Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-12-05
REVISION OF CREED,
Diversity of Opinion Among
Members of Presbyterian
Committee.
ONE PARAGRAPH AGREED UPON
In the Statement of Faith to Be Pre-
pared-Members to Call on Presi-
ident Today-Ex-secretary of State
Foster to Give a Reception.

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Foster to Give a Reception.
Washington, Dec. 5.--The wide d.
versity OF views of leaders of the
Presbyterian church on the subject
of revision of the creed was demon
strated when the committee of 20 APP
pointed by the general assembly to
effect this work and submit it to the
next bly, began its labors here.
1t was found that none of the mem
bers of any subcommittee or section
had united upon any report or state
ment and had progressed no further
than the expression of individual
views. The general committee decid
ed to transact its work in full com
mittee instead of using the further
services OF these subcommittee The
committee held several meetings dur
ing yesterday, all the proceedings be-
ing in executive session.
The following attended. The Rev.
Drs. Fl. G. Minton, San Francisco;
Her11ek Johnson Chicago; D. w
Fisher, Hanover, Ind. William Nc
kibbin, Cincinnati; George B. Stew
art, Auburn. N. Y: S. p. Sprecher,
Cleveland, d. w. Moffat, Fort Wayne,
Ind, John Dewitt, Princeton, N j.;
j. Goss Stevenson, Chicago, S. b.
Mccormick, Cedar Rapids, Ia, and
the following lay members: Asso-
ciate Justice Harlan, Of the United
States supreme court, ex-Secretary Of
State John w. Foster, Hon. d. r.
Noyes, st. Paul, Mimi; Judge e. w
Humphrey. Louisville. KY; Elisha
! Fraser, Detroit; Charles T. Thomp-
son, Minneapolis, and Dr. w. r.
Crabbe, Pitlsburg.
The following members are expect
ed here by today: Rev. Drs. Charles
A. Diekey, Philadelphia; S. j. Nichols,
St Louis; Henry Vandyke, Princeton.
and John E. Parsons, New York.
| Worked on Statement of Doctrine.
| The full committee began yesterday
afternoon the work of framing the
brief statement Of doctrine The pres
ent long creed of the church will be
considered article by article. The
statement will comprise about 1000
words and it is stated will be couched
in language so simple and meaning
so clear as to be easily understood by
all lay members, constituting praeti-
cally popular summary of the for
NAL creed Itself The members of the
committee will call on President
| Roosevelt today and will be given
reception on Dec. 10, in Baltimore. by
| the Presbyterian Union, of that city.
They also will be given reception
next Friday evening by ex-Secretary
Of State Foster and a dinner Satur-
day night by the Mems Society of the
Church of the Covenant, of this city.
At the afternoon session of the. com
mittee work was begun on the prepa-
ration Of the proposed statement of
the doctrine for popular use. The
committees views are that this state
ment should be composed Of about 20
paragraphs, and when the session had
concluded for the day only one of
these paragraphs had been agreed
upon. The members are giving the
closest attention to this matter and
are considering every step thoroughly
before finally passing upon each para
graph. It was said last night that
after the conclusion of the work OF
the committee at Washington the
statements agreed upon would be
printed and would be again consid-
cred by the committee at meeting
to be held some time in the spring
before the gathering of the general
assembly, thus giving the members
of the revision committee opportunity
to again pass upon their work before
it shall be submitted to the governing
body of the church.
Evangelical Alliance Met.
Philadelphia. Dec 5.-The sessions
of the Evangelical Alliance yesterday
We're devoted principally to discus
sions OF the liquor traffic and shorter
working day.
INSTRUMENTATION sympath~ form
ed the subject of an address delivered
during the morning by Benjamin G.
WEIGH, of Eaglemore His discourse
on INSTRUMENTATION Afiliation"
expressed the prevailing feeling
among the ministers and laymen con-
stituting the alliance.
The Rev. Charles Wood, D. D., of
this city, was the chief speaker. His
topic, Practical Methods of Dealing
With the Liquor Traffic, was handled
in a vigorous manner. The subject
in all its complex phases was ably
treated, while legislative and minis
terial aid in suppressing the sale of
intoxicants was urged. A 15-minute
discussion followed Dr. Woods paper.
The speakers of the afternoon SEES
sion were the Rev. |. j. Lansing, D.
D., of Scranton, to whom was assign
ed the topic of The Shorter Working
Day-How It's Reduction Has Work
ed, and the Rev. Wallace MacMullen,
D., d., of this city, whose subject, is
the Commercial Development of the
Age Detrimental to Our Highest
ldeals? was discussed under the
leadership of the Rev. c. c. GILBERT