The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-11

other proposed amendment or drop the
matter Of the revision of the para
graph entirely. Among the ovcrtures
IN thts connection To he presented to
the assembly, ii is probable none will
receive more careful consideration
than the amendment presented to tho
fresbytery OF Mccl<lrnburg BY Rev A.
H. Shaw. u. n. pastor OF Tenth Ave-
nue. church. Charlotte. " C. This
amendment was adopted by the pres
hytcrN and will he presented in tho
form OF an overture To the assembly
II reads as follows: The presby-
terry of Mecklenburg declined to adopt
the proposed amendment 10 The
elect infant clause, and overtures the
general assembly to amend Section ),
Chapter y, al the Confession OF Faith.
by striking out the entire section :.
and substituting therefor the follow
ing: In the citectual application oil
the redemption purchased by Christ
TO infants and 10 other persons. who
arc incapable ~ being outwardly
called BY tho ministry of the word,
tile use Of the word or OF other ordn-
anccs of the church, is not necessary:
but they are regcnerated and saved
by Christ through the Spirit. who
worketh Whom and wherc and how lie
nlcascth.'"
III, II 5IprcSSiou seems To prevail
that iio; a great deal OF time during
tho assembly in Atlanta will be spent
in the discussion "f this question. as
haas been the case during several as
srmblies in the past hut that some
conclusion viii bc reached within a
short time.
Change. Authorized.
INC votes Of tho prcSbytcries re-
gardinE three proposed changes III the
Eook OF Church order have given the
three f"n,ths majority IcIuirri "r1
these changes arc authorized The
first az these changes is with rctc~.
ence 10 the bats of representation
To the general assembly ana reads as
follows. Every preabytery shall he
entitl'i to send one minister and on'
ruling cl1cr. but If tho nuuipe- "tI
communicates In its churches and
ministers ON its roll together he over
1000, ii shall send an additional min
lister and ruling elder and in like pro
portion for every 1000 communicates
and minister's
The adoption of this change wIn
enlarge considerably the number of
commissioners To the general assem-
bly,. The present basis OF representa-
ton Ia the general assembly is one
minister ana one ruling elder from
every presbStcry. except in those pres
byterics where there arc more than
Twenty-Five minister's, and in those,
the representation is tw" ministers
and two ruling elders.
The second amendment authorized
by the vote of the prcshytcrios il
that the general assembly be given
The right 10 commit any case on trial.
that comes to il on appeal, To the
Judgment of a commission.
The other change authorized by the
vote of the prcsbytcries. is with ref
croncc to changes in the requirements
Gospel ministry
SOrial Features.
The social feature viii not he lack
ing at tire assembly one instance OF
this nature which promises to be es-
pcciaiiy enjoyable. will be the ban
qcut on Saturday AFTERNOON, which
Rev. George H. Atkinson. president oil
the Albcmnrle Normal and Industrial
institute. at Albemarle. y. c.. viii
give 10 the alumni Of Mccormick Theo-
iogicai Seminary, Chicago, of which he
is member. Included in the com
missioners OF the three assemblies
which will b. in session "a, Atlanta are
a large number of alumni of this sem
mary. Rev. n. s Carrier. n. D.. a
member of the faculty. Will be toast
master, and special guests of honor
Will be Rev. J. ~ Mcdonald. u. D., OF
Toronto, Canada: William r Ellis o.
Swarthmorc. Pa. the modcrators and
former modcratorS Of the three as
scmblics, all missionaries present, and