The Washington times., 1901-12-05
SIX STATEMENTS OF
FAITH SUBMITTED,
CREED REVISIONISTS IN SESSION.
Presbytcrians Receive the Report of
the Section TO Prepare n Form
of Reformed Creea--Sub-T
Committees Discharged.

Yesterday afternoon at the Church of
the Covenant the committee of tne Pres
byterian General Assembly held it's first
session for the purpose OF considering a
revision of the Westminster creed.
Saratoga Sections Discharged.
The morning session was devoted large
ly to settling matters of routine. 1t was
decided TO at once begin the considera-
tion of the several subjects referred to 1t
by the General Assembly in full commit
tee, instead OF by sections, and the three
sections into which the committee was
divided at Saratoga were discharged.
They had previously. DR.. Roberts, the
secretary. said. reported progress without
conclusion.
DR.. Dickey was chairman of the section
charged with the revision of the Confess
sion of Faith, and DR.. Nichols, of the
committee charged with the preparation
of supplementary statements regarding
1.-The Love of God for All Men, Work of
the Holy Spirit" and Missions" He sent
to the committee a draft of these pro-
posed additions, which some of his col
leagues thought had been accepted as
their final report. but Ii was not SO con-
sidered, said DR.. Roberts.
Six Statements Submitted.
The section to prepare a statement OF
the reformed faith. which has been in
session here the past week, submitted TO
the committee half dozen different
statements, three OF which were the pro-
duction of members of the section and
the other shree OF professors of system
attic theology in church seminaries, sent
at the invitation of DR.. Dewitt. One state
ment, prepared by Prof. William Adams
Brown, of the Union Seminary, is said TO
have created very favorable impression.
Some members of the committee. how
ever, do not hold optimistic views regard
ing the outcome OF the work. One of
them illustrated his opinion by telling the
story OF two ruling elders who became in
yolved in a business quarrel. When they
learned of each others religious views.
one said;
We are two elders; We ought to settle
our differences without trouble"
To which the other responded:
That's the very reason why we won't"
Two Weeks Work Ahead.
The committee viii hold two daily ses-
sions, morning and afternoon, and expects
to get away inside OF two weeks. Work
on the declaratory statement, that being
the first subject mentioned in the assem-
blys orders, was begun at the afternoon
session.
Those present at the Meeting of the
committee included: Rev. DTs. II. C. Min
ton, of san Francisco. moderator of the
General Assembly, chairman; w. H. Rob-
erts, stated clerk of the assembly, secre-
tary; ID. W. Fisher, professor Hanover
College, Indiana; Herrlck Johnson and J.
Ross Stevenson, Of Mccormick Seminary.
Chicago; William McKibbin, Cincinnati;
George B. Stewart, president OF Auburn
Theological Seminary; 5. b. Sprecker,
Cleveland. Ohio; John Dewitt, of Prince
ton Seminary; D. ". Mofat, Fort Wayne,
Ind, and s. n. Mccormick, president Coe
College. Cedar Rapids. Iowa; ruling elders.
John VI. Harlan. of the Supreme Court
and John W. Foster, Washington; d. r.
Myers. St Paul. MINI; f. w. Humphrey.
Louisville; Elisha Fraser, Detroit;
Charles I. Thompson, Minneapolis; ". r.
Crabbe, Pittsburg.
The absentees.
The absentees were the Rev. Drs
Charles A. Dickey Philadelphia; S. ].
Nichols. st. Louis; Henry Van Dyke.
Princeton Seminary, and Elder John F.
Parsons. New York. 1t was stated that
these gentlemen would be in attendance
tomorrow.
President Roosevelt will receive the
members Of the committee in the White
House at 10 o'clock today. On Friday
night there viii be a dinner and reception
at the residence of General Foster; on
Saturday night, dinner by the Mems
Society Of the Church of the Covenant
and on the 10th instant the committee
viii be entertained by the Presbyterian
Union of Baltimore.
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