Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-25
IH[ SUMMARY Of FAITH
Presbyterian General Assembly
Defeats Motion to Cut Out
Recommendation B.
First Amendment to Majority
Report Of Revision Is
Turned Down.
Vote Indicates Assembly Will
Decide on Summary Of
Reformed Faith.

Decide on Summary OF
Reformed Faith.
Philadelphia, May 25-After having
sgnally defeated the amendment dis
missing the subject of creed revision
from further consideration yesterday,
the Presbyterian general assembly to-
day proceeded to discuss the first
amendment to the revision committees
report, offered by Rev. Or. Moffatt, of
Cumberland, Md This amendment sub.
stitutes the minority report, which
agrees with the majority report in all
but recommendation B, suggesting the
preparation of summary of the re-
formed faith. Rev. Dr. McKibben, of
Cincinnati, who submitted the minority
report. stated his reasons for disagree
ing with the majority on recommends
ton B.
Sin the minority report" he said. I'VE
have chapter on missions. chapter
on the love of God for men, a chapte;
on the Holy Spirit; we have relief in re
lation to elect infants. relief in the ma, :
ter of oaths. relief regarding the pope
and the misleading statements concern
ing good works. Ia not this the relief
which the assembly asked when the
battle for dismissal was fought?
DIR. Mckibbcn referred to the COM
mittee on revision of 1892 and said mem
har nf he. ,,r,,it s,,t {.
do nothing that would cndanger the
orthodoxy. unity ard liberty OF the
church. Have you considered queried
must be adopted aa a whole by the pres
byteres? In other words you must draw
thirty-two propositions so that not one
will be objectionable to third Of the
presbyterics You can not adopt a
he thought the minority report would
be satisfactory to larger number of
presbyteries than the majority report.
Rev. DR.. Blownson, of this city. OPP
posed both the minority and majority
reports because, he said, the member.
/, snip and wealth Of the church had in
creased under the old confession as ht
feared 1t could not We're a change mad.
vision movement Will sever my con
fund" said DIR. Brownson. This threat
ELECTED reproachful cries of "oh!' and
NO" from the commissioners.
Rev Hubbard. of Buffalo, advocated
the rejection of the minority report or
the ground that Il commits the assembl,
To definite position on the question OF
ity report merely asks the assembly tc
continue consideration of the subject.
All this point Vice Moderator Pitcairn
took the chair and Moderator Mintor
| spoke briefly against Recommendation t
of the majority report. He said the is-
que before the church today is more i'm
portant than the one that was before
the assembly during the two preceding
days
For himself he thought the movement
as outlined in recommendation i
fraught with the utmost danger. Errors
|. In the confession of faith were only IN
cidental and he believed the minority re-
| port offered relief He was afraid of the
idea of compromise. There was a tint
for compromise, but he would earnestly
litry TO get what was wanted before ht
would turn to a proposition to compro-
mise.
Rev DR.. Johnson. of Chicago. mem
ber of the committee on revision, eX-
planned the reasons of the majority fpl
inserting recommendation b. He care.
fully analyzed the confession of faiti
and showed the benefits to be derivee
| from a short creed containing the essen.
| tials of the Westminster doctrine Hi
said: The confession contains state.
ments new and essential to our system
of doctrine. The form of subscription
proves this. We receive the confession
as containing q system OF doctrine. moi
as a doctrine it.elf. Specific confession
| of statements prove the same point
| Take the oath clause. a man may be.
| lieve that or not without affecting hi.
orthodoxy. The confession says there
/ are Two scriptural grounds for divorce
| don't believe it. There is only one. w,
know what that is. Willful desertion i.
not sufficient ground for divorce. w.
may believe this and our standing a.
| toned
With the summary. DR.. Johnson said
the system would be better understood
| afld Npuiu ne IuNdtuduie on MISSION
fields Such a creed, he asserted. wouls
dissipate all doubt regarding subsorip
tion TO the system of doctrine.
| DIR. George T. Purves. of New York
followed DIR. Johnson. after which tn,
vote on the question of striking out rec,
ommendation B was taken. The major
| ity and minority reports agreed o,
| everything but the recommendation. 1h,
motion to strike out was lost by 234 t,
2Tl. Joseph H. Vance, of Chicago, movet
the previous question. which was over.
whelmingly defeated. AS the assembl,
had agreed to adjourn at noon today Il
accept the invitation to visit Princeton
University, adjournment was taken un
til Monday.
THE UNITED PREsBYTER1ANs
Recommended That church Law
Against Marrying wife's Relative.
bc Repealed.