New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-19
THE DOCTRINE OF PRETERJTION
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE on THE
MUCH.DISCUsSFD TFMFTS.

REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE
MUCH-DIsCUssTD TENTS.
Tho special COMMITTEES upon Pretcrition made Ito
report yesterday TO the General Assemblys committee
upon the revision OF the Confession OF Faith OF tho
Presbyterian Church in session Mt No. SO Fifth
The recommend tions wore not adopted, and when
Section OF the third chapter of the Revised Con
fesson Section Of the old had come forth from the
hands OF the General Committee it had taken on new
garb. The Committee Preterton consisted OF the
Rev. Drs. Morris, Patton and johnson and Messrs.
Ernst and Hand. The committee refuses 10 make
public the report upon preteriuon and none OF the
members will talk upon the subject.
The secretary the Rev. DR. Moore, said Yesterday
afternoon that no changes had been made other than
those considered to prevent the words OF
the Confession from being misconsried The members
Of the committee said 10 be men Of either con
servative or moderate views upon the subject ITO
section, as revised by the penerai 'o"'"i''oo '''
day, is rs follows:
The rest o. mankind God saw ~. according u tho
unsearchabc counsel 0: His will. whereby He eAndeh
or wthholdeth mercy lie peaseth, not 10 eject unto
eternal life them He ordsineth 10 dshonor and wrath
for their sins praise Of His glorious justice yet
hath lie no pleasure in death Of the wicked nor is II
His the wickefness Of their own hearts which
restfaneth and hindeeth them from accepting The onef
Of His grace made in the Gospel.
The words OF the old version are:
TIL. rest OF mankind God pleased according to the
un sea- liable counsel OF His own VIII, WHEREBY lie ~
tendeth or whhodeth mercy He please Tor he glory
OF His sovereign power His creatures to pass by and
10 ordan dshonor and wrath for their SIM 20 mo
praise OF His glorious justice.
The committee has adopted saw MT for was
pleased and not elect for pass by The clause
after glorious justice" has been added.
The views of the committee upon infant salvation
were embodied in the following section which they
| adopted
Infants diving infancy and all other persons who are
not guilty OF actual Included in the cleo
ton o, grace reseneraed and saved by Christ
horeh the spirit worketh when and where and how
IL peaseth also all elect persons who are not out
| wardly called by the ministry q the Word
| In section 4 Of Chapter XII the word they was
stricken out in line 4. Chapters XIII and XVI were
| considered, but no changes were made. In Chapter
XvIlI in speaking Of the works OF unregencrate men
| the version now reads, "yet because they proceed
No, irvm a heart purified by faith nor are done In
| right manner according to the Word, nor 70 right
end ahe glory OF God, do not meet the requirements
| of divine law. Thence they cannot be Pleaded as
| ground OF acceptance with God -
The tenet Of the Prcsbyt terrain Church as expressed
in CHAPTER XXIII, Section 4, that PRAYER SHOULD no
| he made for the dead remains unchanged but Inc
| concluding words, NOR for those oil whom II ma!
10 snown TINT they have slnned the sin unto death,
! have been omitted.