New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-09
THREEWEIGHTY ONERTURES
ONE CONSIDERED MORE IMPORTANT lh-A'
THE REVISION QUESTION.

THE pREsBYTHRY or NEw-YoRK DISCUSSES i"N
pEoBLEMs PLACED BEFORE 1T BY I"D
GENERAL Asst.MBLY-sHALL THERE BIZ
DEAcoNEssEs THE REV IL ~
McEDADY vINDICATED.
Three important matters were sent INV" .oo,iny
Presbyteres by the General As'eIio' o,,.os 70 the
i, s,r-,toca, last Nav one overture ieia'o' co,,
-, =, r.,ising the Conic~sisl OF laiIh '' ~
,t+,,.,or of the church. and another 10 l'' w" 'Y
con..,tntinr AN order of deacOnesseS' Inv - ..
ton submitted 70 the PicSbylere' wa 49,, .ho s,n
,hn ircrea,o Of the number OF ministers ".1 a. an
mixing of vacant churches lie IL 1,.cd IN
a IN tbe Affirmative, the second was U'i0'i0 ~,
-, Meeting Of the PIcSbyteN' WHO '',0
- Gecided that the plan of meeting llo No.
=, ,nornIovcd ministers and vacant '""I'"o s
" 80 .ia Iast Assembly not pracucaop' anu
nat instead of a central SUPERVISION '"oa
hould attend to the cases WITHIN i's oou"u' ,..o ~,
r,, ronorts were submitted by the coHhi''eo ap
i"o - t,or the overture in reference 10 INC
f.i ., women nv making them deacoheS9oe
w i Hirch Of Bethany Church. Ic''" '
-,toritv rcnort. signed by himself DE- 'o''P" ,,a,
Iano Professor r.. II. Bull and Peter carter t',a
onpo,ed the constitution OF INC Ho" o'N
four grounds; s..,,.-,, warrant for
,,o dearo1ess rest their plea on no pos'uNo No>
ron os the Word of God. - ,or the institu-
,o o deaconesS that the office grew o tara 81, sex
nscnIiar circumstances which enVr0 t Snostle, cir
lmong the Gentiles In the day u INV
'u The history of the Kingdom OF goa ercise Of
woman never has been h'iiU'''
her gifts III NJ NJ doaconess DO established te,o
&c no logical escape from the oidlhau42m miS "
the Tuiing edership and the Uoolei t.arv read
'''J onatesSor Francis Brown of Union semi'arS' |
an interesting paper in favor oil ''o ~ Csdv
nv himself and Dr. c. L. Thompson a anu o
which closed with these linen mart Of
That the Prcsbytcry answer the ior assembly
,b onrStions sent down by the ,IehcIH econs be
in the necatlvc-vz. shall the WV IL in chapter
9Iuea section to he numbered section tI CbnIrR a,
III Women also served inc rere similar to those
deaconess. whose Office and dates "c'c si'''''
Th the resbysry answer VIM the that proposing
"C2, in Chapter MIL; eecton lscs 10 NAV be elected
section as follows IX Deacone tst a9poInted for
G Do cons and set apart BY prayer. ,. mr.
rha TWO rcports will be discussed III January
Howard Crosby, with chalactefS'" 49,,
,nt++ed the following report which was aoopV."
49,, o,,ntt,.e appointed by the PesbyleIy 10 con
ider the report of the special CohiI'VI 'nnlv Of
el?tl AssenOS o. that report has reference TO vacant
churches and unemployed III corstdcred said report
port lhaS @ presbvtery TO give ii as It's opinion 20
ar C,oneraI Assembly that no suoi IcleIr no. Ne
ministerial adjustment a, una. bre,iytcrv should
mort is practicable but tha' taoI 1ooE after thi.
be charged by the Assembly 10 loom oH-n ~ Tay
Tho discussion over the methods OF revising VIC N"
- .iroato1 Al time, vcrCiuG personality H.
.orc. Alexander presented report faVoFh5 inc o'i
tur, before the Presbytery, viz, that a ne" "P'O'
entitled OF Amendments shall be adueu ~ ' 'I'4
&c Government making provirion Tor inc "1Ao''
~ the Confession vi Faith the NV" cA'oo4''S"'',
Form, of Govern ment the Book OF Discipline anu INC
directory Of Worship. DR.. Alexander sAid u'"' VIC
,,.rr. was IN accord with the practice OF ihe ITO
nvterian Church It will relieve also the aihoIe'"N
which has existed FOR long time on certain p".N Vi
me standards II be approved 10y inc fINsoH 80
the Form Of Government, the Book 81 DscipI'Ae anu
Directorv for Worship may be amended by majority
vote while It will require two-thrds Voe !" "'NcNu
tho confession Of Faith and The catechi>ms
DR. Briggs Of the Union seminary, handed IN a
minority report which answered the overture in tho
secative The following his reasons for opposlAS
the overture
The overture is a haSty and illadviscd com
promise resulting from bad tactics of both parties IN
The overture contravenes the constitutional
node ~ svieio1 wrapped mp i'm the Act of Ratification
II 1855 requiring the concurrence OF wv W. u "a
Presbyc1ies for any revision Of tho Constitution when
The overture repcals one Of the most important
based on the Barrier Act Of the Church OF scotland
4. The overture. for the first time IN Prv'bNtertn
history officially cXalts dogma 10 an undue prominence
and deprecates the government liturgy ana worship VI
g. The overture so hedges about the revision Of
the Confession Of Faith A. u make it wellmsh I'M
possible and 10 prevent any efforts for revision III Inc
future
g. The overture makes the revision Of the Form Of
Government. Book Discipline and Directory OF
Worship 50 easy that it Will involve the Church IN
ceaseess agitation and provoke dangerous and revolt
tOndry Innovations.
The decidedly in favor Of the majority
report approving tn overture.
The committee appointed to investigate the matter
Of the gift of the Prospect hin Church D. the Rev
H. II. McCTcady reported unanimously in favor Of ~ir
tanning The action Of the church toward it, pastor.
The PrcsbytcIy then unanimously adopted the How
ing resolution:
Resolved That after due inquiry, the PreNbyt"ry is
satisfied tIat the Rev X. II. NcCready did not act d.
nonorabIy in receiving money granted linn By The
Prospect Hi Chur a.
II suspend judgment on The course OF the Rev L. T.
PaysOn IN this whole matter.