The Central Presbyterian

MR. SPURGEON on The WESTMINSTER Confession.--During the recent meeting of the Presbyterian Synod of England, the Moderator held a reception in the Freemason's Tavern, London, to which all the members of Synod, and many others, were invited. Among those present was Mr. Spurgeon, who of course made a speech on the occasion. He seems to have been, says the Belfast Witness, very much at home--in fact he said, "I am myself a good deal of a Presbyterian." In the course of his remarks he referred in the following terms to the Westminster Confession--words worthy of him, and which we trust will be remembered by all Presbyterians who read them:

"In regard to all the main articles of Christian faith he held by the Westminster Confession, and he hoped the Presbyterians would never abandon it. They would not easily come by anything better. He did not say that there might not be a minor point or two on which there might be omission or fresh wording, but in everything of importance they ought to maintain that form of sound words. Of course they would not get any credit for doing so from the public judges of intellect and genius. These were of opinion that the great man was he who could excogitate a new system of theology every month. A man's orthodoxy was held to be sufficient proof of his intellectual weakness. He would dare to assert that there were many men in the ranks of the orthodox who could swallow up these astonishing geniuses as easily as a lot of whitebait. ... He wished the Presbyterian Church all blessing."