The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-08-12
PRESBYTERIAN
CREED REVISION
The Committee Win Soon Meet at
Saratoga.
ANXIOUS TO VISIT LONDON
Many Mc;hosiists Willing to Attend
Ecusnen:cai Confcrcncc-Rapid
Growth of the Disciples Of
Chriss-Zionist Congress.
ANXIOUS TO VISIT LONDON
fyVrt,en for The Timcs.)

SHADES OF faith in the denomlnd toii- -
does not meet at this time to begin re-
vision, but probably to frame letteI ~
be sent to al OF the two hundred anu
thirty-two pre- byterlsS Inc aSitatloh u
last spring was backed by about forty
gresbyteries and the committee named IN
response thereto. Now the committee VIII
undertake TO find out what the otner pres
byteries think about the matter, Whethsf
iney want a new creed or the Old one re-
Nised. and what form they think the
changes should take. Responses TO TINS
letter of inquiry VIII form the basis OF d
report 10 be made next May, when. II there
be a general demand, a regular revision
committee viii be named. The meeting
al Saratoga at this time is a sort of Taca-
ton consultation, and most of the mem
bers will be there.
LIBERAL IN HIS VIEWS.
The theological complexion of this COM
sn!ttee Is varied. The chairman, the Rev.
DR.. Charles A. Dicltey, who is Moderator
of this years Assembly and one of the
three pastors Of John Wanamakers
Philadelphia church, is liberal, but not
the most pronounced one on the committee
The ultra liberal i the Rev. DR.. Samuel
y. Sprecher, of the Euclid Avenue Church,
Cleveland, which city has a number of
other pronounced Presbyterian liberal
headers. The Rev. DR.. Samuel ]. Niccolls,
OF ST. Louis, is d mild liberal with con-
sentative tendencies while the Rev. DR..
William Mckibbin, of Cincinnati, is the
ultra conservative. President Stewart. of
Auburn Seminary, is a good type Of The
mild conservative, and the Rev. Dr. Ste
r'hen w. Dana, of Philadelphia of the mild
liberal. President Fisher, of Hanover
College. is Il conservative. Somebody will
soe named 10 represent Princeton, probably
the Rev. DR.. John Dewitt, for revision or
non-revision could not well go on with
Princeton left out. Associate Justice iar-
ian. Ex-President Harrison, and John e.
Parsons. the New York lawyer, are among
the seven elders on the committee.
NO NEW CREED
There has been good deal of working
up Of the revision matter, one prominent
Presbyterian periodical deVoting columns
weekly to the subject, and one member of
the committee the Rev. DIR. Herrfck
Johnson. Of Chicago, who represents
Mccormick Seminary. has agitated creed
topics necessarily. Thu geaeral opinion
today is. though that there may be
rerision, but that there will hardly be q
new creed. The revision viii. it is said.
be slight, and Calvin!sm as such Will not
be modified. The smaller churches are
found to be perfectly Indifferent to the
whole controversy. Nobody knows what
action will be taken. however. for all de-
ponds upon the responses which the two
the letter Of inquiry which is about to be
drafted al Saratoga.
FINANCIAL SCHEME
Presbyterians have also in hand
Twentieth Century money scheme. Tn
alike the Methodists. they set themselves
no stint, but the committee mentions in
sts initial announcement the amount which
the churches gave thirty years ago when
the Old and New Schools came together
This amount almost reached sS,010oG3, and
the committee thinks the churches ought
now to go that sum several millions bet
Ter. The money is to be used to enlarge
missionary enterprises, TO increase educa-
sional endownments, to pay church debts
and TO extend Presby teranism in the large
cities. a central fund is 10 be created and
then divided. and in this respect again
the method differs from that adopted by
Methodists.
THE METHoDISTS.
Somewhere near enc thousand prominent
Matho6ists are willing to be chosen dele
gates TO the Ecumenical Conference of
Methodisn, to he held in London next
year The number of DELEGATES to which
the Methodist Church. North. is entitled
IS 12S The same self-sacrihcing spirit
pervades the Methodist Church. South.
which has 81 delegates Te"adie-' NAtho-
dists have - ard al othcr Methodist
bodies on this side the Atlantic are to
be represented. European Netho6iSts form
an eastern section. The delegates are
now being chosen and will he announced
IN October. Bishop Hurst of Wash:eton-
IS at the head Of thesWastern o. American
section and the Rev Dr. J. 7. Ti~ert of
Nashville secretary Bishop Galloway. OF
the Church. South. has been selected to
preach, the Conference sermon.
NIethodlsts OF the world met for tfe
first time IN conference in CITY Road
Chanel. John WeSlev'S old church. Lon
don, In 1881. They met again in Washing
ton. in 1891, and now for the third ufne
they are preparing to gather in City Road
American delegates will pay their own
wav. but they arc certain to receive
hearty welcome on the other side, and
hence the pressure to get on the deleTa-
tions. Delegations are chosen by annual
conference.-the is. they are so annof-
TONED. but selections are now rak'ns-
The conference is composed of both cier1-
cal and lay dclerates. In the programme,
the condition of Methodism in America
will receive attention.
A GREAT WORK.
The Methodist Twentieth Century For
ward Movement. bishop Thoburn al the
head. and having offices In Chicago. set TO
work to recruit an army of n.en workers.
who are to pledge themselves to try 70
bring somebody else into the Church. In
how ranv were added to the churches last
year. The answer IS that American
Nethodism. with its nearly s.AAooo mem
bers, added lust -es In all churches IN all
cities In ira cities having popuiations
exceeding half million Nethodisrn lost,
and It lost also N the cities between the
Missouri r've- and the Rocky Mountains.
There We're slight gains in the cities or
the Middle West and on the Pacific coast,
but there was not an average of one for
each Church. and the actual gain in the
Methodist Church. North. leet YEAR was
one-Hfth Of one per cent This Forward
Movement IS 10 see If It cannot improve
mat'erf by recruiting thes" personal work
erS. Fnrolrent and nledge blanks have
been widely distributed
BISHOP CoADIT'T0P.
The Protestant Enisronal Diocese of
New York IS eaid to be liiseiv TO follow the
lead OF the Diocese of Chicago In pro-
rfdfrE assistance to its Pishon, A Bishop
Coa6fntor was chosen for Chicago some
months since hut the nressnn for ore In
New York. or for assistance of soma sort.
is greater even than In Chicago. Bishop
Potter. Of New York, has been IN orders
Tor torty-three years. in Episcopal orders
since 1sss hut he Is not in falling health.
The need grows ont of the vast accur1,ila-
ri thks rtr