The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-08
GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 6, 1861.
OUR GENEVA CORRESPONDENTS.

GENEVA Switzerland Sept. g. 1861
Progress eft Evangelical, Acknowledgements from
all tie Protestant NaionS9he Subjects Before the Boly
IN Cancels lsndid and Edifging Scene Tie Great
CAamler-The Scsich and F,e'sch Diriaes, &c,
Tho great meeting of the Evangelical Alliance to which
alluded in my last commenced Monday, the I'd inst
ad viii continue week longer. 4 large number of
strangers here from all the Protestant nations on the
of the globe All the respectable hotels full and
many Of the houses Of the citizens filed with dis
ngashcd strangers. Gcnevese hospitality has not been
famous hterto but really the people to the
i'm oriance Of doing better Justice themselves There
Is great deal of wealth here nothing exceed the
ty OF the vflias'i Tor canpagncs us they cat all
houses that have gardens OF considerable size attached 10
then) IN tbs vicinity. The houses Of many Of The ricn
people IA the city are large, cdmmodions and speadidy
furnished There IS more cultivation, more wei educated
and elegant people this old city than any other in En-,
rope 81 the same population.
The nan upon which these meetings are conducted Is
thisThege two sessions every day one from nine
A. NJ Til twelve ~, and the other from Two p. w. ill
king i'll oil six hours which are certainly cnongh
for this hot weather. may remark passan THAI it
is long since tho Swiss have seen so much hot
weather in summer The has disappeared from
many " the submits OF the Alps which used 20 lie
I'LL tie year, and never within The memory oil the Oldest
nbabiiant (aad they live long amid these mountains
that is, peors do) has Moaat Bapc exposed 40
much of his great anks he has boen doing OF late
Really he begins look little like a great half picked
turkey Iaapreaosd, however, he will be robea all over
in rest white before many weeks pass away. But let
the conferences OF the Evangelical Alliance
! have said Lat there many people here How
many members # the Alliance are here or rather how
many have come TO attend It's meetings do net know
Some days aao thousand Ind registered thcir nancs
places If residence and places Of their stay while here
The meetings vary according circumstances from 500
30 2c9u persons IN number In the forenoon the non.
alce Is larger than Tho aftcnoos rartly because the
great sbegts thca discussed generally the French
anggae and partly because the meetings held in the
Church " s. Peter, which argc N the afternoon on
the contrary, the meetings generally held chapel
that certain more than 500 people and often
| the language English or some Other foreign tongue
Year readers may bc pleased have br,af notice az
the subjects which lave before the conferences ami
| tae mode Ia which they treated.
TIE first messing last Monday morning wes an int O.
ductry NJ Adricn Navillethe accomplished chair
man Of the Swiss branch OF the Alliance who admirably
presiacs ali the meetings-dellycrcd beautirl
rpeeeh ia whirh ne gayc cordial welcome the foreign
ssbrrGten," members Of tho Alliance: 10 which SIR
CuunE Earlley, o: Eng and: Dr krwn,nacher oc Cor.
many; Nj Mungd, Of Paris aud iir. Erd o( America
! made brief and suitable responses
Tho a beautiful The ,struie atood nj
beneath the pulpit famous that ~ which ,he
great Gavin often stood aud proclaimed rec Gospel
thasa days by ltvely young man Of the name OF
Gorilla WHO not inferior prcache~ any man In
France SwIiZr and. The gtat aitea columns MITE
sons and massive arches u Gothic style gave grand