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Show death, time and eternity, becomes unfathomable, unfathom-able, fur tho Intellect of man cannot sound those de;lhs, it must give up the problem anil eouteiit ttSi-lf with aguoticism. If the Utile la not the revealed word of God, final and absolute In Its truth, theology U mere guesswork, and tho origin and destiny of man are iinexplainable, Thai It l!io momentous ijitostton now before the 1'r -sb , ti-rlau. Discussion of revisions of their ireed 1h time thrown away until It Is cet-tl-tl. lrof. Hitious Is right, the whole Con-fi'Hi Con-fi'Hi n of Faith 1b built on ilctlon. and not on eternal verities. If he is right. It proceeds from false assumptions, hy which the words of man are mnde the Infallible Word of God. and It is the construction ,,f super-itltlun and n.ii a structure founded in revealed truth. Wo have come upon troublous tlmn.-t for the faith when tlieol iglans themselves are working work-ing away with all their might to destroy Itt foundations. ' To this Dr. McNikck, the neslor of our divines, says: "There is no go id opportunity just now f say inu.-h alsmt llu revHlon matter for the r.-HM.nthat the reportofth.-sperJalcomm'tte--of twenty-five o .p -luted last May by th gen eral asa-midy w II not bi made p;i;!io ui.tl the assembly meets 111 Detroit ilea, M:k v. T.e assembly s made 1111 of inlnlst -rial and lay delegates from Kia l'r.-ilivt -Ties, the strong majority of which I'D sbyteries demand revision. re-vision. 8 it Is board ti co ne. This coin-m coin-m tlei- of tweiiiy-ilve was app -Inte l in res-ponie res-ponie to that rt -maud, ant the dl pit hes tell us that the committee arj unatilmou-. in their conclusions. The dispat -lies also tell us what chapters and secilons Iu the conf,-snion will bj changed, but. of com so, do not tell uswhat t: e p opuse.l eh inges are. I am ino-t heartily ,n lavorof revision myself, and wifli it had been brought about lo- g ago. 1 he ad-ires-) 01 D,-, khiouk, which has railed forth so much auvers- criticism, was given at his installation In the new proressoishtp of biblical thedogy In Union seminary iu New York a fi w we -ks ;-go 1 have not seen any full r-port of it y.-t. Hut If the address Is what certain extended paragraphs par-agraphs seem to Indicate, then 1 have the same Idea of lr Hiiioos that you would have of some high republican official who would use his IniiuencH t undermine the republican paity and to build up and strength-n the democratic dem-ocratic party. J hold that as long as a man chooses to rema'n In connection with any piil t cal or religious organization, he is tinner obligation to be loyal to the fundamental principles of that organization. And whtn Ills conscience rails upon him to oppose those principles let him do so by al! means. But let him first imitate I-CTiitn'a example and leave the organization. THK PUKSBVTIEKIAS REVISION. Although sick with the universal grip, Dr. MeN'iECE expressed himself on the proposed revision of the Westminister West-minister confession which is now agitating agi-tating tbe religious world. What makes the subject all the more interesting just now is the tendency of a certain faction to repudiate the old creed altogether. To use the language of another: The foundation of the faith of chils'ondom is the bible. The church is built ou the theory that tbe do trinns and statements of scripture ma the revealed woidofliod concerning tho truths - f eternity, whb-h else would bj unknown un-known to mankind. Hut IJrof. Huioos. the foremoHt teacher in the foremost of the Presbyterian Pres-byterian schools of theology. Instructs his students that tho bible Is not the word of God, but a fallible book written by fallible men. So far as It Is true, his doctnue is substantially, the bible is of God, and only so far. Its truths, according to him. are limited by the etpaclty of its human writers to apprehend truth, and Its error are proportionate to the limitations of tlu-ir knowledge and perceptions. If that Is so. undoubtedly the superior intelligence and greater enlightenment of this day would be able to write a better and a truer bible tban the old scriptures. They would make It more strictly in accordance with the conclusions of modern science and philosophy, by which Prof, nmoi s gives his students the right to test the trurh of the scriptures. This Is the Instruction In bibllci! theology which can lidaten for the Presbyterian ministry min-istry now reclv. It destroys the supernatural super-natural foundation of religion by rejecting tbe a .t'iorlty of the bible as a revelation from heaven. The church ia l-ft with nothing noth-ing to lean upon escept the conclusions of human reason. ' The mystery of life and |