New-York tribune., 1902-05-25
JOHN WESLEY, CALVINIST
DIR. BUCKLEY SAYS He WAS
OF THAT SCHOOL.
SENATOR BEVERIDGE COMPARES THE
CROSS AND THE FLAG AT PRESBY-
TERRAIN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.


ion question last week the Presbyterians at
tending the General Assembly. in the Fifth Ave
nue. Church. not easily surprised at anything
that takes place before that body. But some Of
the younger members received slight shock
yesterday when DR.. James VI. Buckley. the
brilliant Editor Of THE Christian Advocate"
declared that John Wesley Cavinst, and
supported mis- assertion with quotation from a
letter which Wesley wrote in which he ac-
i1nowIedged that sovereignty of God both in
sanctifcation and in justification. Dr.. Buckley
said frankly that he did not appear before the
assembly recommend union of Methodism
and Presbyterianism, or to suggest q closer
relation than exists at present AS he pro-
ceeded with his fraternal greeting in which he
sailed between the Scylla Of excess Of euogy on
one side and the Charybdis of undue self-de
probation on the other, he was loudly ap-
pIauded
Dr. Buckley quoted approvingly extracts from
the first two representatives sent by the Pres
byterian Church TO the Methodist General Con-
ference after the reunion of the two Presby
terian bodies. a little more than thirty years
ago. DR.. Howard Crosby, who the speaker said.
welded broadsword. came TO the conference
in 1872 and in his address said;
Instead Of pausing to blame one another, has
too often been the case We are now found prals-
believe that when God sent the Methodist Eps.
copal Church into America. that Church was called
and elected-called and elected 10 conquer this
country in order TO put fervor and activity INTO the
and election sure. Reference has been made by
The brother who INTRODUCED me TO The late reunion reunion
in the United States You all know of this history:
The United Church before your dignied body
Brethren 1 what caused that union? Has the old
m has bottom h S fe09 3 eHTd s is sTe6 aeas u m m
own views Of theology. or has Isnion Surrendered
anything peculiar to Il? not at all The old school
Today Princeto,RI, remains PRINCETON Sun and
H.bV have we come soeether9 / answer Because
we have come TO recognize the truth; that so long
differ in the apprehension Of truth and at the
Cross of Christ We can agree 10 differ.
DR.. Buckley said that four years later DR..
Francis /. Patton. now at the head of Prince
ton University. came to the conference with
Damascus blade. and said in his address the
same thing. 'metsphysicaly." added the editor,
who then lead this extract from DR.. Patton's
speech:
greeting me on SATURDAY. that the interchange Of
to be I %e R the easen Of h
h9re has lost @ fer nG5 for If m t ocrne
IL is not due TO change OF faith: II is not due 10
dinerentiate. AS Armnianis sm is the Arminianism
Westminster Confession. So they are and so they
But The change h Is due to the gT0wRg spirit Of
nizes me great eoftTnes ctr Wnerein we are agTeea as
the same time il permits US 10 regard the differ
denomnationai poiity and work Without indulg-
ing in Utopian dreams in respect TO the visible
that this spirit of Christian sympathy and affec-
while. you and l. one by one. shah go, up TO take
the First - Roars whose names are writtsn IN
heaven. there TO know in the fulness what we now
know only in part
Senator Beveridge made pleasant impress
l=e-.
showing their similarity in respect, at least
they never retreat. The Senator said that when
they were withdrawn from one place Il was
only that they might the more permanently ad-
vance in another. Referring 10 the establish
ment of good government among senile or in
fsnt peoples, he added: 1T will be maintained.
All these are signs of the advance of civiliza-
tion. The world is one field, and in Gods own
time il shall be occupied
Considerable time spent in the assembly
yesterday morning discussing the question,
Where shall the next assembly be held? Los
Angeles and Cleveland have made strong bids
for the honor of entertaining the next Assembly.
Were it rot for the additional eXpense-about
S+lVJO-for mileage. which the trip to the coast
would throw upon the Church, the assembly
would undoubtedly vote TO accept the Cali
fornia invitation 1t may DO tomorrow in
spite Of the expense as a restora ton of the
assessment 10 the amount paid until recently
seven cents for each communicate, instead of
five, the present hgure-Would insure the trip
20 the Far West When the assembly conyenes
tomorrow morning DR.. II. c. Minton, the re-
firing moderator. viii make plea for Cali
fornfa.
Whenever the assembly meets within few
hours ride OF Princeton. Saturday afternoon
s. devoted 10 pilgrimage TO the educational
home of large number of the commissioners.
The trip yesterday was enjoyed by an enthusi-
astic company OF the commissioners and their
friends.
To-day the leading pulpits will be filed by
wen known commissioners Tomorrow morn
ing the business session may close the as
sepbiy. In the afternoon an excursion up the
Hudson is planned II the business is not all
transacted by noon. an evening session may be
held.