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...creed will supplement, not abolish, the Westminster Confession, says Dowey. His committee will propose to the general assembly that the church constitution include the West minster Confession, the Confession of 1967, and six other historical statements of belief, such as the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed, which predate the Protestant Reformation and are accepted by most Christians. The Westminster Confession will thus be de-emphasized and set in its historical place as the expression of 17th century Presbyterianism. "A confession is not a monument, but the tool for the present mission of the church. It is not good...
...with a full column, page one, lead article. You hoped that this last-minute publicity would foil the HCUA, but it was not enough. However, an assist from the freshmen, whom both you and the HCUA had forgotten, brought victory and you could laugh. "The HCUA could not even abolish itself...
Epigram into Epic. Legal freedom, of course, does not abolish economic bondage. The heroine shacks up with a tenant farmer and watches a greedy landlord grind him down. Demoralized and dispossessed, the couple drifts to the big city and dissolves into a vast white slum remarkably like Harlem. At the climax, both are caught up in street riots and tandup strikes that gradually evolve into an effective drive for racial equality...
Unquestionably, the main issue of such an election would be the constitutional one. Thus the possibility arises of a Council being elected to abolish itself, or of a lame duck council dissolving the posts its successors were to fill...
...referendum to abolish the council was spurned by a college-wide margin of 1123 to 996, but it was the lopsided 431-90 freshman vote that decided the issue and eclipsed a substantial 906-692 upperclass consensus in favor of the motion...