Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-29
SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT.

In addition to the amendments recon-
mended to be made to the Confession
of Faith, the revision committee drafted
two additional chapters on 1.-THE Holy |
Ghost'' and missions. - A supple
mentary statement was also submitted |
in accordance with the following reso-
luton, passed by the last General As
sembly:
We recommend that this committee be in
strIlcted to prepare and to submit TO the
next General Assembly, for such disposition
as may be judged to be wise, brief state
ment of the reformed faith, expressed as far
as possible in untechnical terms The SAID
statement is to be prepared with view to
it's being employed to give information and
a better understanding of our doctrinal be-
liefs, and not with view to its becoming
substitute for, or an alternative OF, our Con-
feesion of Faith.
The supplementary statement" as
submitted by the committee, was as
follows:
ARTICLE I.--oF GOD.
We believe in the everything God,
who is Spirit and the Father of our
Spirits infinite, eternal and unchange-
able in His being and PROJECTIONS; the
Lord Almighty, most just in all His
ways, most glorious in holiness, un-
searchable in wisdom and pienteous 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 II.-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
nv the Holy Spirit; and that Jesus
Christ, the Word made flesh, is the
brightness of the Fathers glory anc
the express image of His person. VIZ
gratefully receive the Holy Scriptures
given by inspiration to be the faithful
record of Gods gracious revelation
and the sure witness to Christ as tn
Word of God, the only infallible rul
of faith and life.
ARTICLE Ill TIE ETERNAL PURPOSE
We believe that the eternal, wise
holy and loving purpose of God en-
braces all events, so that while tn
freedom of man is not taken away nc
Il God the author of sin, yet in Hi
providence He makes all things wor
together in the fultilment of Hi
sovereign hSoiBh "hA p1io
Of His glory; wherefore, humbl
acknowledging the mystery of tn
truth, we trust in His protecting cal
and set cur hearts to do His will.
ARTICLE lv.--oF THE CREATION.
We believe that God is the create
upholder and governor of all thing
that He is above all His works and
them all and that He made man
His own image, meet for fellowsh
with Him. free and able to choose b
tween good and evil, and forever l
sponsible to his Maker and Lord.
ARTICLE v.-oF THE SIN OF MAN.
We believe that our first rarent
being tempted, chose evil, and so fl
away from God and came under t
power of sin, the penalty of which
eternal death; and we confess that,
reason of this disobedience, we and
men are born with a sinful nature, tt
we have broken God IS law, and that
man can be saved but by His grace.
ARTICLE vI.-oF THE GRACE OF Gon
We believe that God, out of His grt
love for the world, has given His OIL
begotten Son to be the Saviour of S
ners, and in the Gospel freely off
Ills all sufficient salvation to all IN