The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-28
THE VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS
Delegates Rose En Masse and
 7 Sang the Doxology.
Dr. Moffatt Who 1ntroduesd Har- monizing Amendment Con enthusiastically Will
 Meet Next i4 New York.

Philadelphia, May 2I.-By a unani- nous vote. the Presbyterian General Assembly today adopted the report of the special commission on the revision of the Confsssion of Faith. A viva voee vote was tSken ana when $40 ayes re- sponded to the question on the adoption of the Moffatt amendment. the commis- sioners arose and sang, Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow" which was followed by a prayer of thanksgiving by Moderator Minton.
 New York was selected as the meet ing place for the next General Assem- bly.
 Ween the Presbyterian General As seplbly met today. there appeared to be q disposition on the part of the com missioners to bring the debate on creed revision to an end as soon as possible. The majority of the dcleg&tes are i'm patient to settle the question 50 far as this Assembly is concerned. There is still considerable other business of i'm portance to be transacted and some of the subjects are expected to arouse much discussion.
 Among these are the establishrnent of an ecclesiastical Supreme Court, the oversight and directipH of the collect ing and distributing of befeSsolent 'of- ferings, the plan of vacancy and ~up- ply for unemployed ministers tnd chupches without pastors and plan of oversight Of the young peoples so- cieties. t.s
 Tn New York Next.
 Before proceeding to the further con- sideration of the revision, the Assembly adopted the report of the committee dn the next place of meeting. which Drn txyf Aria n Church, New York, as the r. eetfnS place of the. General Assembly of ls02. An amendment was offered substltut- Ing Los Angelss fer New York, bpta pr. Roberts, Stated Clerk, announced that the condition of the Assembiy,s Fund would not warrant such action and the amendment was lost. Invitations were afso received fHom Denver and Saratoga Springs. The committee rec ommends to the next Assembly the se- lection of Los Angeles for the Assem- bly ip 1905. ,.L,.
 When the order of the day--the re, vision of the Confession of Faith was reached, the Moderator made few re- marks advising against any nasty ae- tion He said there was tendency 10 rush the matter so that the Assembly ee.la aase.r.E. sss::.a he hoped s0iii- missioners would not get into a pam icky condition and do something which they might regret. He suggested, hqw- ever, that all speeches be limited and a motion to limit them to ten minutes was unanimously carried.
 Amendment Offered.
 James D. Moffatt, D. D., President of Washington and Jefferson Untver- sity, who on Saturday gave notice that he would offer an amendment te the majority report, was then recognized by the Moderator. pr. Moffatt ex- plained that he was moved to offer tn amendment to recommendation "B" because of the small majority which on Saturday voted to retain the recom- mendation in the Revision Committees report. Objection had been made. he said to the original recommendation because of the ambiguity in certain portions, and his object fn amending was to render the vote of the Assembly GnaRmous on whatever action might be taken.
 T hoped to amend recommendation B." continued pr. Moffatt, to meet all objections and to give it new word- ing. Many good men who opposed tho original form were alarmed by the word summary I have made a sim ple change, striking out the word sum mary> and substituting statement which expresses just what we have in view. Again there is nothing in the original report as to what shall be done with the summary l wish to remove all ambiguity and have 1t stated plainly that the committee te be ap- pointed will be required to report to the next Assembly and that recon- mer cation be made to the next Asssrn ply to submit the entire subject to the Presbyteries."
 . pr. Moffatts amndment is as fol- lows: We recommend that thp assembly combines to construct, to prepare and to submit to such disposftinc as may he judged as wise. a brief statement of the re- formed faith. expressed. as far as pos sible. in untechnical Perms. The said statement is to be prepared with a view to it's being employed to give in- formation and a better understanding of our doctrinal beliefs. and not with !aew sc its becoming q substitute for or an alternative of our Confession of faith"
 Supporting Speeches.
 Dr. Niccols of St. Louis, a leader of the minority. seconded the amendment which action drew forth considerable applause. Other seconding speeches were made by Dr. Herrick Johnson, of Chicago; former Moderator Charles A ! Dfckey, of Philadelphia; Dr. William M. McKibben. Cincinnati; Dr. George D. Baker. Philadelphia: Dr. William c. l Roberts, Pennsylvania, Ky; Dr. H. W. Boyle. Pueblo. Col: Dr. D. J. Saunders, of Riddle University, Cffar- lotte. N. C.; pr. David A. Cunnin ghArn, Washington Pa. and Dr. David 6. Kennedy Allegheny, Pa.
 As zach of the foregoing cUmrnls- 1 sioners who represented all shades of opinkon fn the Assembly rose to speak l for the &h1endmsnt wave of applause | swept over the vast assenfblage,
 Phe aTnen1ment was adopted by al viva voce vote. not one voice being raised in opposition to it.
 Majority Report
 The question was on the adoption of 1 the majority report and pr. JohnSon | moved that the thEee recouarnsndatiers | sonGained in the ralp4t be taken | serlatiHn, and She notioh was cASried. ]