New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-01

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. PORTLAND.
hy morning in time 10 he present at the opening
sion on Thursday additional trains will leave Chicago
on Saturday evening" Sunday being spent at ST. Paul
= Omaha according TO the route taken
REPORT OF THE REVISION COMMITTEE.
As Portland Is on home missionary ground or was
short time ago. II is intended TO make the coming
meeting as far As possible a missionary assembly.
although II will be impossible TO sink the two great
questions that are to up this year. Chlci among
them are the revision OF the Westminster Confession
Faith and the position OF DR.. Briggs and the Union
theological Seminary, in New-iOrk. There arc many
sho think Mat the report Of the Revision Commitec'
admirable though 1t Is. and prepared though IL mas
been BY some OF the abcs scholars ana cid"rs vi 'e
Church. including Dr. Green and President Pa'ton. Oh
Princeton: Dr. Ierrick Johnson. OF Mccormick Dr.
e D. Morris OF Lane: DR.. Matthew Is. Riddle. OF
Allegneny: Dr. Willis J. Beecher, Of Auburn d.
William Alexander OF San Francisco; Dr. W. Z. KIDD
ets. formerly OF Lake Forest University DE- W. IT,
Moore. Of Columbus, Ohio; DIR. X. H. Boo'h' Vi new
York: DR.. & J. Nccolls. OF IT. Lous- ana Dr. H"h''
Van Dyke. OF Brooklyn. will not SATISFY inc s'c"'
ody Of Presbyteriansm The result Is 'oo i'"'' az
f the conservatives, and too conservative Ior TIC
adieals and AZ the greater number OF the ministers
end elders are now after the long DEBATE on inc 1ue
don In one OF these two classes. IL Is dhcut thc'
nv. to prepare q revision creed when VIII s""9'
them. Becaise OF this fact there Is a vigorous 'o'o
mcnt on foot for a new creed. which shall DC sior'
Practical and scriptnra empha the love OF "oo
rather than III, iusticc greater number OF Ifcs
bytees now unite In demanding the new creed t.ai
lgreed 10 ask for a revision OF the Westminster oaho
ards and ne 4. wos impossible, for the Westminster
Di,ines nearly 200 years ago TO revise inc l"'rN
nine Articles 50 II Is thought that the present umoo
mknc will fail and thnt another committee WI" "
appointed TO begin the new WORK.
The Revision Compittec has published the GRANGE
made IN the Confession as they will be reported u '
Assembly hn, ,n,teaa of presenting the report Ak
whole for final adoption by the Presbyteries the mem
ben have agreed 10 send IL down In separate oVc'"cs
some thirty in all The ovcrtures will be prncuca'''
IN this form ashal the firth section OF Chapter o'
amended so as 10 read: -" After the rc0irc'
number OF the presbytcries say Yes" the 'o'eSso
viii be revised 10 that extent. but II the rea"'s'.'
number OF Affirmative votes-two-t'hrds Of tho WHO'S
numbers not obtained then that part OF the Coh
eskion viii remain as it is to-day. Inc only cha"S
u Ae Arst chapter by the way. Is the insertion y
hese words a.he trhfulness OF the history ana iai."
~ witness OF prophecy ana miracle among 'h'
Arguments by which the Scripture evidences 'seh
b the Word CT Cod The second. Dfth twel'h
thirteenth. seventeenth eighteenth. nineteenth tweD
u<th, twenty.sxtb twenty seventh. twcny-eghth
,Airty first ..rty second and thlrty-third chap'cr
remain unchanged The third chapter. ~
htIng 10 The Eternal DEGREES ana n
tnth on Eternal Calling are pracuch'!
iewritten. Two chapters are added NOS. ana -
Tie revised report the first being ON "Ihe worn
IL Holy Spirit and the second on " ihe o"'o'' %
one Of the Gospel" There is no essenua' csa"So !.
tAese chapters from the form IN when they "e'
Usentsd Detroit, except that they were