Blue-grass blade., 1903-06-14
NEWS
NOTES
FROM THE PRESBYTERIAN GEN.
ERAL ASSEMBLY.

Oitii Cdl Dlik-d-Ddt ever dSStIlDltu Ol
this continent is the Presbyterian
General Assembly now in session at
Los Angele,i Calf. This city of an
gels seems quite an appropriate place
to hold it, for In religious parlance
the next thing to an angel is a sain
No city on earth is so favored as Los
Angeles is at present peopled with
angels and saints.
l never met an angel or any one
that was second cousin to one The
saints | have known have been like
other people, sometimes did not i'm
press me Us favorably as ordinary
mortals.
The saints now assembled in the
city of angels are making heavy
draft on the pocket-books of ordinary
sinners who are seeking heaven by
the Presbyterian route The press
announces that this General Assem-.
bly, will cost the church $4,000, in
other words it is costing $1,000 a day
but it may be worth it, for they have
finally ousted the infant damnation
from the creed for good.
Infant damnation is taken from the
creed in the following words:
THAT concerning those who are
saved in Christ the doctrine of Gods
eternal decree Is held in harmony
with the doctrine of His love to all
mankind.
THAT it is not to be regarded as
teaching that any who die in infancy
are lost. We believe that all dying
in infancy are included in the election
of grace and are regenerated and saw
ed by Christ, through the Spirit who
works where and how He pleases."
Rejoice and be glad
The babies are saved"
But what pity this salvation did
not come sooner Millions of infants
that were elected to eternal damna
tion from the foundation of the world
have added to their eternal torment
the regret that they were born before
the Los Angeles General Assembly
and millions yet to be born will have
cause to bless the delegates to this
meeting in the city of angels The
cid - ~ - -rr-
spects TO the Pope of Rome in lurid
language, but the New Confession
throws boquet of dog fennel to the
gentleman on the Tiber in these
words:
"The Lord Jesus Christ is the only
head of the church and the claim OF
man to be the vicar of Christ and the
head of the church is unscriptural
without warrant in fact, and is a
usurpation dishonoring to the Lord
Jesus Christ"
There may be a little more policy
in this than Christian love, since the
world is lining up in two columns for
the final conflict between Rome and
Rationalism. In that day Protestant
ism of every brand will be so disin
tegrated it cannot be found.
Here is another overture the Tres
byterians make to the Papacy:
Resolved. That this General AS
sembly, hereby enjoins all ministers
under its care and authority to re.
fuse to perform the marriage cere-
mony in the cases of divorced per
sons, except as such persons have
been divorced upon the grounds and
for causes recognized as Scriptural
in the standards of the Presbyterian
church in the United States of Amer
lea"
They may yet be forced to declare
with the Roman Catholics the indisso-
Iubility of the marriage tie for any
cause.
Strange how lot of men will have
the audacity to legislate on the laws
of marriage and divorce One would
think that men alone were parties to
the contract, and in millions of cases
it iS.a great pity they are not. A few
million women would thereby be re-
lieved of an incubus that wreck their
happiness and blight their lives.
One of the most enjoyable things
of this General Assembly was an ex-
cursion to Long Beach, which came
near thowing the saints into spasms.
Fifteen hundred Presbyterian preach
ers and elders attended and under the
inspiring music of the band, forty
platform in a may waltz. The saints
were paralyzed at such worldly con-
duct, and they could only head off
the dancers by silencing the band No
such catastrophe has befallen the Pres
byterian church since that related in
the old song:
"And a Presbyterian preacher
Danced like the devil
At McCarty's ball"
1t is only woman's idea but have
often thought if the Presbyterians had
done less with burning. fiaying, i'm
prisoning and prosecuting and more
dancing, the world would be better
Off OF course the members Of the
rfCtn =
have held personal conferences with
God to learn 'his will and good pleas
ure" regarding revision. Perhaps God
has repented of something's he de-
creed should be in the old confession.
The Bible says that God once re-
pented that he had made man." and
this may be the day of His second re-
pentance for being so hard on his
helpless creatures. Surely the mil
lions who were elected to eternal pun-