The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-26
NO INFANT DAMNATIoN.
The Doctrine Altered by the Presby-
terrain Greed Revisionists

terrain Greed Revisionists.
At the recent session of the Presbv-
terrain general assembly held in New
York City, the special committee pre-
sented for such disposition as may be
judged wise" the following brief state
ment of the reformed faith:
Article 1-Of God.
We believe in the everything God
who is a spirit, and the father of our
spirits; infinite, eternal, and unchanEe-
able in his being and PROJECTIONS; the
Lord Almighty, most just in all his
ways, most glorious in holiness. un-
searchable in wisdom and plenteous in
mercy. full of love and compassion. and
abundant in goodness and truth. We
worship him, Father, Son and Holy
Spirit. three persons in one godhead.
one in substance and equal in power
and glory
Article 2-Of Revelation.
We believe that God is revealed in
nature, in history. and in the heart OF
man; that he has made gracious and
clearer revelations of himself to men
Of God, who spoke as they were moved
by the Holy Spirit, and that Jesus
Christ, the word made flesh. is the
brightness of the Fathers glory and
the express image of his person. We
gratefully receive the holy scriptures,
given by inspiration to be the faithful
record of Gods gracious revelations,
and the sure witness to Christ, as the
word of God the only infanible rule Of
faith and life.
Article 3-Of the Eternal Purpose.
We believe that the eternal. wise.
holy and loving purpose of God en-
braces all events so that while the
freedom Of man is not taken away nor
is God the author Of sin. yet in his
providence he makes all things work
together in the fulhllment of his SOW
ereign design and the manifestation Of
his glory; wherefore, humbly acknowI-
edging the mystery of this truth. we
trust in his protecting care and set our
hearts to do his will
Article 4-Of the Creation.
We believe that God is the creator,
upholder and governor Of all things;
that be is above all his works and in
them all; and that he made man in his
own image, meet for fellowship with
him. free and able to choose between
good and evil, and forever. responsible
to his Maker and Lord.
Article 5-Of the Sin of Man.
We believe that our first parents, be-
ing tempted. chose evil, and so fell
away from God and came under the
power of sin, the penalty of which is
eternal death; and we confess that, by
reason of this disobedience, we and all
men are born with a sinful nature;
that we have broken Gods law and
that no man can be saved but by his
grace.
Article COT the Grace of God.
We believe that God, out of his great
love for the world, has given his only
begotten Son TO be the Savior of sin
ners. and in the gospel freely offers his
all-sufficient salvation to all men. And
we praise him for the unspeakable
grace wherein he has provided a way of
eternal life for all mankind.
Article TOT Election.
We believe that God. from the be-
ginning, in his own good pleasure, gave
TO his Son a people, an innumerable
multitude, chosen in Christ unto hoIi-
ness, service and salvation; we be-
lieve that all who come to years Of dis
erection can receive this salvation only
through faith and repentance; and we
believe that all who die in infancy,
and all others given by the Father TO
the Son who are beyond the reach Of
his outward means of grace, are regen-
/ Grated and saved by Christ through the
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| how he pleases.
Article S-Of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
We believe in and confess the Lord
Jesus Christ, the only mediator be-
/ tween God and man, who, being the
/ Eternal Son of God, for US men and for
I our salvation became truly man, being
! conceived by the Holy Ghost and born
/ Of the Virgin Mary, without sin; unto
US he has revealed the Father, by his
word and spirit making known the
! perfect viii of God; for US he fulfilled
I all righteousness and satisfied eternal
| justice, offering himself a perfect sac
rifice upon the cross to take away the
/ sin of the world; for US he rose from
/ the dead and assembled into heaven
/ where he ever intercedes for US in our
/ hearts, joined to him by faith, he
! abidee forever as the indwelling Christ;
: over US, and over all Of US, he rules;
/ wherefore unto him we render love
! obedience and alteration as our PrOph-
/ ct, Priest and King forever.
/ Article 9-Of Faith and Repentance
/ we believe that God pardons our
/ sins and accepts Us as righteous sole
\ ~ on the ground of the perfect Obedi-
/ ence and sacrifice Of Christ, received
I by faith alone; and that this saving
! faith is always accompanied by re-
I pentance. wherein we confess and for
/ sake our sins with full purpose Of. and
I endeavOr after, a new obedience To
t God.
/ Article 10-Of the Holy Spirit.
! We believe in the Holy Spirit, the
( Lord and Giver of Life. who moves
I everywhere upon the hearts Of men, 10
restrain them from evil and to incite
( them unto good, and whom the Father
is ever willing 10 give unto all who
I ask him. We believe that he has spok-
en- by holy men Of God in making
known his truth TO men for their sal
/ walton; that, though our Exalted
! Savior he was sent forth in power e
/ convict the world Of sin. 10 enlighteT
| mems minds in the knowledge o.
! Christ. and TO persuade and enable
| them TO obey the call Of the gospel
and that he abides with the church
dwelling in every. believer as the spirit
Of truth, Of holiness, and OF comfort
Article 11--Of tEe Kew Birth and the
/ New Life. hts
We believe that the Holy. Spirit only
is the author and source Of the new
birth; we rejoice in the new life