The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-10
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REMAIN /: UNCHANGED. l |! j 4:
Bishops Dispose OF One Of Most.
Important Questions Before
Convention.
DEPUTIES | IN LIVELY I. ': DEBATE & ) E
Preamble to Conyention Proposed
BY Dr., Hunting on Discussed
1-l,t,t-ii ~ = \ 1, i, Ets,1 tive s10n,,3,3
DEP UTlEs IN LIVELY DEBATE
ny THE REV JOHN II. DRoMFNI,

DY THE REV. JOHN III. BROWN, u
Secretary Of the Diocese ut Florida.
including as 1T did the action Of the
House OF Bishops disppsing Of th d l,tar-
ringe and divorce pro blenI. the lively
discussion In the House of Deputtes
f5ver the proposed preamble Ito the,
.sonstitut utions and the presenta tionsof the
great Mems Thank Offering ut III ght,
the seventh. day OF tho General Con-
,yention proved In all respects tile most
Interesting that has yet passed.
The discussion OF the preamble was
opened by the clerical deputy from
Chicago. who yesterday morning pro-
posed to amend sby. striking out the.
words "the record OF Gods revelation
of Himself In. His Son." and insert tho
Word q Cod" AS was shown in he
discussion. this raised some very fine
battle that was foug ht over the rela-
tive meanings and merits Of these
expressions. 1T Is not hard to see that
therein lay the Who'll e 4 g LIST OF the pre-
5amhle. The whole contention Of tho
deputy from Chicag was that the
Bible was much more than record
OF Gods revelation. and that there was
a fundamentalS Inference between the
meaning ofiithe original words of the
preamble and the proposed amcnd-5
sment. 49, 81 III ~ #
What 1t Means.
!s Just at this stage. discussion OF the
amendment gave way TO a new ele-
sn1ents that entered In the anne ndment to
tConne1l. of New Orleans; pre- fixing tile
word .."insplred"She fores .'.yV ord of Cod
His object in doing SO was to make
the preamble as ilneq uivoca1 as posi-
5ble.s Quoting. fort the purpose Of s,is-
tanning his position, from the pnstora u
letter OF the bishops presented to the
General Convention of 1895, he said.
s.,rre inspiration OF, tho Holy! Scriptures
4 is a. postulate OF faitll and B not a
5corrollary5of critioism. Any }instruc-
ton or. study which makes any part
( OF the Bible less stinctiNei than It
really Is, which weal1ens ia lthE In its
inspiration, hiclj tends TO eliminate
Christ from tho ttcvances OF tho
Prophets. or which leads g man to think
;of miracles with a. lialf Il suppr ressed
cri ticisns is 81 u a. pornicioMs instr
tion and n a &: PERM cious study Tho
whole airi:y Of .a tho speaker wa $ sss Is TO
the meaning Of the 3propos led
amendment so that there cous q be- no
possible doubt. There can be no mis-
Sunders standing 4 OF theis meaning OF the
house sein8refusing to adopt, this amends :
sment Inserting tho word inspired u
does not. by amy means, Indicate that
the deputies deny the Inspiration sof
/ tho III oily Scriptures. AS was shown by
$thefdiscussion alllswere convinced that
tho eaexprossio o NJ rd OF Coo carries
with 1t the truthSs Q ofs lnspira tion. 1T
does not def the method atlall. nor :
commit any person to nm n ~ tn ar,,S',s {
1T merely implies The fact
swhIchtiSthe word Inst pired ;s,W uld have
stated. The vote on this amendment,
sthorefore, instead OF Implying any lack
+ OF faith In the .inspirationSof,t the Bible,
$Is real Iva statcme mt hat this faith -
so evident and wolls known thar no
further 81 totenent o Z It I'll needed than
to call it tsS'the ord of Cos I. .s.s
.5 Z r. .tAfrnid of fLnnRuasc.'5
This being disposed off the discussion
of the main subject--the or,sinall ill
amend ment resumed |: and tho Z re re,
be ntsrpreted BY. this dlscussio n, q ii
Mr.. Thonlas OILS ION NJ Pa nges wa y cry
that IL the. words record
;ofiGodis revelation u were rat aimed, the
report would go forth that tho Protest
ant Episcopal Churct h had q changed itS
faith, and the Il secu lar 81 snre SIS 5Nould
gladly spread the news 4 broad. u
was the argument w hic u IN n n va 1cet
lily those who want To kaep theSs AT
thorlzed yers!on ot he Bible on 4thr
lecterns OF the ohu ire II, As Il hat con-
serYntive spirit which max es Il mar
cling not only to the old Faith one,
dolivered To 4 he saints n !, but TO tho .olf
forms n which II u pre- servsd q q ss1iri,
held by many a not the greater part
Of the churohman and women, And
this at ttitpde OF Mr., Page MAS the one
held by most OF those M hos sYot ed for tllt
amend mem, Thai deputy from lows z
fcontinn an m seconN pare.