St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-09
The Confession OF Faith Gre
ates a Widely Divided
Discussion. a
After Several Amendments,
the Confession Is Referred
to the Synod.
The State Organization Gets
Down to Work in the
Evening.
List Of Delegates Present and
Temporary Organization
Effected.

The presbytery of st. Paul continued
its session at the House of Hope church
yesterday, and spent the entire morn
ing ID transactIng routine business. The
reports of special committees were heard
and acted upon, and various matters
pertaining thereto discussed. The aft
ernoon session was opened with prayer
by DR.. Webster, of Pennsylvania. The
invitation extended by the Andrew
church, of Minneapolis, to hold the hex
regular meeting of the presbytery there
was accepted. The committee on the
Bethany mission. at the requ est of the
Andre church. advised that the mis-
sion be removed from the care of that
church and given into the charge of the
Home mission committee. The COM
mittee appointed to consider the appli-
cation of Rev. Mr.. Norman, Scan
dinavian minister of Minneapolis, for
members in the presbytery reported
progress. Special committees of eX-
animation were appointed, one for each
subject of examination, as required in
the Presbyterian standards. The COM
mittee appointed to draft suitable resO-
brought in report which was accepted
and ordered sent to DR.. MacLaren.
DR.. Kiehle's motion to approve the
progress of the revision committee Of
the assembly was taken up and dis
cuSsed. Rev. u. e. Wells moved as a
suggestion to the assembly, that the
term Holy Spirit be used uniformly in
the revised confession Of faith as de-
scriptive of the person of the trinity,
and that the term condemnation be
used instead of damnation. His motion
was carried. The session then pro-
ceeded to consideration of the confess
sion of faith as revised by the special
committee of the assembly.
Chapter 4, section +, reads in the re-
vised confession:
CHAPTER ". OF CREATION.
1. 1t pleased God, the Father, Son and Holy
Ghost for the manifestation of the glory of
His eternal power wisdom and goodness. in
the beginning, to create of nothing the uni
verse, and all things therein. whether visible
or invisible, ana all very good. The heavens
and the EARTH with all that they contain,
were made by Him in six creative days.
The creative was omitted, and after
ward the last phrase, lin six days" was
decided superfluous. In the same sec
ton the words ''of nothing" were struck
out.
Chapter 10, section 4, which in the
committees report reads:
4. Others. not elected, although they may
be called by the ministry of the word, and
may have some common operations of
the Spirit, yet inasmuch as they never truly
come to Christ, they cannot be saved neither
is their salvation in any other way than by
Christ through the Spirit. however diligent
men may be in framing their lives accor ding
to the light of nature, and the law of that re-
ligion they do profess.
Was amended by striking out the
word they in the fourth line.
The chapter on the Holy Spirit was
recommended to be recast and placed i'll
briefer form.
. Chapter %, section 4, was retained as
in the original version.
Chapter 3, section 5, reading.
). The rest of mankind. God was pleased
according to the unsearchable counsel of His
own will, whereby He eXtendeth OF with
holdeth mercy as He pleaseth not to elect
unto everlasting life but to Urdain them t
praise of His glorious justice; yet SO a
thereby neither is any limitation put upoI
the offer of salvation to all, upon condition
of faith in Christ; nor is restraint laid upoI
| the freedom of any one to hinder his ac-
| ceptance of this offer.
After much discussion it was recon-
mended for remodeling.
Finally, after discussing the revision
earnestly. the presbytery sends this
message to the general assembly:
| In view of the unsatisfactory character O
| many of the proposed changes in the comics
sion of faith, and the difficulties connecte
| Herewith, this presbytery believes. ii mex
| pedient to attempt modification. and woult
prefer leaving it intact preparing a supple
| mentary instrument.
The vote to this report stood 10 for an,
16 against its adoption.
The presbytery then adjourned t
meet at the call of the moderator durin!
| the synod.
! The synod of Minnesota met at th
/ Central Presbyterian church last even
| ing. The docket was read and routin
business transacted, after which an abb
address was delivered by the retirin
moderator, Rev. l.. FL. Mitchell, of Roeh
| ester.