Show THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION According to a t dispatch from flom New York yesterday yes yes- ef the Presbyterian Commission on Revision of the Creed has lias isIs tentatively decided to revise the theY Y CS Confession ion in iii several enral respects the being that of the doctrine of infant in- in mat lant damnation which will be he disavowed by a declaratory statement of belief in ill the salvation of all who die i iI in infancy It is to be hoped that this action action- will action will will- willbe be accepted ac sic- and e sed endorsed s dO d by the a General h l h Conven tion The old oHI dogma in jn question by many has regarded as a handicap lIL upon lon Presbyterianism Pres- Pres tending ending more or to affect its popularity larity and progress pl ever el since the laity began to think upon matteis matters of faith faiths and doctrine and to ask questions question It would be unjust to the highly influential and useful chuich chUlch to assume that belief in the thee damnation ion of ed infants has been een general or even existent to any extent among members rs of the communion in our time But it is its clearly learly set forth in the Westminster Confession and to this da day every postulant for Presbyterian ordination ordination ordina ordina- tion must solemnly subscribe to it Heretofore e Idl revision of this arti article le of faith has been opposed by bJ a conservative element in the communion communion com corn munion not because of any objection to the chan change e considered on n its merits but because of an indisposition indisposition indisposition to alt alter r in an any way a great and in many respects respects re re- re- re specs grand historical Christian charter To 10 Presbyterians Presbyterians' of the older sort the Confession has been and still largely is as dear demo as the Apostles' Apostles Creed is to the Anglican Church And it is for these Fathers in Israel to consent to the amendment of what they hold as a sacred constitution But the new generation in the d nomination denomination undoubtedly demands that a doctrine so opposed to the spirit of oft t the te e day shall be dropped formally as it has been practically for many years Jears |