The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-08

Session OF the Christian Representative
Body Oponed-synopsis OF the Reports
and Other Papers Read-Thc American
War Question and slavcry-The Pecu-
| liar Institution Denounced by ResoIu-
! tion and the Union supported-History
of the Origin or the Struggle by Rev.
| DIR. Baird, &c.
OUR GENEVA CORRESPONDENCE.
GENEVA Switzerland, Sept ., 1861
The Mccting n the Erangeficat AuianceHStoricat Re
pi.aiscences Of ne CuyHs Religious AemenosConnec
tim aoth FanccOrigin and First Meeting Of the ALI
| dncs Contention, de-, fc.
We are just ut the commencement Of great fctea
glons fc of which think your readers will be pleased
to have notice Il is the conference meeting Of
the Evangelical Alliance A word by way OF his
tory Of this great movement may be amiss. But let
lFst say word two ab ut the city III which this
great meeting s holding TO speak after the detesabe
grammar Of these times sis being heidi let us begn
THIS city If Geneva s a wonderful old place u stands
at the lower end Of The Lake Lenan, both banks Of
the Rhune, lust that river issues from lake II
line city of 40 900 if not indeed 40 GOO nhabi-
tants Every house is built Of stone, varying height
| ffcm four 10 eight stories. The oldest and
smallest part Of The city stands Island in the river
trt distance from the point where il quits hc lake
ihc largest portion Of the city stands tbs elevated
ground Immediately south Of the river occupying in fact
hill OF considerable elevation, which renders mny Of
the streets that run 10 right angles 10 the Rhoc and the
Jake quito tno steep TO walk up in such warm day
have had since our arrival which last Satnrdaytha
hast day Augst. There i large part OF the city on
| tn northern bank Of the river
Is plan that Geneva, all he,e OF il, stood on
the south side Of the ione in the days OF Julius Cesar
we iahe What he says in u The earliest chante
~ ms commentaries AZ reliable authority. From the
cay bat THIS great caPtn appeared briuie the walls q
tbs cry To defend y and all the left bark of the Rhoa,
isom he tart ned Invasion Of the ''leloetc, Geneva
city Ol tie Romans. and continued be such for
| hvi handfca years. ~ The Middle ages the Dukes Of
savoy and the Dks Of burgundy greatly desired 10 have
H. IN The early part Of te sixteenth century In French
reformelsFromSt, the schoolmaster Farel, iii prca H.
~, and John ta.yin the III oogansnccp sivriy panl
this pace and iabored awhile to proplg a. the Protest
ant faith aud the lst named died here HIS gea talents
and renown drew many students to sit his feet and
lg the principles Of the "geiormed d,ctrns,n which
CSinistie ana essentially Presby terrain, contra
! distinction lrom the Lutheran phase of froesantisln
II - important to make this astincton and keep IL il
! view.
! 1eneva was IN those days--more than three hun
died years sn II walled city OF about ten Thousand
inhabitants aud greatly exposed 10 the attacks IT the
Dukes OF savoy, whose residence was in early a
CRANBERRY but was ut Turin III te days OF l.e Rclorma
! ton, and has been snce, they having nearly
one h4ndfea ana hity years ago exeh .ngeJ
kings Of sardiuia,' which they aboui
10 renaush Tor the lolier oi Kings of Italy" H.
ac the Lords Of Berne, whose thea comprise
what low the canton Of Vaad, were otca under tae
nectssiy Il s'udng an enemy 10 drive away the Sl.
NoyarGs tli We're proving around the walls OF thei,
nttr htiabor
IN he days ot the Directory u Franco (1735-p9) III
whole western end oi switzerland ''anneNed" e.
France, anu Geneva became capital al til, depart
Giput I'd The Ienan, aud ngcd Til the Coagr,s
q Vienna created the ctntuu OF Geneva (by t4Siup
slice 5he adjoining part ~ savoy and siinia sic
.m Franco, and annexed tho declaration 81
sw,Hra d, af wh 1t lornis pat tit this day and Is
one q Tie smallest Il tile twenty-five c,atons which
il embraces. 81 late years ths Old city has been tn,
sceEo y aGlod many popular eNeitemeits, and o. It's.
| 90 three favoGti n, which were, ain lappy tosty
| nar'y h'noaiess. This anc NJ aristucraty- weathy
Wei ceiasfad und accomplished pcopn-whch 50 drg
governed tse CITY ami the canton have u 10 give up to
scetrc 70 the democracy AM iautcs fazy-a demgor
al tic rst water, ol certain and abity t.
| nialagc the masses.
Geneva has often been called tn. Protestant Rome
II &c ainy was one Of lh' great centres OF Protestant
/ iocti se and u.ncnco, aud VI temburg was aiohes.
tle Tor The cy whence issued the reformed doc.
tflne that shaped the articles of faith aud tine
o SNtz, lnd, north Of Southern Germaly
| siahet, HD.sanf oia'pl, aud England, too,
rs tie doctrines ol the Established harch are con
c9hea Dut moi us oharch government Bal s hi+0fi
ca c, hiss been extended quite lar enough Let us
now s wore or 1870 about tn. naiurc Of The gious
Jf- wi4,t has been inaGgafated to-Gay
Ihr Evangelical Alliance Conferences, " Of which am
al ito pesk tic tl which ava occurred within the
# Aiierii yeass Tie rsi was he'd II, Lndo, IL Angus,
anil SeptmHc. 1916, tie second III the same at Of ii
year b. 1851; during III Great Indus ia, Exhibition
he ttra "a Paris IL the 1850. he oartii u,
Berlin, the autumn &c 1857 mt the special request al
the lac kng Of rrassia, Frederick William IL. I'll 81
meetings. have lasted eight or nine DAYS 10 two
w'sas dccof ihE 10 circumstances Ihc present IL
- ei.bace ali this week and the first four days OF the
ncNt Ia al ten lays, withot including either sab
bath o. Ac ter,say, although both viii for mpor
| taut iuyS III the anas Of the meeting.
Tbs fy.ugc.,cal Aiiince movem; was projected II,
the tnite states, although the British CHRISTIANS have
"a thc chief alreetin OF it, It's oheal certainly
unbe o1e-aaney, 10 br together protestanis Of in
itu,G', al evangelical nm MONS, without regard to
peculiarly Of doctrle mode of worship The ..loetr
nai bass is what Is termed orthodox, 'cvangeic ii .
At meetings there have been from seven OF sirh,
hundred men 10 Twelve thirteen hundred many Of
them truly distinguished IN III the religious weird, IN
every Protest mt country, as well a from rot
Roman Cath lie, Mahomed an; heather lands All
ady ioar iTg important volumes of ID proceedings
have been published. The present meeting viii give
hth to nth which win not DO inferior in interest "a
ANY OF the preceding,
Having now prepared the way, shall enter upon an
account % the durgs o this great Convention my next