Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-17
,ne to revise the Westminster Standards

one to revise the Westminster Standards
and the other to prepare concensus creed.
DR.. Moore was born in Strasburg, Pa, in
1923 was graduated from Yale college in
1877. and was a private student in theology
while principal of the Fairfield seminary in
Connecticut. He became pastor of the
First PRESBYTERIAN church in Westchester
Pa, where he remained until 1872, when he
accepted a call to the Second church in Co
lumbus, Ohio. In 1884 he was elected
permanent clerk Of the assembly, an Office
which he still retains.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REVISION COMMITTEE,
President William c. Roberts of Lake For
est university, Illinois, is one of the most
genial PreSbyterians in the Northern as
sembly. Although diligent scholar and
an impressive speaker, he does not let the
cares of life worry him unduly. For sew
eral years DR.. Roberts was corresponding
secretary of the board of home missions,
and acquainted himself thoroughly with
the trials and triumphs of the heroes of
the Presbyterian church, upon the frontier.
His eloquent pleas for the board have borne
abundant harvest in the last ten years. DR..
Roberts was born at Alltwai, near Aberst-
with. Wales, in 1882. He came to this
country when d boy and received his col
legiate and theological education at Prince
ton. His pastorates have been in Whining
ton, Del, Columbus, Ohio, and Elizabeth,
recognized his ability as professor and
president, but he resisted all these offers
until 1886. when he accepted the presidency
of one Of the rising universities in the
West. While he was serving the general
assembly year ago in this city as mod
orator, his friends secured an endowment
for the institution of several hundred
thousand dollars.
The leader of the anti-revision men in the
last assembly, who, DR.. Crosby said, had it
in his power to create strife in the denomi-
nation, but instead showed much magma
nimity by bowling to the will of the ma jor-
ity, is President Francis L. Patton of
Princeton university. He was one of the
younger men of the assembly, and he was
reminded of this fact by one of the first
speakers, who said that he had discussed
the subject then before the body before
DR.. Patton was born. In a gathering of 500
men, many of them known throughout the
world for their learning and their elo-
quence, it is somewhat hazardous to say
that one man is the leader in the Presby-
terrain church. But it is safe to say that
among those who were opposed to the re-
vision of the standards DR.. Patton has no
superior, and those who disliked the views
he represented gave him credit for using
his influence in the interest of peace and
harmony. DR.. Patton was born at War
wick, Island of Bermuda, in 1S43
He was graduated at Princeton semi
nary in 1865 and at once became
pastor of the Eighty-fourth street Presby-
terrain church of New York. His subse-
quent pastorates were in New York,
Brooklyn and Chicago. He served as pro-
fessor in Mccormick and Princeton semin-
aries and Princeton college, before he was
elected to his present Office. 1.-THE Int
rior'' and 'The Presbyterian Review"
have felt the influence Of his editorial work.
In 1873 he was the moderator of the general
assembly at its meeting in Pittsburg.