The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-30
The Assembly Declines TO
Strike out Word Elect.
INTEREST MANIFESTED
The Auditing Committee Makes Report
on Various Departments of Church
Work--permanen Committee
Appointed on Bib o2ause.
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| ternoon In the General Assembly Of the
| Southern Presbyterian Church. the most
| intense interest Of the whole meeting
| prevailed, aroused on account OF the
overture from the Presbytery OF Tusca-
loosa, asking that the word elect be
stricken from the confession OF faith
In the clause elect children dying III
infancy" The Committee on Bills and
Overtures recommended that the word be
not stricken out Then was offered
resolution by DR.. Marques. OF Louis
vilo, KY, Offering as substitute to the
committees report an amendment that
the General Assembly recommend to the
Presbtyeries for their advice and consent
the following explanatory foot notes TO
the confession OF faith, chapter <, SEQ
ton 8:
Tho language Is not properly con-
strued as teaching that any infants are
lost" and also the following foot note:
.'The Holy Scriptures, when fairly In
terpreted. warrant us in believing that
all infants dying In infancy are included
| in the election Of grace and are rcgener-
ated and saved by Christ through the
Holy Spirit"
Mr.. James Quarles, OF Louisville, KY.
offered the following resolution to DO sent
down to the Presbyteries as an amends
ment to the confession OF faith. chapter
X. section 8:
"All infants dying In infancy are elect
regeneyated and saved by Christ through
the Spirit, who wolketh when and where
and how He pleaseth 20 also are all
other elect persons, who are incapable
OF being outwardly called by tho minis
try OF the word"
Able discussions on Dr. Marquess
amendment followed. DR.. Marques. DR..
McPheeters. DR.. Mcintyre, DR.. Converse,
| favoring, and DR.. Hall. DR.. Wallace. DR..
Webb, opposing. When the vote was
taken the first section was lost by 10
to c. and the second section SO to So.
AUDITING.
Tho Auditing Committee reported. COW
ering the financial reports Of tho treas
urers OF the Executive Commit on
| Foreign Missions, Homo Missions. Pub.
| locations, Colored CHARACTERIZATION. Assem-
| bly's Home. and School and Education
| for the Ministry; also the report of the
| trustees OF the General Assembly and
the report OF the treasurer OF the General
| Assembly. These reports were certified to
| as correct
The local Auditing Committees were up
pointed for the year 1so2-1903. for the
! following Executive Committees:
| Foreign Missions-Georga c. Obryan.
Eugene Hollis. T. D. Webb.
Home Missions-J. B. Daniel. W. h.
/ Hoyt. Charles j. Martin.
j 49FuDlcAllOn-11. SWlIlSlOIup y. w ucA
ry Edwin Pleasants.
| Education-George c. Mason, H. NJ.
i Nicely, A. B. HILL
| Colored Evangelization--W. e. Bingham.
| Z. B. Nusum, W. c. Morris.
Home and schools-s. G. Ho~.son. J.
| B.. Barney, George II. Morrison.
Ministerial Relief-James W'ittet,
George l.. Christian. o. B. Morgan.
Treasurer of the General Assembly,.
| II
DR.. II. Nye Hutchinson and Messrs. P.
M. Brown and George r. Bason were
elected trustees OF the General Assembly
for the term OF three years.
| The Committee on Bible Cause, A. D
Mcclure. chairman, made an interesting
report, showing that never before had
| there been creator demand for the
Scriptures among all nations. pagan. pa.
| pal. evangelical and Christian.
| Within the past year the American BIZ
| BILE Society had circulated nearly two mil.
lion copies Of the scriptures. and more
than one-third OF this number In the
United States alone The receipts last
year fell off $4,000. Reports since 1879;
show annual contribution per church
| member to be only two cents.
Inasmuch as the British Foreign Bible
Society will celebrate the one hundredtf
anniversary of its organization on Marcf
i Z, 1904, 1t is recommended that special at
i tentlon be given to this cause on Sun
4 day, March 6. 1904 by the consideration
o: the claims of the Bible cause
1 Complying with the overtures from thu
Fresbyteries OF ATLANTA. Bethel. Chero
kee, Concord East Hanover. Enoree
| Kings Mountain. Montgomery, and PET
i Dee, asking the assembly to appoint thu
!, permanent Committee on the Biblet Cause
! the following persons were elected: Drs
II. II, Law. ]. T. Plunkett, ]. s. Watkins
Elders T. ]. Moore and g, B. Hanna.
The Committees on Denomination o
! Minutes OF Synods reported that the min
i. utes of the following synods had beer
examined and the same found 70 be cor
{ rect, and the reports were adopted: Vir
4 ginia, Louisiana. North Carolina. soutl
a Carolina. Alabama. Mississippi. Georgi'
4 and Florida.
DR., w. T. Hall, chairman OF the Com
mites on Bills and Overtnres. reported
n that Fayetteville Presbytery had over
turod that the Latin thesis be not re
oIulred of candidates for the ministry
The committee recommended not to gran
the overture. which was adopted.
II The assembly adjourned at o'clocl
to hold business session at $40.
Adjournment may BIO reached to-mor
row.
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