The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-22
THE PROPER BIBLE
Subject Debated at the Pres
byterian General AS
semb1y Today.
DOCTRINE OF INERRANCY.
That Defined by the Portland and
Washington Assemblies
Adopted.

SARATOGA, N Y, May %, 1894 Tbs
Presbyterian General Assembly opened its
sixth days session today at the appointed
hour with the regular daily report from the
Committee on Bills and Overtures.
Among the business reported was the
pamphlet entitled, "A Defence of Lane
Theological Seminary" consisting Of the at
tack of Dean Edward D. Morris, of the Lane
faculty, upon the Washington General As
sembly, which was fully described in the
desparches of the United Press on Sunday.
This pamphlet was handed up to the Com
mittee on Bills and Overtures by Comnis-
sioner Thomas McDougall of Cincinnati.
The pamphlet was referred to the Committee
on theological Seminaries.
On the consideration of an overture from
the Presbytery of Rochester referring to the
deliverance of the Washington General As
sembly on the truthfulness of the Bible, and
asking that the General Assembly undertake
NO new definitions Of dogma by deIiverance
or judicial decision, the Committee on
Bills and Overtures reported a recommenda-
tion which substantially reiterates the doc
trine of inerrancy of the Scriptures as de-.
fined by the Portland and Washington As
semblies
The Assembly adopted this recommends
ton without division.
DEBATE ON THE BIBLE.
During the discussion of the report of the
Board of Publication today, the Rev. DR.. s.
T. Lowrie's recommendations as to the proof
texts of the Westminster Confession, and
as to the version of the English Bible to be
used in the churches, were before the assem-
bly, An alternative recommendation is to
ofroo %Iok ot1-1c
edition of the Bible be used.
The Rev. w. j. Gregory of Binghamton,
read paper advocating the use of the re-
vised version. and substitute to that effect
was offered
The Assembly took up the discussion with
considerable excitement, but the order OF
the day cut off the debate, leaving the ques-
tion still on the docket as to whether King
James English Bible, the American Bible
SocietY's Bible or the modern revised YER
sion shall be used by Presbyterian churches.
The settlement of the matter involves a
question of money, for the reason that the
Presbyterian Board of Publication has large
numbers of plates in its possession from
which the Bibles used at present are print
ed and a change of Bibles means change
Of plates.
HOME MISSION WORK.
The Home Mission Committees report of
the Home Mission Board was read by Chair
man ArGnuf v. 6FoWR OIL 1oIblAAO- A4lo
financial report of the board, showing its
debt for the year of $3.50, 600, as printed in
the United Press dispatches, was referred
to- The recommendations OF the COMMITTEES
as to the debt were to the effect that
special efforts be made in each congregation
to meet the extraordinary deficit for the
year The committee recommends an in
crease in the pledges fer Home Missions for
the coming year Of over 500, ,000 making
the total SUM 81 2SS, ,3A
DR.. Brown then spoke in support Of the
resolutions.
A BRECKINRIDGE MEMORIAL.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures re-
ported s'No action" on the Breckenridge per-
sonal purity overture.
The following is the overture in full
"That the Assembly memorabilia Congress
to enact such regulations with reference to
prevent the presence in the national councils
of men of immoral and dissolute habits.o
Secretary Mcmillan of New York made
the annual address on behalf of the Homa
Mission Board.
Elder McDougal of Cincinnati gave notice
of an amendment to the second resolution
in the Home Mission report. which APP
proved the report of the board. The Nc
Dougall amendment was to except from this
approval that part Of the report which re-
ferred to the plans for new building for
the boards Of the Presbyterian Church at
Fifth avenue and Twentieth street, New
York This is the building now in process
of erection on the site Of the Steuart man
sion