New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-12-15
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took place LAST evening a, III; Green.
This movement FIRST took form and assumed definite ALI
ard purpose August last, when Conference OF up
,s thousand Delegates from al parts OF the Christ
IA, world net az FreeEasous Hall or the 18TH o; thai
Month These Delegates belonged 70 au the various
act. of Professionalism excepting TIE Established Church
of ENGLAND and the English Episcopal Church IN TIE
r,;,,s states ard the Unitarian and uuiversalis,
chss " aud on tie 18th ef tie sane month After
,5 se5a,e s,i consultation, the Conference resolved
lf INFO TIE Evangelical Alliance, for the promotion
=, ,n ,nd ;s breakiu. down OF he barriers OF -ects
-aDi.r, between the different Protestant Churches
therein represented Constitution containing eisat
Articles was adopted; and subscribed 5y The Alliance AID
nrov.iou ulsde for Organizing Auxiliary Establishments
!. various parts Of Chr:s,endor Tie American Dele
ra.;on consisted Of eighty seven members, mostly
ministers and representing al Ire various FEoss'al;
.ects with The above exceptions in obedience 70 me
general plan ond constitution OF he A.'sace' ne
American Delegation appointed Committee e carry
out and complete the organization OF me Ac'e''eal
branch Of tue Parent Institution This Committee cSsi
together for service few days since has been actveI
employed during the past week upon the duties assigned
i. ana viii report It's proceedings IN detail TO Is con
dtaents ;he eighty seven American Delegates 70 the
London Couie-erce) on Tuesday the ID OF February
pex,-at which time the Delegates invited punc'uaiy
10 attend.
Meanwhile the movement is ripe or giving The plans
o: the Alliance 70 public discussion and the meeting
last night Vas called the purpose Of tree and popu-
Jar explanation OF the fundamental principles plans, de
signs and hopes Of the Alliance. The attendance was
naturally very lar-e-ihe speakers able and evidently
sincere and warm with their subec,snd the occasion
altogether equal novelty and interest In the
pulpit were seven or egh; Clergyen each with an ex
ception in the case OF Drs Cox and SKINNER who have
BEEN as the ieensly and paytuly said almost
as one thirty four years. belonging 10 different de-
nomination OF Christians \ Methodist preceded Lu-
| ,heran-a ConSrecarorslist followed Baptist and a
Presbyterian gave way length TO Dutch Rciorrer-
The addresses were of varied bur wesusisined inter
est snd were ali briet. perspicuous and charitable
There difficulty in ascertsiuins from any one OF
them very clear aud definite idea OF the objects OF the
new Alliance and yet esch speaker seemed to strength
en- and make striking what had already been said
We had only opportunity listening TO Rev. Mes
.ieurs SeHMuoXER, lutheran. OF Pennsylvania kIRY,
Congregst onalist Boston, Cox. Presbyterian Brook
yn) PICK Methodist Pastor OF the Church where the
meeting was heidi and MASON. Our crowded space pos
lively torbds our noticing the addresses IN detail and
We mus, therefore content ourselves with bret emu
meraon OF the plans and principles developed by the
| speakers.
The grand idea of the Evangelical Allisnce-ihc
groundwork upon which Il TO be bullt-is that the dill
crenccs OF belief among nil Protestant sccs save the
ntarians Epscopslans Universslsts and Guakers are
| fewer and OF less Importance than the points upon
which they agree and that those differences are -oi
essential to the conversion OF the unresenerse man
The Puscyi;es declared be- tor all practical pur
poses Identical with the Church OF Rome the GlusAers
are said to be necessarily excluded by their adherence
to silence in their worship and their peculiar belief re
pectiuc the Scriptures the Iuitarlans are declared IN
the Judgment OF III. Alliance To belong 10 the Chris
tan family and TO De- entirely out OF the pale OF the
| Christian Church and OF the Cniyersslists nothing
| whatever said.
II Will be seen even by these imperfect statements
that this is movement OF no common Importance ana
that these Churches about avail themselves oil the
and incacuabe advantages OF association Tor the
purpose Of etFectng certain grand common objects
Those objects simply the spread OF Proesantisin
.or that portion OF represented by the Churches en-
gagged this movemcut) and the overthrow OF Roman
ism and all faiths which hang upon II or lead INTO II
We neglect 10 state however. that the Evan
relica Alliance is not avowcdy Anu Roman league
is 1t identified with the AntlSlaycry or the
Temperance any other particular movement OF Inc
age. It merely processes, generally to promote Chrs
tan and unity among the churches taking part IN II
and extend the religion OF Christ ard the blolc
throughout the world 1t would give US pleasure to
present instead OF this mcager and dry outline tull
report OF the able and eloquent addresses 10 which we
s,ened-but We must positively refrain
| PROFESSOR GoURAUD's LEcTURE.-lt is only this
morning that have been able to lind room 10 notice
the lecture OF Professor GouR,vD the Lcycrricr
Planet delivered AT tic FRIDAY evening
The lecture had been looked for with much curiosity
| and the attendance OF large audience showed how
great WAS the interest which it had excited in tho public
mind The lecturer has already acquired wide and en-
vable distinction in this country savan and an ora
tor and we had Friday evening cause for aston,
shmen, al the tastdous OF his language the
elegance OF his dcton and the purity OF his pronunca
| uon-quaies in which he surpasses many native
speakers.
After characteristic and brilliant introduction the
lecturer wen; into circuns tantial examination of what
en,i,les TO priority the OF scientific discoveries
This subject was rich matter and powerfully and ably
handled The comparison between Dsguerrc and Lever
rier WAS particularly happy. Dasuerrc, that other
glory of France said NJ GoURArD) Dasucrrc said one
day Let the sun paint and the Gun painted. Lever
r-r also said Let world exist 10 account scientifically
Tor the perturbatou OF Uranus and this world appeared
in the heavens.
After abiding in the interesting manner 10 the
various leading scientific discoveries OF past ages the
lecturer arrived at the discovery OF UranGstha, other
planet said he) which produced lively sensation in
the scientific world upon is hrs, discovery and which
completed the halo OF Immortality which crowns the
brow OF Herschel and OF whom England with her usu-
a. claims the glory Herschel continued The
Professor was Hanoverian by birth and no, an Eng
shnen He believed for long time that i, comet
instead OF planet tina, he had discovered 1t was said
that had been actually by Flanstssd and by i've
or six other later trequired nothing less
than all the energy OF Lalsnde and all the eloquence OF
Arazo 10 secure to Hersche the RICH. OF discovery
Justly his The same hazard attended Columbus in his
! discovery OF the New World
Passing the subject of Grartatioa-thas great dis
covery to which even the achievement OF Leyerier Is
principally owing-he Professor showed that the claims
Of the immortal Newton had been very Tar from pass
ing without energetic dispute. Nay there was evidence
TO prove tina, the law Of universal gravraon known
TO the Oriental philosophers thousands Of years
before il was proclaimed by Newton Now them (con.
tnued P.ofessor) that !. be demonstrated both
by evidence and that Electricity and the Light
nngrod the Balloon and the Parachute the Telescope
Steam Universal Gravity, &c &c. were known TO the
ancents or have mentioned 81 writer's before the