New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-17
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Instead of asking for a revision OF the West
minister Confession the Presbytery of Steuben On.
" overtures the General Assembly to formulate a
creed, to be las short is compatible with a
statement of the doctrine most surely believed
among us more silent than the Westminster con-
fession on the deeper and darker mysteries Of
revelation: better suited to the understanding Of
the average inquirer; that it be eminenty simple
and Scriptural; that It be expressed in the
thought forms and Technology of our time dis
tinct from those Of two and half centuries ago.
and. most of all, that It make suitable change Of
accent and give the right proportion between the
sovereignty and fatherhood of God thus more fully
setting forth Gods love for sinners, as expressed
in the Gospel We believe that fatherhood and
not sovereignty now. should be made the de-
terminng regulative principle of the creed"
Some fifty battered volumes visible behind the
glass doors of small case formed the nucleus of
the magnificent library owned by the Wis
multiplied to 2l2 COO and the modest little bookcase
which sought an unpretentious corner in the Capt.,
to building forty-siX years ago now has an honored
place in a splendidly equipped library building re-
pamphlets, If sold at auction would doubtless real
iZe not less than $1,OO0OO0.
The dedicatory exercises that TO mark the
occupancy of the building will take place on
October 10 beginning at o'clock. John Johnston, of
Invocation by the venerable DR. James Davie But
Ter there will he ten mnute speeches, as follows:
Charles Francis Adams, of Boston
Hosmer librarian Of the MinneapoIis P1 d5cS n n
brary. and one of the best known historical writer's
in the country.
THE Building Commissioners Senator James H.
Stout, of Menomonie, president of the Board
The State Historical Society" Secretary Reuben
Gold Thwaites.
Our Neighbors and Fellow Tenants of the State
University" President Charles Kendall Adams
The Study of History" Professor A G Nc
Laughin, of the University OF Michigan
In the evening Charles Francis Adams of BOSTON
will deliver address in the University Armory
Buildlng-(M milwaukee Sentinel
The latest innovation in Japan is the formation
of commercial schools for the training Of female
clerks and one of the largest railway companies in
Japan has intimated that after u certain date
women only viii be employed in the clerical depart
ment.
Dye notice onny change since We was here be-
fore sor?' asked the native guide at the Lakes of
Killarney. How do you know ! was ever here
before" asked the American tourist. Faith. sor.
NJ comes here thOt hasn't bpen here
before. philadelphia Record
When Londoners hear the sounding boom Of A
loud voiced gong ringing down the street they
must keep the way clear The new voice be-
longs to the fire engines. and supersedes the old
hi! Hill" the warning cry of the hremen.
NOW Willie" said Mrs. Towne on the day they
moved into their new suburban home. why don't
you go over and play in that big held?"
Il guess II Amt very nice there. rened the little
city boy Il don't see any Keep of the grass
signs. philadelphia Press
The Kansas City Journal says; Judge Bray
mer OF Braymer, Mo. has made a novel contract
by which he is bound to impersonate a farmland
IN real earnest. For the sake OF seeing the Judge
do the work Charles Schultz has agreed 10 pay