Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-05-12 | Page 2 | Westminster Confesion

WESTMINSTER I Minister Strikes cs at R Root Hoot x t of oC the lie I Presbyterian Pros Pres rc h n Creed New Nev ew York May Ia 11 In In In a final nal effort effort efort ef- ef fort ort to secure the tho abolition of the Westminster confession of faith the basis of ot the tho Presbyterian creed the Rev Samuel T. T Carter has addressed an n open letter Jetor to the general generl Presbyterian Presby- Presby erian terian assembly which meets in Des DesMoines Moines on May 18 in which he delares de- de le lares clares There never was as there Is not now and nd thero never will wi be such a God as ashe a athe the he God of the Westminster confes- confes Ion slon sion It I Is an idol 1101 of or mans man's Invention Inventions as s truly trub as an any worshiped in n Ill Delhi Pekin o or of Africa old who ho has Dr Carter is an man for or more than thirty years been a minister of ot the Presbyterian church Some omo years ago ngo he hc gave up his S charge In older norder to the years of or ofIs his Is life to to a n devotE fight against t scholastic theology neology and th the Westminster con- con S The reading of his letter leter at the tho generl assembly In Des Moines Is certain to provoke the bitterest controversy con- con trover on a a. subject which has ha stirred the ho ministry more than once He Ho made his is first attack atack nearly three years ago and nd stirred the church to its Is depths This time it I Is expected that the tho general general genral gen- gen eral ral assembly will wi take definite action acton both oth on the subject of the Ye Westminster confession and Dr Carter