Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-25
STRONG DEBATE
ON CREED REVISION
Amendment Diminishing Subject is
Defeated.
RECOMMENDATION B GOES.
PresL stewart OF Auburn, n, g., SEMI
nary Says Presbyterian sentiment
Eayors Change In Old Faith.

Philadelphia, Pa, May 2J.-After
having signally defeated the amend
mont dismsslng the subject Of creed
revision from further consideration
yesterday the Presbyterian general
assembly today proceeded to discuss
the frs amendment to the revision
commin Aces report offered by Rev. Or
James t.. MOfat, of Cumberland, ma
This nlncn.luent substitutes the MN
orlty rplret. which agrees with the
majority cp0u in an but re- Ommenda-
ti,r f., suggesting the prlpal ration OF
summary cl the reformed idith Kew
Dr. William Mckibbgn. OF Cincinnati
who. WIKI IT, G. Humphrey, of Louis
VILE. mbm ted the minority report,
stated has icue0ns for disagrtelng Win
the majority on recommendation H.
In the minority report he said,
eve have relief In relation 10 elect in
fants. relief iu the matter OF oaths, re-
lief regarding the pope. and the mis-.
heading gtatcments CO. ca rnng good
works Is not this tt. relief which
thu assembly ackCd Whe,. the battl-
for dismissal was fought"
Dr. McKibben said he thought the
minority report would be satisfactory
to larger number Of presbyteries
,hau 49, nd. ollty report. ieOr9' u
Stewart, president OF the Auburn On.
CD theology seminary, who is cassed
~ leader OF The liberal party Of tn
church. made strong plea for the ma
jority report. lie had signed II be-
cpuse IL was a compromise and was
The best he could get and did not orer
the necessary relief The sentiment
for new creed he said, Is growing
yearly He pointed to the fact that in
1859 there was not a voice lifted for q
new creed AZ the last assembly there
was marked sentiment for such a
proposition. President Stewart said he
wanted text revision He did not want
"A declaratory statement but he would
take Il IL ne could get nothing better.
Rev. Or Marcus A. Brownson, Of
this city. opposed both minority and
majority reports because he said. the
membership and wealth Of the church
had increased Jnder the old confession
as he feared II could not were q change
made.
III this assembly Is lugged into the
revision NOV tment ] will sever my
connection NNh the twentieth century
fund. sgid Dr. Nrownsln. This threat
Gillette r,proachf j cries Of "Oh," ana
mo" from the commissioners.
Rev Y. G.. Hubbard, Of Buf-
falo advocated the rejection OF
the minority report on the
ground that It commits the assembly
TO q definite position on the question
Of a summary staicmom while the
ma loHy report merely asks the assem-
bly, 10 continue constellation. 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 recommendation b Of
the minority report He maintained
that this assembly had broken all pre-
cedents IN having elected a moderator
who did not know the difference be-
tween the old and the new school Of
theology except what he knew from
history. He was a child he said. Of the
reunited church. For himself he
thought the movement, as outlined IN
recommendation b was taught with
the utmost danger The errors in the
confession Of faith were only incidental
and ne believed the minority report
offered he relief. He was afraid Of
the idea o. no compromise.
Rev Dr. lIIrrk Johnson, of Chica-
go, q member of the committee on re-
vision. explained the reasons Of the
majority fol inserting recommendation
g. He carefully analysed the confess
sion Of faith and showed the benefits
to be tCINel from a short creed con-
tanning ne essentials OF the Westmln-
ster dOCtin