The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-23
Therefore it Should Not
Enter Fight Against
Romanisn.
MINORITY TAKES
THIS POSITION
Both Reports of Committee Will
Be Threshed Out Before Gen
eral Assembly of Presbyte-
rian Church Tc-Day-Docket
Well Cleared and Adjourn
ment Near at Hand.
Especial to Tho Times Dispatch. !,

III
Bristol. Va. Mas 22-Thc docke, OF
the General Assembly OF the Southern
Prcsbyterian Church has been cleared
with. the exception of the report o:
the adinter!m committee on Romanism
THIS report will be submitted as the
special order FOR tomorrow morning
After the report OF the committee has
pecn considered. which report is signed
by Rev. T. c. johnson and Re-. i NJ
Fraser. the other member Of the com
mittee. Hon. Allen c. Hall will sub
mt tho following minority report:
The undersigned. a member OF the
adinterim committee on Roma nism
che rsed with the duty OF reporting TO
this assembly some practical method
Of advising our whole people concern
ing the dangers involved in what tho
preamble OF the Painter resolutions
designaies. the pcrnlcious activity OF
That powerful politico-rcliEious ora
ni%ation known as the Roman Catho-
lie Church respectfully submits
That any method devised to execute
the program contemplated by the
Painter resolutions would be imprac-
ticablc. divert the church from its
proper mission of preaching tho Cos
pei and precip!tatc IL into political
controversies.
1T is. therefore. recommended that
resolutions (SiGned)
ALLEN G. HALL"
After these reports have been acted
upon and other routine business rcla-
tive to the closing session has been
transacted. the assembly viii he dis
solved
"sinnot Case" Disposed of.
The nnal disposition of the we'll
known "Sinnot case" was the prlnci-
pal transact ion of the General As
sembly during the morning session
OF to-day. The report o fthe judicial
committee WAS taken up As unfinished
business. and the item of the report
adopted was follows:
The judicial committee. in the mat
ter OF the memorial of sundry persons
and the overtureg from the synod oil
Virginia and sundry presbyteriss for d
rehear!ng OF the complaint OF the Rev.
". /. Sinnott against the synod of
North Ala bama. recommends:
II. That the prayers OF said memo
rial and ovartures be denied. on the
ground That the case OF W. |. Sinnott
against the Prcsby;ery OF North Ala
bama was finally adJudicated by the
General Assembly OF the Presbyterian
Church in the United states. sitting at
Lewisburg, W. Va. May. 1910. and the
judicial deliveranccs OF that assembly
the case decided by the former court.
and on the further ground that the
General Assembly. sitting in Louisville
Ky. May. 1911. after consideration OF
the petition OF Rev. w. I. Sinnott for
a rchearing Of said complaint. disai-
lowed the petition and denied it's
prayer. for the judicial deliverances Of
the General Assembly. OF LewIsburg.
w. Va. are not renewable by a sub
sequent General Assembly upon petit
ton to rehear the case decided by the
former court
-. That in response 10 the ovcrtures
from sundry presbyteries touching the
Judgment of the General Assembly at
Lewisburg, ". Va. 1910. the General
Assembly reaftirms its adherence to our
Confession of Faith, as set forth in par
agraph four. chapter 81.
IS. That the General Assembly APP
proves and reafiirms the dcliverances
of the General Assembly At Louisville.
Ky. May. 1911. touching the petition of
the Rev. w. /. Sinnott for a rehcarins
Of his complaint against the Prcsbytery
OF North Alabama. (Signed)
"WILLIAM r. DOBYNS.