The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-22

Presbyterian church into sn ,e- pendent congregation, which will have |Dr. Edmonds for it's pastor and which, for the present, will hold services in the Jewish temple on Highland ave lnue, if present plans mature. The report of the Judiciary committee ydoes not bring an indictment against Dr. Ydmonds preventing him from preaching, Mt merely condemns his doctrine with Recommendation to him to study and pqRy over the matter until the spring m&eting of the presbytery, when the mat tef will be reopened.
 Cannot Appear in His Pulpit
 The Birmingham delegation here re- gards the resolution us but a play upon words used to obscure the real meaning of the motion, it's inevitable effect, they say, being that Dr. Edmonds cannot ap- bear in the pulpit of the South Highland Presbyterian church until the condemna Non of his teaching is removed.
 B. J. Bowie. acting for the ,Birming ham men here. called Henry L. Badham of Birmingham on long distance tonight and instructed him to insert an advertise mem, in tomorrow morningsss Herald calling upon the friends of .Dr. Edmonds and those who were in accord with his
 
 merce at o'clock Friday night. Every member of the Birmingham party here, including Borden Burr, F F. Ballard. Frank P. Glass, and severa, other promi- nent members of South Highland church, subscribed to the movement. The idea Is to have pr. Edmonds for pastor and to begin holding services next Sunday, at which time the presbytery's resolution will be read from Dr. Edmonds' present pulpit.
 Delegation Ordered Out of Church
 The Birmingham delegation did all in its power to stay the resolution, but were ordered out of the church when the pres bytery went into executive session. Pre- viously they had seen every presbytery delegate and had individually pledged numbers of them to Dr. Edmonds cause in the vote.
 On the vote in the executive session 1t required about three hours to reach a unanimous verdict.
 The Committees Report
 The report of the Judiciary committee which was adopted by the presbytery fol Iows:
 We recommend to the presbytery of North Alabama in response to the action of the session of thes South Highland church, referring to this presbytery the Goctrinal views of their pastor Dr. H. M @@e'+<aAA6 Iows
 " The vicarious sacrifice of Christ is ], phrase having definite meaning. It spe- officially designates the sufferings and death of Christ in their relation to the remission of sins and to the satisfaction of the justice of God, The vcarious sac riflce of Christ was an evidence of the penal consequence of sin by the offended law giver in place of the offending sub 5ect, E Fl 2 ssss s
 Tt was the absolutely essential pre- condition of the forgiveness of human sins and this absolute necessity has it's ground in the immutable moral per- factions of the divine nature that this has been from the beginning the one unchanged, publicly declared and cov- enanted faith. of the reform churches. there cannot be a shadow of doubt.
 Uniform and Conspicuously Clear
 .As to this the consensus of all the reformed eymbols has always been uni- form and conspicuously clear.
 "Thig uniform consensus of the
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