Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-08
PROPOSED REUNION
OF THE CONFESSION OF FAITH
CONSIDERED THIS WEEKS
BY THE
PRESBYTERY OF WASHINGTON.
4 Paper Adopted So That the Com
mittee Selected by the General
Assembly May Know the Second
Choice of the BOdy-InterestihS
Session at Mt. PrOspect-Other Re-
liaious News Notes.

The principal question discussed by
| the Presbytery of Washington, IN ses-
| sion during the week at Mt Prospect, in
| Pennsylvania, was the proposed reyls-
| ion of the confession of faith of the
| church. Rev. r. r. Bigger, pastor Of
| the Third Presbyterian church, who
was among the Wheeling ministers
present, was interviewed yesterday on
| his return and gave an interesting &C
count CT the proceedings.
| One of the most interesting features
of the opening session, Tuesday even
| ing was a sermon delivered by Rev. C.
| B. Austin, pastor OF the Vance Memo
rial church A committee consisting of
i Rev. DR.. D. A. Cunningham, of Wheel
] ing; Rev. DR.. Moffat, president of
Washington Jefferson college, and Ell
der Mcdowell, Of Washington, Pa,
were appointed to bring in recommen-
dations or resolutions on the question
OF revision, and considerable routine
| business WAS transacted. On Wednes-
| day morning this committee submitted
| its report, which began by declaring
the mistaken loyalty of the Presbytery
| of Washington to the confession OF
| faith, and also recognizing that
| throughout the church there is de-
! sire for some revision, that there We're
certain phrases in the confession that
were misunderstood, especially by per-
sons outside the church. The commit
tee first recommended that Short con-
else statement of the doctrine OF the
Presbyterian church should be prepared
in modern technical language, and that
this statement snoud be used chiefly by
laymen, who have time or opportunity
to study the confession of faith in order
| to ascertain the doctrine of the Pres
byterian church. In recommending the
statement, the committee advised that
the confession of faith as such should
remain unchanged, and that the brief,
concise statement should be supple
mented.
In case this recommendation should
not be accepted then they advocated
moderate revision, such as was attempt
ed in 1892.
The greater part of the forenoon was
spent in debating upon the report OF
the committee. There was one party
in the Presbytery who opposed the re-
commentators offered by the commit
tee, but it was evident that the major
ity was we'll pleased with the report.
When the body adjourned at noon
practically nothing had been accom-
plished After dinner the four ques-
| lions sent down by the committee of
fifteen, appointed by the general as
sembly at its last meeting were taken
up and voted upon. The result was
the adoption practically of the intro
duction and the first point A motion
was introduced that inasmuch as the
introduction and first point had been
adopted, why not adopt the whole pa
per, because by doing SO, the commit
tee appointed by the general assembly
would know the second choice of the
Presbytery, as well as the first. The
result was the final adoption of the pa
per prepared by the three ministers OF
the Presbytery
The Presbyteries in other parts of
the country will vote upon the question
and notify the committee of fifteen >of
the action taken so that they may know
how the church considers the proposed
revision.
Before adjournment Thursday it was
decided to hold the next meeting at
Cooksburg, Pa.