The sun., 1902-05-23
CREED REVISION ADOPTED.
o>y LONE VOICE SAYING NAY
,ND THtT JEERED AT.
.o,.mn usrnins That This Bessns the End
>m,i.r> the General Asseub,, ef the
PRESBYTERIAN church Laughter and
APPLAUSE Mingled over the Outcome

,prIause Mingled over the Outcome.
WE, hu' one or two voices raised In
c... rru'rst the General Assembly of
90, PRESBYTERIAN church YESTERDAY adopted
.,.. r,.uart II it, Creed Revision Committee.
u.n 4 'hr highest standing In the Pr"~hy-
.,tt,r ministry amt of all shades Of opinion
10 q. "a, advisabiiity Of revision hereto
,,r, rose and blessed the name 81 the
Revision committee and crowned Its work
~. praises.
A. every added ou,burst of oratorical
.,'lr!-insm IA. Assembly broke In TO raptu-
r,,,s .uplauss II was altogether intolerant
.' ,rv orpn~ition 20 i's will to settle once
sr ali the vsarisome qusrrelling. which
...y,ral srcakrrs Ia the discussion asserted.
nav, mad. the Church the target OF derision
ant pitv from other denominations for
NOR than ten wears.
Jus, one man had the courage of his
oorvic,ions lie rose in his place and In
a vnic. shaking with emotion tried To ex-
p-r.. hi. regret for what the Assembly
was doing. and To sound a warning against
tarperng with the creed set forth by the
fathers This man was the Rev DR. kailey
II Florida he was interrupted lie was
orator Joined in tho general lcvity with
which pr Railry'- words were treated
The wears will show. fathers and breth-
IN. cried the prutestor. what IL To come
of this thing YOU are doing to-day. This
,s the h"giunng of the end
Thcrr was an ou,hurst - laughter AZ
The o,osa " IL. Dr.vin pvke. smiling broadly.
sud. addressing the Assembly:
'Noil. are YOU ready for the "nd1-
Thcre was another burst Of tering laugh
ter. and then the question of adopting the
'Prsf Statement was put TO vote. Only
one voir,' was raised against IL The adop-
tiln Of th" verbal amendments 20 the West
Munster Confession and the dcClaratory
sta'am"nts explaining tho Confession
hal already b"cn ordered sent 20 the Pre--
hvt.ri.~ for adoption. Only one or two
C,mmissionars had lifted their voices against
them
HUMOROUS STORY TO BEorS WITH.
Dr van DYKE prefaced the taking up Of
The order Il the day by telling funny story.
He said tha, ~ Moderator he stood before
the Assembly ~ member of no committee
AMI VT the sole purpos. Of h.'ing the servant
of the body over which he had the honor TO
prsii- He asked for the help Of God and
'he Assembly in making the debate fair
Thon hc told Of an lrishman who had come
among his friends at the clo~e Of the days
work with blackened eve. torn clothes. and
bruised hands When they asked him what
tA. trouble was he said
Me an the bp-s had a little difference
The b - was afther sayin' the potati-s
grew t-,st IN a light sandy soil. ] was afther
savin' the same thing me-ilf an We debated
N. question the whole afternoon
Dr van Dyke said amid the prolonged
applau-.' Of the fathers and brethren, that
he hoI--i the debate Of the General Assembly
would not be Of that character
Dr MofIatt 81 Washington and Jefferson
moved that the eleven overtures included
In the report lac sent 10 the Pr"shyteTies
for approval The Rev. DR. Minton. the
chairman of the Revision Committee. next
addrcs-.,i the Assembly. Here are some
Of the things he said: g.,
Or urSrov's PLEA FoR TIVE REPORT
hotel IN Washington with which tho
oouwi''"" vas In correspondence once r.! I
dressed q ,rf'sr 10 u as -lhe Division Com
ni'i"' o' 'he rrc'hy,%i1nn =, ,hnrch iAnsh,
ui''.e /. ras been united committee"
Snm"r.r.. our Views differed and We stated
them 50 urouslV.
if. eurA nl The committee was to remedy
tIa Iu''.'rc" Of certain ungudrd'd state
mont. On ,h" Confession which. because they
N... un.uard"d. mere apt to b" mlsund"r-
stood ~or.o OF these vcrc ONLY TO h" REM
,s..i '' verbal ,hancc- q! such wor" fhe
r...- That o. t- 4 LIN 80 reftiS' 30 take an oath
NoNpis i..i"vr- that why retain ~
l.r ,r.,J was ia" famous Pope clause
'..v'a'Epu wa- whether ~ was true OF hot
Al f.rl .h,'hrr or not, even though tue.
b f'lt % plac, ~ tho ,reci ~ the Pre- m
f,r... '.fu | may believe that IL is -.
..cI,...S rue. but | may also bellev" that
o. Ft- no pl,c" iG the Confession ! may b~-
llr.. that lf l. unN a." either 10 honor the
tfHr,h - di-hoIoT tho onfe--iou-a- YOU
ui't-" h' rei'r"no" 70 Inn hy name
A- D. .- ION VT. ten a. apples not ONLY TO the
Vatican huf 20 any person OF any church,
v..p.. or lnNlsIb", Witch seeks to usIfp
the .ruvH %! hing Jesus
u4- opponents have long rolled Il a.
t.I..nH, mur-'l under fheir Tongues that
". believed iu i1iln' dsmn''ion The '",-
'Io' ui no" N"-trun~t"r Confession on which
80. l..u u,a'Iou wA> based va- never meant
20 m'tn arv such thing But 'he section
a.. n.-.u 20 tho charc" u wa- not only
aI... ...rrHf.- Nrf an tf"gulrtei
It.,. may b" -om- Who believe that IN"
so'.H.f'H" v.~ q -'tr chamber 81 con-pr-
.l1 Ngt.I-t 90" Westminster Confession. ''-
.r'''r planning ns~ls-ination OF tslvinlem
~ hidden away N any corner ot IN" heart
~ ''N W''uh"r 81 ~" commune" th"r" w
arv u.rk intent on to deal a blow az calvin,
e. 10 other Of the members ever learned
l1rr committee may have been ignorant
~ .raoiosy hut ~ least y hp~ meant we'll
Of .l- j-,li''lN how %" Pop'' oUt Of u. All
.H,rsr o' uurhii analysis of "a" iorrl- Of our
urr. Of ...-rCirc m. G,o-p.l of .t.~u. christ
4rl sd, ton q" ~" Who'll" world
srfEpr Conclusion ASKED FOR.
~ Nufatt .aid that hc hal not moved
~" abortion of the report because he be-
.og'-l fhsi M" report vas satisfa''orv'
b. %" h.Nay,Si y was NOR" nearly salts
't.'.rv than anv other work 81 human
min .- could b" 20 him lIc asked the As-
.sn.u.v 10 loiu with him in LAYING aside
fs.r... nal IrpfeTl f1rt-. and adaei.