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day evening, when the pa
services and only twenty
hundred on the roll) one
re-examination was orda
Has the ' Interior" consii
daining a young man, wi
against wnose doctrinal
pending? And of ordaini
considered the protest?
members of Presbytery c<
On October 4, 1909, th
voted to ordain another <
re-examination. Complai:
entered. Synod was to
Presbytery proceeded to
man on October 14. Does
an effort to forestall the
considering the matter ot
cess?
The reader will ask wh
for obiectimr to the ord
complaint that was laid b
Second: We complain bee
a satisfactory substitute for
dination, the examination fo
examination showed serious
tures and the Confession of
nation, according to a rule i
tery, was a written statemen
April meeting, "embodying
damental points of the Chri
tnis statement, as to the S
the Trinity, the nature and n
of Christ, strongly suggests,
the writer holds a system o
doctrines of evangelical reli
fnanUn 1??UU
icooivu ui x' ami art: iiuiauiy
flagrantly opposed to our coi
There Is no affirmation in
really accepts the whole teac
ing his faith. He does not
sional doctrine as to the
Sabellian conception of the G
Deity of Christ is unsatisfact
view known now as Rltscti
and the doctrine of electic
proper sense from this statei
whatever as to the doctrine
When Mr. Black was examl
the supreme and infallible
rightly determining his faitl
declared that he did not he
of Christ, the raising of Laza
physical resurrection of Chrii
further Questioned he modif
say that he did not know w
or not, although he did not q
In the Scripture. This made
the inspiration of the Scrip
the assertion of the Scriptur
lng of our Confession of Fait
Does the "Interior" bel
of facts any Presbytery c
out a clear and distinct re
without a special examina
The "Interior" goes 01
The truth of the mattercompetent
evidence wheneve
that the young men demonst
THE PRESBYTERIAN
stors were at their mid-week
members voted (out of two
: of these men, and without
ined, as a laborer in China.
[lered the imnrnnriptv of or
f 1 -V
thout a second examination,
views a strong protest was
ng him before the Synod had
And at a season when many
ould not be present?
le Presbytery met again and
of these young men without
nt to Synod was immediately
meet October 19. Yet the
ordain and install the young
> the "Interior" sustain such
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hcrwise than by judicial proether
there was good ground
ination of these men? The
iefore the Synod states:
ause the Presbytery accepted as
the proper examination for orr
licensure held June 14. This
departures from both the ScripFaith.
The basis of the examirecently
adopted by the Presbyit
presented by Mr. Black at the
his convictions upon the fun
sLittn uospei. ine language of
criptures, the person of Christ,
lethod of salvation and the work
if it does not openly affirm, that
f belief in which these cardinal
gion and especially of our Conabsent.
Indeed, it seems to be
nfessional and Biblical teaching,
this paper that the candidate
:hing of Holy Scriptures as bindaffirin
his belief in the ConfesTrinity,
but rather suggests
iodhead. His language as to the
ory and vague, and suggests the
ilianism. Justification by faith
>n are wholly absent in every
nent, nor is there any statement
of future punishment,
tned orally, he explicitly rejected
authorify of the Scriptures as
1. At the first examination he
lieve either in the Virgin Birth
rus rrom tne dead, or the actual
st's body from the grave. When
led his assertion sufficiently to
hether he believed these things
mestlon that they were recorded
it plain that he,held a view of
tures fundamentally opposed to
es themselves and to the teachh.
ieve that under such a state
ught to ordain a man withnunciation
of his errors, and
UUII puui LVJ UlUIIIdllUII.
n to say:
-which can be established by
r necessary?is on the contrary
rated themselves in such accord
r OF THE SOUTH.
with the Standards of the Chi
no ground for rejecting them,
on its records the definite sti
were found agreeing with the
of Faith in every particular ej
?though they did not deny?
They did very positively afllri
nation and the atonement as t
trines.
nobody should pretend to
does not recognize that the c
men holding to interpretations
Church nas long since explici
behind. New York rTesbytery
ous innovations; its troubleson
for impossible reactions.
Just here emerges one of
case. The Synod of New
satisfaction with the views
referred the "complaint" t
and the report of the Comn
records of Synod \vithout <
ter of course.
The language of the Cc
said:
Second. The Judicial Comn
such facts in regard to the vi
before it and has reached the
tedly some of the statements <
his first examination, are ope
objectionable and so far forth
for their complaint, yet the mc
candidate in his second exami
with, form a fair basis for the
his views conform to the Stan
question whether the examinati
the Presbytery is primarily tl
a mniorltv vnto tn anotoln If
find sufficient ground to justify
The Synod's Commission
the haste in ordaining the y
ing of Synod does not confo
9 of the Discipline.
But now the "Interior" a*
were found agreeng with
fession of Faith, except," et<
tests and complaint are frc
pretations of the standards '
since repudiated or tacitly 1
Is this true? Has the Pr<
either "repudiated" or "tac
dinal doctrine*; as the mvp
Adam, the deity of Christ,
the Scriptures? We cannot
lieve it: not for a moment,
fore us, how can we avoid
terior" believes that many
pudiated by those whom it
The pastor of Mr. Rock
land, Ohio, says that the cr;
today is a ministry that hs
lungs, can run iaster, jump
longer, and make quicker tir
men." Paul says: Bodily e
little, but godliness is profit
promise of the life which n<
to come.
December 15, 1909.
urch that the Presbytery had
The Presbytery has entered
atement that the young men
doctrines of the Confession
[fPtlf that tllPV rtiH not affirm
the virgin birth of the Lord,
n the doctrine3 of the incarhe
Standards have those docunderstand
this dispute who
omplainants in the case are
i of the Standards which the
tly repudiated or tacitly left
is not going ahead to dangerle
minority is simply fighting
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the gravest aspects of the
York did not declare its
; of these young men. It
o its judical Commission
ussiuii was cuicicu on (lie
discussion?just as a matunmission
is guarded. It
lisslon has weighed carefully
ews of the candidates as are
conclusion that while admitjf
the candidate, especially in
n to doubt, or are positively
the complainants have ground
idified views presented by the
nation and papers filed therei
opinion of the majority that
dards of the Church. On the
ion should be sustained or not
ie judge and has decided by
This Commission does not
a reversal of this decision.
aeciarea empnaticaily that
oung man before the meetrm
to the spirit of Chapter
>serts that "the young men
the doctrines of the CottIt
declares that the promt
"men holding to intervvhich
the Church has long
eft behind."
;sbyterian Church (North)
itly left behind" such carnant
of works, the fall of
the infallible authority of
believe it. We do not beBut
with this editorial bethe
inference that the "Inof
these doctrines are rerepresents?
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