Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-26
THE PREsBYrERIAAs.
The Rev. William q. Young Elected Mod
orator of the General Assembly at Port

The Kew. William q. Young Elected Mod
orator of the General Assembly at Port
land.
PORTLAND, OREGON, May 19.-The first
days session of the 10th Presbyterian
General Assemblies at an end and the first
contest has been fought. The victory lies
with the conservatives by vote of Just
five above the majority of those who an.
| swe-ed to their names, but not by ma
| iorlty Of those on the roll.
The question thus settled is that of the
moderatorship, and IL goes to the Rev.
William G. Young. of Centre College, Dan
| VILE, NY. The fight was a stubborn one,
and three ballots were necessary to decide
| the matter
The assembly opened to-day with an
invocation by Dr. John G. Riehldoffer of
Redwood Falls, Mimi, the oldest clerical
commissioner present. DR.. Green of
Princeton, moderator was absent on ac-
count of illness. DR.. Rufus G. Green of
Orange, n. j., followed with scripture
reading. Prayer was then offered by John
NJ. Holmes of Albany. n. Y. The sermon
OF the retiring moderator, DIR. Green, was
read by DR.. Roberts.
After the sermon the assembly con-
stituted with prayer DIR. Riehldorffer, the
temporary moderator.
pr. Brown OF Portland Ore, then pre-
scented the respect of the committee on
| arrangements.
The report provides that the sessions be
held from a. m. till ~ m. from 1
p m. till b 2. M, evening 7,45, the latter
to be popular meetings. The report also
includes invitations for excursions to diff
fercnt points of interest. The morning
session closed with prayer. The business
OF the afternoon session was the election
of moderator.
PORTLAND, ORE, May 2l.-There was no
sNff hn ,,.l
sembly to-day. Early this morning an ex-
cursion party left for visit up the river
| to the Cascades.
The judicial committee before which
| the Briggs case is to come, and upon whose
hnding and recommendations the assembly
will be called to act, is by no means unani-
NOUS and apparently cannot be brought
70 unite in its findings. There will, il is
said, certainly be minority report, and
u Will be In favor of the appellants case.
A member of the minority stated that not
only was the committee not likely to agree
n us findings, but it, is likely to be quite
discordant in its recommendations.
The coming of Or. Briggs, which was
announced several days ago caused some
stir at the time, but all have settled back
INTO q state Of quiet expectancy.
PORTLAND, OREGON May 93.-Dr. Briggs
has arrived, lie was accompanied by Mrs.
by. his journey.
He is prepared for any duty which may
be required of him in connection with
questions to come before the assembly
touching upon himself.
| Orders OF the day having arrived, report
OF standing committee on missions and
| freedmen was presented by DIR, Snther-
land, chairman. After reading of the re-
port the assembly was addressed by DR..
| blenn, its secretary.
The report Of tile board of missions II
freedmen showed that 371 missionaries
had been sent out during the year: that
3oO churches and missions had been aided
and ~ parochial and II boarding schools
maintained with "A total of q, 2l9 pupils.
The receipts amounted to over Si72,0OO,
with expenditures almost equal. The
board also has under its charge 27G Sun
| day schools with 1921 scholars. Two
new school buildings have been erected al
an expense Of 5000.
To-day at O'Clock the committee on
OILS ana oyertures reported that it is not
considered wise, in view of the present
agitatlons IN the church to proceed imme.
ulately with the preparation of q shorter
creed This shelves the matter for another
year.
The final report of the committee on the
revision OF the confession of faith WINS
| presented. None of the changes nronosed
/
system OF the confession. The action PRO
posed by the committee consists of 2s
| oVertures, each one covering q change nro.
posed to the confession. The report saws !:
i was found impossible to meet the indiyid-
unl preferences Of every presbytery without
oil large majority OF the church. There was
an effort made TO secure harmony at any
snerliice' The report is the very best that thu
committee mas been able TO prepare after
weeks OF labor The division into - sections
| VIII enable the church to approve n single
alteration without endangering tho whole re-
The report is signed Internationally by
IL members of the committee, and with ex
ceptons by II members. of the rs
changes III the confession of faith l3 are
excepted. The points covered are
Irvine DEGREES, preterition. the creation, the
eoVehhni inc new paper on the holy spirit.
man tall, the new chapter on the gospel ure-
destination, effectual call, infant salvation
Loil-election and the Lords supper
The section relating to elect infants Is
changed by the old confession the infer.
ence was left that some infants went to
hell, as the wording elect Infants i'm.
piled that there were ''non-elect infants ~
The new section clears that mystery. rend.
ing as follows;
Infants dying i'll infancy, and all other
persons who are not guilty Of actual trans.
erosion, are INCLUDED in the election of
Rrace ana are regenerated and saved by
christ through the spirit who worketh
when and where and how lie pleaseth; SO
also are the elect persons who are not out
wardly called by the ministers of The
word
The other essential change is in a section
relating TO the Roman Catholic Church in
the unreyised confession III the revision
The section reads as follows THE Lord
Jesus Christ IS the only head of the church
and the claims Of the Pope Of Rome or INV
other Roman authority 70 he the vicar Of
Christ and head of the church universal 4
is lIsHrpation dishonuriug 10 the Iord
Jesus Christi
The, expiration of the hour caused the
consideration Of the report to 60 ovor d
unfinished business, which may come mn
at any time.
PORTLAND, ORE, May 2l.-In the Pres.
byteran General Assembly to-day tlle re
port of the standing committee Oh nom,
} missions was read by DR., Mcpherson Of
tiliCupD. 1ttpptif,t ,vau r,f1,i II