Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-05-23
CREED IS ACCEPTED.
Presbyterian Assembly Adopted
Revision Report, Being Two
Dissenting Votes.
SUPPLEMENTARY SiAllMtNT
Also Acknowledgements to Vote
on Former-Session Closed With
Impressive Devotional Service,
temperance Report Made.

New York, May 23.-The general
assembly of the Presbyterian church
yesterday adopted the entire report
Of the committee on revision of the
confession of faith.
The assembly first adopted all the
report except the brief supplementary
statement with only two dissenting
votes.
BY like vote the supplementary
statement was then adopted.
On the supplementary statement
the action of the general assembly is
final. 1t will not in any way affect
the creed or become part OF the or
ganic law of the church The other
two parts, known as the "declaratory
statement" and the brief statement
of the reformed faith" to become
part OF the law of the church, will
have to be acted upon fayorably by
two-thirds of the entire number OF
presbyteries in the general assembly.
Prayer Meeting Held.
The business of the day was pre-.
coded by prayer meeting conducted
by the Rev. DR.. w. K. Taylor, OF
Rochester. When DR.. Van Dyke, the
moderator, called the assembly to
order almost every commissioners was
in his seat. The first half hour was
devoted to routine matters and then
the Rev. DR.. Henry C. Minton, chair
man of the committee on revision,
opened the discussion on the commit
tees report.
DR.. Minton asked that the first part
of the report be adopted DR.. Van
Dyke said there would be no di.
vision in the report. DR.. Minton, who
is member of the committee on creed
revision, then said that the report had
been adopted unanimously, and that
the committee had worked in good
faith. No man in the committee, he
said, had had his own way and there
was ever mutual consideration among
the members. He spoke of some OF
the considerations which had guided
the committee in its work. He said
that the object of the revision was to
remove misrepresentation regarding
the confession, and several of it's I'M
guarded statements, of which the sec,
ton referring to the pope is one. 1t
reads that the pope is anti-Christ, a
man of sin and son of perdition.
Dr. Minton said that while the COM
mittee might hold that this was true,
yet the members believed it had no
place in the revised faith. So far as
he was concerned, he said, the section
rightly applied to man who usurped
the crown right of Jesus Christ The
report of the committee asks for the
following as a substitute: The Lord
Jesus Christ is the only head of the
church and the claim of any man to
be the vicar of Christ and the head
of the church is unscriptural, with
out warrant in fact, and is usurpa-
ton dishonoring the Lord Jesus
Christ"
infants Not Condemned.
DR.. Minton took up the section of
the Westminster confession referring
to infant damnation." This section
states that infants who do not die in
the faith are eternally lost" DR.. Min
ton in speaking of this section said
unwarranted. This frank and de-
cided statement brought out a salvo
Of applause. DR.. Minton then took up
various overtures in the old confes
sion showing certain antiquities and
| antagonstic statements.
DR.. James ID. Moffat moved that the
report be adopted and this was Sec
onded by the Rev. DR.. Duffield; the
Rev. DR.. R. G.. Kerr, of Bellevue,
Neb; DR.. Robert R. Booth, New York
| city, DR.. Palmer, of ST. Louis, and
| Elder jeremiah Baker, of Madison
N j., all spoke in favor of the mo.
ton.
The question was called for and on
yea and nay vote was carried with
| only two dissenting votes, DIR. Duff
| field then moved that the adoption
be made unanimous, but the motion
was not seconded.
DIR. Francis l.. Golf, of Hopkinsville,
KY, said that while he had voted
against the report for conscientious
reasons. he was willing to withhold
his vote If thereby a unanimous adop-
| ton could be obtained.
Elder Daniel Raden, of Greensville,
Tenn, who also opposed the report.
gave like reasons for his opposition.
Wept Over Proposed Revision.
The Rev Fleming G.. Railey, of Kis-
simmee, Fla, opposed revision. Il
| am against the adoption of the re-
| port, he said. Il have never found
any difficulty with the old standards.
They have lighted the way for me
| and mine across the river, all the
way. feel that this revision is the
entering wedge, and how far it will
go no one can tell" Here the speaker
broke down and wept.
The question was then put and
the resolution ordering the report
published was carried with only two
| dissenting votes.
The motion for adoption Of the sup
! Elementary statement was made by
DIR. Minton and seconded by the Rev.
DR. Howard Dufield, OF the Old First
| Presbyterian church, this city.
1--WE are face to face with babel
Wanted.