New-York tribune., 1892-01-02
CREED REVISION RENEWED
THE ASsEMBLYS COMMITTEE TO MEET.

THE AsSEMBLYS COMMITTEE TO MEET.
ITS TASK MORE DIFFICULT NOW THAN AT FIRST
"A NEW MEMBER To BE CHOSEN.
The General Assemblys Committee on the Revision
Of the Westminster Confession of Faith will meet In
this city at No SO Ffthave. within a few days
The special object OF the meeting T. consider the
answers of the Presbyterie to the suggested changes
IN the Confession reported to the last Assembly at
petrdt The committee recommended that the Gen
era Assembly report the Presbyteries Tor
consideration, criticism amendments with the re-
quest that they forward their criticism or amendments
In printed typewriter form BY December l, 10 'he
Rev. DIR. william f. Moore Columbus. Ohio. the sec
reatry OF the Revision Committee. This reconmehoi-
ton was adopted and the Assembly accepted the report
MS report of progress and directed the Stated CLERK
to print IL and send 1t to the PresyteI1es III accouo
with its recommendations, and continued ue o9in
udttee to make Il final report to the next Assembly
meeting at Portland, Ore, on May 49, 1s92.
The task to which the committee Will devote i'sen
MIS- winter s far greater than that whch a""'cu ~
when 1t first met In the library of the Western Iieo
LOGICAL Seminary at Allegheny City, PENN, on octoocI
"a 1890 1t had been appointed by the Assembly, 1t.
Saratoga that year, and had before IL 'nc u'S
revising the Confession of Faith proposing 'ueh "'
ations and amendments as in the judgment o ''o ~
mittee should be deemed desirable. lhe loio"i"e
resolution of limitation was aiso ""op'0' ~
Saratoga Assembly: u,
whereas, sixty-eight Presby yteries have answered %
"Non 10 tie first OF the above questions ana ivy Nv
nine Presby yteries of those answering nes sho con
expressly said that they desire 10 change IN tne U
fession Of Faith to be made that mpa,rs terenF te
Of the system Of doctrine taught therein , n and
Resolved That this Committee Oh KEY iSlon NC @ CIV
hereby Instructed that they shall not Popo @ Woy
alterations amendments that VIII III CISS,,istiSy %S
impair the Integrity of the Reformed or Caiyims"o
system of doctrine taught In the Cohiessloh VI 80
The following the members of tlc con,i'''oo ,
originally appointed: Min,ters-ProfesSor william
NJ
Thomas S. Hastings, of Union seminary Professor
Matthew B. Riddle, of the Western seminary ProleS9or
Willis J. Beecher, of Auburn seminary rIoioss'
ward D. Morris, of Lane seminary Professor ~ lciio"
johnson, OF Mccormick seminary Professor "'ln"'''
Alexander of the san Francisco seminary; pIeslueh.
Francis L. Patton, of Princeton University fresiue"'
W. c. Roberts of Lake Forest University: Dr. Wllllam
T. Moore permanent clerk of the General Assembly
the Rev. Drs. Henry j. Van Dyke, Broohyh' hoeheHo
Ersk1ne, Newville, Penn. James T. Leitwich baiu-
more Samuel J. Niccolls st. Louis: ana hdwar' ~
Burlhalter Iowa; ruling elders With their syhoas-
ex-Justice William strong. Baltimore eA-een"'oi
Samuel J. R. Mcmillan Minnesota; Judge Alfred hanu'
pennsy}vanis: Emerson E. White, Ohio Judge Henry
B. sayIer, Indiana Winthrop 5 Gilman New ioh'
Barker Gummere, New-Jersey; William Erns'. hci
tucky George Junkin. Pennsylvania Charies VI.
Chsrney Illinois DR.. Van Dyke died last May ana
his successor to be elected al this meeting Ii seems
probabe that his son. the pastor Of the Brlck Church
viii be chosen to fill his place.
When the committee first met IN Allegheny city, Or.
Roberts was chosen permanent chairman and Dr. moore
secretary. DR.. Hastings and Mr. Guuhere oeeiluu
their appointments, and Dr. Robert r. Booih' Oh 'his
c,tv and Morris H. StrattoD, OF NewJerey. were elect
"A to All their places The second meeting OF the COM
mfttee was held at Washington In FEBRUARY, anu "o
work OF revision most thorough. The "hole 'on'
fesson was read before the committee and opportunity
afforded to note every VOID, sentence and paragraph
suggested by the Presbyteries or desired TO De co'u
hv her. of committee.
Of the report presented by DR.. Roberts at Detroit
An the changes and amendments recommended In
this report have been forged by the heaVest haihes
that your committee could WELD. Those favorable 10
revision and those opposed TO 1t d!d not array te"
selves in hostile bands but iabored as brethren ahNo
to perform satisfactorily the duty committed TO tem
BY tho General Assembly. The harmony ana DFoui
erly kindness which characterized al Its deHDerd-
tons were not due to determination 10 agIce'
whatever interests might suffer but 10 the cVloeh'
presence of the Holy Spirit guiding the passions
and the feelings, as well as the mind ana heaI
At every session WIS displayed the gnI'erihs Vi 'o
polished steel Of the professor as well as the pracoa
Ind gnent OF the experienced pastor. The cieaf-ou'
ANALYSIS made by the skilled dialectitian caiieo lor'n
no greater applause than the pathetic appeals oi
+be hepherd TO let down the tender grass OF the "ou
sufBcently low 10 afford the lambs OF the hock op
portunity to feed thereon The Keen biade vi "'o
layman did as effective work as the ofoaas"oiu VI
the clergyman. Neither time nor labor was sp"su
r
that As to some Of the most important cidlseo .ue
Cestsd such as those In the third ana TENN ciapc
hsrs vere decided differences Of Judgment IN thc
Committee some members being opposed U te cIaees
therein recommended and voting asanS' sdS q, % th Con-
Two new chapters have been ADDED 10 M tne 0v, Hs
Aassion by the committee one on the " Worh VI us @
Holy Spirit and the other Oh the tniIersa Sen Sn
OF the Gospel The third chapter when his oeri r
regarded as the pivot arouno wlcn ee nor,Ion
wolves has been altered more tl'n oh, o'eI Po b.
~ The Confession. During the year this report mas
49, " u hssora The Presbytcrles and while many nave
suggested still further revision not ie" ta'v eeni
in o "A
Committee however is Obliged by me terms % rdseni m o
snpoinnent to confnc Itself 10 revising te pieeen'
1rrsSeS The work OF formulating IL new one Is en-
trnsted TO an entirely different committee @lcn T
snnnnt4d not to prepare Greed for the freoD H a
Church but a consensus Creed IN t Wncm an shoud aid
lunches holding the Presbyterian system sh9ud 9
have part In the preparation ana IN its ia AZ suop ~
ton There many, however, VINO eS S n11 result a
IN new Greed for the Presbyteran Cnqreh, % ,ra G u
tha1 revision OF the old one and ior thls teuG " -
'~ nreeedent in the formation of the present west
nineter Confession, which was the resut vi dill az
m,ns,et tmst to revise the Thirty nine Articles.
IN IRISH LASSS NEW fEAho "1f1'