| Show REVISING Tho committee appointed l at nt the tho last Presbyterian assembly for the purpose o ot explaining the tho creed of ot that denomination nation has hns commenced Its work As AI we understand It tithe the task before thin committee Is not to te formulate a now new creed ereo nor no I to revise r properly ing the tho ono one now accepted but to malts malt mi nn explanatory statement of tha tho points considered objectionable by ninny many For years tho has hns been boen cussed d among tho Presbyterians To Todome dome the tho doctrine of ot Infant damnation lion tion an nil a II result rosult of ot predestination tion seemed and they demanded Its ItA elimination from thu creed theologians how over Cel could see the tho danger of admitting that the creed la Is wrong In any nn particular ular and un thoy held heta that t the tho offensive doctrine la It really not In the creed The Thel explained that while the tho declaration of or pronounced the tho salvation of nil all elect Infants It was WIS really silent allent on fate of tho a o who aro not elect But Dut expressions In the creed cree that seem Itom to contradict this Ingenious ex explanation e and the tho was ap appointed pointed wa believe to explain and h the tho apparently contradictory points and thus remove tho necessity for a 0 revision an explanation will amount to toa a II revision all the tho same For the ob object obJect is la to formulate a 0 statement that covers the tho actual ballot bollot among the tho In Presbyterians of the present day duy and lind this belief bollet It Is well under understood stood Is not In harmony with some of the doctrines laid down by tho of tho old creed ns generally Under stood tood Tho labors of the tho will bo followed with Interest It Is a 1 pity tha gentlemen charged with this work were not Instructed to compare corn palo the confession of faith paragraph by paragraph with lIh tho Scriptures to out how till far may ma be he divergent lorrent from the standards or how tar far they thoy may fall to embody the truth as ns found In tho Inspired word Most MOlt of the ac M accepted creeds are no matter how admirable thoy may be for the age to which they thoy considering the light lIht then available thy they are obsolete now Our generation has the benefit not only enly gf Qt the tha research of former son gen generations but also of ho tho more recent advancement a In and under understanding standing The creeds need to be brought uj to date dato and ana unless they ore are they will never fulfill tho for Cor which they the are framed |
