Show REVISING ITS CREED Presbyterian General Assembly Has 1 S a Surprise Sprung St Louis Mo May Anticipating that the judicial committee would make its report on the McGiffort case at the afternoon session of the general assembly i as-sembly the commissioners and denominational denomi-national friends crowded the big audi l torium of the church to UH utmost capacity ca-pacity S I Additional to this interesting feature SItj committee on bills and overtures I r the assemblY by sprung a surpriseon assembly submitting its rv G < ort on the revision church of the creed of the Presbyterian For this Ilw l wwombly was not prepared Intense caused the matter pared > ind suppressed excitement The rejort which was read by Her rick Johnson of Chicago ohowed that there wore before the committee thirty I eight different wrturcs on the general I Subject of change of reed and IHO I presbyteries had proposed no change of confession of faith Of fie thlriyolght requesting the change one presbyterY asked for a revision that would not Impair the Calvlnlslle system six presbyteries were In favor of a shorter creed twenty desired a new and shorter short-er creed one an alternative creed three a supplementary or fifth statement of doctrine eight a summary of Christian Chris-tian doctrine eight others desired anew a-new ci > ed as a basis of subscription and the nine remaining presbylerleo suggest that the assembly appoint u committee to act and report to thc assembly as-sembly Dr Johnson said the committee doomed the overtures of uch varied nature and of such number as to Justify some action on the part of the assem bly They were FO varied said he that I no plan proposed could be tiled and to enler at once upon either plan proposed was Impossible Tho committee recommended thai a committee of fifteen be appointed lo consist of eight mlnlslers and seven elder el-der from the church at large to consider con-sider a restatement of doctrine and report to the next assembly what spo I cit action should be taken by the I lone hundred and thirteenth I assembly 1 I 11 was also recommended that the dif I feront presbyteries take action on the I mailer of revision at the fall meetings and report to the next assembly After the general assembly had spent j I two hours discussing till report Dr I I John Graham of Philadelphia proposed l a subslllule for It declaring the senti I merit of the commissioners be that no action shall be taken on creed revision I at this lime The debate on the substitute sub-stitute waxed warmer than on the I original report The time having arrived I I ar-rived for the second order of business I the I assembly postponed further discussion dis-cussion on revision until Wednesday aflernoon The report of the judiciary committee was presented and Rev G W fJurch I was given permission to withdraw his I appeal In the heresy charges against j Dr A G McGlffert the latter having llhdrawn from the jurisdiction of theI I Presbyterian church I Al the morning session of the as scmbly Rev Daniel Webster Fisher D D chairman of the committee on polity reported a long list of over lures On each one the committee recommended re-commended no action which was Indorsed In-dorsed by the assembly The polity committee recommended a flKingo in hapter 13 oC the book of discipline which relates to the Judicial commission Tho recommendation was Indorsed by the assembly S Rev Dr Richard S Holmes of Pills I burg Pa read the report of the stand lug committee on the work of home I missions following it with a speech The report was adopted A popular meeting was held tonight I In the interest of home mission work Adresses were made by Rev RichardS Richard-S Holmes of the home missionary board Rev Hugh K Walker of Los I Angeles Cal Rev Dr Holt of Oregon Elder McClelland of Alaska and I Charles L Thompson secretary of the board I |