The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-27
UNION OF CHURCHES
Presbyterians Consider Return Of
Cumberland Body to Tie Fold.
PATTON STRONG AGAINST II.

A~eA1 t~ef-~HA ~ "tftt~~tSt -f~~s~1
Proposition 70 Welcome seceders
Back Oh Doetrinai Grounds--RenewaI
OF Liberal Conservative Struggle.
Buaalo, May r The great question
oYershadowiug in Importance all 9th
ers the proposed reunion of the Pres
byterlan church a,ld tile Cumberland
Presbyterian church which feorgan,
lied as separate body III 1910 was
the first order Of business III the gen.
eral assembly Of The Presbyterian
church q the United states Not since
the day when the vote was taken in
1901 "a tie revision 81 tie Confession
Of Faith az the Presbyterian church
has there been such interest manifest
"a III any question as that Of the pro
posed reunion The discussion prom
ises % be struggle between President
Francis u Patton of the Princeton
Theological seminary md formerly
head of the university on one side and
President james ID Moffut On the 9TH
er. a renewal Of the old struggle be-
tween The liberal aud conservative ele-
meHts iii tic church Ilf Molat Will
be supported by Or T. n Coyle, Or.
G. Al Diekey, Dr J. Z Calhoun and
others and DR. Patton by Dr Henry
G. AIinton Or John Fox and others.
The ground upon which Df Patton
stands is thai the Confession 81 Faith,
as to its Calvmistic doctrines. is the
same as when the Cumberland church
went out HI other words, the revision
Of three years did MOI revise in the
sense IL changing anything He viii
endeavor to show that TIE confessions
Of the two bodies differ materially
and that doetflnally the two churches
are 50 far apart that It viii be danger
GUS 20 attempt il Union at this time
Dr. M0nat and hts supporters VIII
take the ground that the revision did
revise IA that MISUNDERSTANDING were
removed llie ambiguity of the old
confession BIAS been taken away. and
the language Of the present aeea IS
such that 1t N understood tv the mem.
beers OF The Cumberland and that they
aeeept itas il is and are ready to unite
On the basis IL tile revised confession.
Basis Of Proposed Union.
The report of the committee, which
was read, declares that as the basis u
union each Of the assemblies must ex-
press approval o. disapproYal to the
following categorical question
20 YOU approve Of the reunion and an-
ion .ot the Presbyterian church IA The
United States 81 America ana tire CHn-
hefiand Presbyterian church on the fol-
lowing basis, The union shah be effected
en the dectrnal basis IL the Confession
q Faith u the Presbyterian church ID the
United States cf America. as revised II
1863, and q its other doetrinai and e..
elesastiral standards, and the Scriptures
of the old aud New Testament shall d
acknowledged as the inspired word Of Cod
the only infahible rule Of faith and prae,
tieeg
The recommendations Of the commit
tee are.
First Thai such changes ne made X
the form Of government Of the preshy
terrain church il the United States q
America a. VIII allow additional Of sep
arafe preshyteries er synods 10 be ur
ganized Is exceptional cases, wholly or Fl
part within The territorial bounds of ex
lfttne preshytefies or synods respeetivel.
fof 8 particular race or nationality, if &c
sired ~ SUCH faes q nationality