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REVISION AGREED TO
PREsBYTERIANs COME TOGETHER
UNANIMOUSLY.
CHANGES WILL BE MODERATE.
DR.. JAMES ID. MoFFAr SOLVED THE
PROBLEM.

His Amendment Met with Instant
Approval-The+ Report of the spe-
cial COMMITTEES, Adopted by n viva
Voce Vote and the Assembly Then
Sang Praise God From Whom All
blessings FIow"-A Brief State
ment of the Reformed Faith to BE
Prepared as Supplement to the
Confession and Several Amend-
ments to BE Made to the Confess
sion Itself.
Philadelphia, May 27.-By a unanimous
vote the Presbyterian General Assembly
to-day adopted the report of the Special
Committee on the Revision of the Con-
fession of Faith. The debate on this
important question had extended into the
fourth day and to Rev. DR.. James ID.
Moffat is due the credit of having brought
the commissioners to such a harmonious
conclusion When recommendation "B"
was on Saturday adopted by compar-
atively small majority DR.. Moffat an
nounced that in view of the divergency
of opinion he would to-day offer an
amendment which he hoped would meet
with the approval of the entire assem-
bly,. When he presented this amendment
to-day 1t was instantly accepted by the
commissioners and the adoption of the
report as whole followed with but lit
tie delay.
viva voce vote was taken and when
$40 ayes responded to the question the
commissioners arose and sang Praise
God, From Whom All Blessing Flow"
which was followed by prayer of
thanksgiving by Moderator Minton.
The recommendatio as amended and
finally adopted BY the general assembly
and which will be the guiding star for the
revision committee in its work of revising
the Confession of Faith, are as follows:
The Outline of Revision.
"A. We recommend that a committee
as provided for by the form of govern
ment, chapter XXIlI, section 3, be ap-
pointed by this assembly.
"B. We recommend that this commit
tee be instructed to prepare and to SUBJ
NIT to the next general assembly for such
disposition as may be judged to be wise,
brief statement of the reformed faith,
expressed, as far as possible, in untechni-
l
prepared with view to its being en-
ployed to give information and a better
understanding of our doctrinal beliefs,
and not with view to it's becoming a
substitute for or an alternative Of our
Confession of Faith.
&C. We further recommend that this
committee bednstructed to prepare amend
ments of chapter 3, chapter 10, section 3;
chapter 16 section Z; chapter o. section
3, and chapter %, section g. of our Con-
fession of Faith, either by modification
of the text or by declaratory statement,
but so far as possible by declaratory state
ment, so as more clearly to express the
mind of the church, with additional
statements concerning the love of God
for all men, missions and the Holy Spir-
/ It. II being understood that the revision
shall in no way impair the integrity of
the system of doctrine set forth in our
Confession and taught in the holy scrip
ture."
College Union Approved of.
The special committe on theological
seminaries presented a supplemental re-
port, recommending the consolidation of
the Danville CKy.) and Louisville SEM
inaries under the name of the Presbyte-
rian Seminary of Kentucky, the institu-
tion to be located at Louisville, the merg-
ing of Centre College at Danville, KY,
and Central University at Richmond, KY,
under the name OF Central University OF
Danville. The recommendation was
adopted.
New York was selected as the meeting
place for the next general assembly.