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.fAVORS A SHORT CREED.
Presbyterian General Assembly
Votes to Retain Recommends
ton B Of Majority Report.
THIS DIsposEs OF REPORT OF MINORITY.
Assembly Now Ready to Take Up
Question of Revision OF Creed In
Earncst-Adjournm Taken I'm
til Monday When DIR. MOffatt II to
Have the Floor.

Philadelphia, May 27.-After hav-
ing signally defeated the amendment
dismissing the subject of creed re-
vision from further consideration Fri
day, the Presbyterian general assem-
bly, Saturday proceeded to discuss the
first amendment to the revision COM
mittee's report, offered by Rev. DIR.
James E. Motfatt, of Cumberland Md.
This amendment substitutes the
minority report, which agrees with
the majority report in all but rec
ommendation b, suggesting the prep
aration of a summary of the re-
formed faith.
DR.. McKibben States His Reasons.
Rev. DR.. William McKibben, of Gin
cinnati, who with E. w. G. Humphrey
of Louisville, submitted the minority
report, stated his reasons for dis
agreeing with the majority on rec
ommendation B.
Have you considered" queried DR.. Me-
,Kibbsn, that the summary statement
must be adopted as a whole by the pres
'byteres? In other words. you must draw
80 propositions SO that not one will be OBJ
jecuonable to one-third of the presby-
tsries. You cannot adopt the statement
Usriatum."
DR.. McKbben referred to the COM
mittee on revision of 1892 and said
the members of that committee were
careful to do nothing that would en-
danger the orthodoxy, unity and lib
ertv of the church.
'Tn the minority report" he said, 1--WE
have chapter on missions, chapter on
the love of God for men, chapter on the
Holy Spirit: We have relief In relation to
elect infants, relief in the matter of oaths.
Eelief regarding the pope and the mislead-
is not this the relief which tho assembly
asked when the battle for dismissal was
fought?
Can we not get together? We hear
imany say that we cannot agree on any
Everything. Can We not make conces-
Aions?"
DR.. McKibben said he thought the
minority report would be satisfao.
tory to larger number of Presby.
terians than the majority report.
Strong Plea for Majority Report.
George B. Stewart, president of
Auburn On. " theological seminary
who is classed as a leader of the
liberal party of the church, made o
atrong plea for the majority report
He said he signed the report, though
ut does not represent his views.
Rev. DIR. Marcus A. Brownson, of
Ithis city, opposed both minority and
majority reports because, he said,
sthe membership and wealth of the
church had increased under the old
confession as he feared it could not
were a change made.
Rev. c. f. Hubbard, of Buffalo, ad.
Ivecated the rejection of the minority
report on the ground that it com.
units tho assembly to a definite DO.
tsition on the question of summary
abatement, while tho majority report
merely asks the assembly to continue
consideration of the subject.
At this point Vice Moderator Pit.
cairn took the chair and the floor
was given to Moderator Minton, who
spoke briefly against reoommenda.
Zion B of the majority report.
Rev. DR.. Herrick Johnson, of Chica.
Ro, a member of the committee on re.
vision, explained the reasons of the
majority fer inserting recommends.
|tden B. He carefully analysed the
lconfession of faith and showed the
BENEFITS to be derived from short
creed containing the essentials of the
Westminster doctrine.