restlessness
among the divines. II never" he said
''heard rneaner things said of the con-
fession than have heard right here IN
this presbYterv. These doctrines have
been baptized in the blood OF martyrs.
Are they less to be accepted on that ac
count? 1t is time they were formulated
in an age OF controversy. but this is an
age of doubt; is that the time in which
to lay the foundations Of great doc
trines: You say you want to make this
confession good enough to take in all
the world. You might as we'll talk Ut
ont our atmosphere to reach
the stars. You could do it, but by the
time you had accomplished it it would
be so thin that 1t you'd be of no use to
them or you either" Perhaps the most
event OF the weeks wrangle
was the Introduction of Bob Ingersoll's
personality into the debate. TINS was
done by Rev. Wilton NJ. Smith, a very
young man. who favors revision as the
only method open for saving the Pres
byterian church from disruption. if not
extinction. Mr. Smith declared that
ever since he began to preach he had
been running across young men who
were kept out OF the church and out Of
by the doctrine of reprobation.
In Cleveland one Sunday evening he
found his congregation much smaller
than usual, and knew it was Oh account
Of a lecture being given in the Opera
House by Colonel Ingersoll After his
own service ended he went to the
Opera House, and found it packed to
the roof with people who had paid ST. SO
. head to hear a .'most blasphemuu5
tirade against the Bible But the
mum ,liating feature OF this incident lay
"a the fact that MIR. Smith confessed his |
inability to answer the agnosLic argu- |
nents of the famous orator. w bile / /
was there he said sadly, "the speaker
pulled out 8 copy uf the Confession, aud
fur forty minutes he spoke against the
ioctrine of reprob baton as there set out,
md [ have to acknowledge that the
arguments that he advanced in his racy I
.nd attractive way were unansWerabieI
)y me. know that many young men
ghO were there that iii Tit we're con-
irmed III their epticism by the use in
nat way that Ili9 9ht off the doctrine that
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