The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-12

land with higher liehl. 10 tell our people of a
eoun'ry regsrding which they have no just
| MISUNDERSTANDING which You yourselves, as we'll
as the people of all the world, have no Just con-
ception. fT. " ~ 'TT1G
But It was not alone to look on thisgreat
| nation IN its material form that we have
come. 1t was the object OF our coming to visit
your churches, and give expression TO the feel
| ing that has been SO long in our hearts iu Ire.
land with regard to the churches of America.
We have looked upon them throughout some
| parts OF the land, and we have seen so much
| splendot OF wealth and exquisite skill and sim
gnlar elements OF beauty and tasteiulness in the
| whole arrangement of your places of worship,
that we were surprised with pleasure, And
| what about the preaching?
must say, In regard to that, that have been
most miserably disappointed Pardon me for
saying so. had expected on coming here 10
have heard at least an odd number of great and
eloquent sermons. j am free to tell you that
have listened to two or three very able, fully
orthodox, and truly eloquent discOurses from
! your pulphs, but the rest have been very com
mopplace. Laughter.) Yet these have kept
such chain about me that ! have not been
| permitted the pleasure of hearing more of your
able and eloquent divines. l have suffered great
loss by being deprived of that pleasure perhaps
and my people at home have suffered that loss
too. have seen the working OF Christianity
among you, aud give glory to the Most HIGH for
what He hath done. Springing up on every
hand, as rapidly as the builders hand can work
are the churches and the schools. Since have
seen your schools, can say that our Sabbath
Schools seem to fade away into perfect insigni-
ticance TO them. This truly is an evidence of
how God is worSlng in this country.
Rev. DR.. Denham made mention in compli.
mentary terms, of our country, our people the
Sabbath Schools, which he thought particularly
an American institution, and paid tribute to
the teachers, old and young engaged in thenoble
work of the free schools Of the land, BELIEVING
that Americans rightly understood the proper
foundations for the perpetuity and prosperity of
their country, by giving to their youth this
| sound and thorough secular and religious educa-
| ton. He referred especially to the mission of
DR.. Hall and himself to this land, as the repre-
| sentatives OF the Presbyterian Church of Great
Britain and ireland, to express the earnest desire
OF that Church that the spirit of union might
prevail among the several branches of the Ame-
rican Presbyterian Church, and hoped that the
hour would soon come realizing this wish. He
reflected somewhat on his misguided country
men who entered into the "Fenian iasco,n and
afterwards spoke to that other portion Of his
countrymen whom he acknowledged he thought
more OF than the former, the Scotch-Irish Pres
byterians, urging them to hold on to the doc
trines of Calvin, which they had been educated
in, as being the embodiment of true and strong
expression OF faith, and concluded with recipro-
eating the kind wishes and hospitable atten-
tions manifested towards them during their stay
! in America,
ADDRESS OF REV. DIR. HALL.
| 1t is to me sad and sorTowful fact that to.
night stand up to speak to this audience. On
the 18th OF May, bright and sunshiny, tt omen
| OF the happiness that was before me, we steamed
rapidly into the midst of the beauties of the har-
| Dor of New York. On the 18th of this month-next
| Saturday. have the prospect of sailing away
from the same harbor, and to return, after these
two months of most pleasant and salutary ex-
| citement, to my own land. l have been told by
some that at is shame to go away so soon,n
and too feel, in some measure, that there is
| truth in the statement; but l hope it will be
borne in mind that we have, by Gods blessing,
! accomplished that round of service which the
| Church prescribed for ne. For few days past
| / have been feeling somewhat like a vagrant
WANDERING about without dpinitp
ment; and with an honest desire for work, do
| again wish TO go back to honest and proper en-
poymeDt. (Applause.) These Two months have
| been OF singularly pleasant and OF permanently
| useful employment have had the pleasure of
being present at some OF the great meetings of
| the Church.
In travelling around have seen the standing
| OF this vast nation, and l have wondered like
| unto Great Britain, what magic Ichain could
maintain this vast unity What could so bind
man TO man as to keep them in such great
| brotherhood? What sacred influences could
work upon them that they lived so long
| together without disoTdering their relations
And have thought of ancient Rome, and the
! thought has sometimes forced itself before me,
is it to be with Great Britain and America as 1t
has been with preceding empires that have cul-
minated into national life, and then have
| vanished from sight, like the fast dying brand,
| leaving nothing but ruins. Then again Thought
| there is no comparison between the two coun-
tries and the empires of the past. We do not
| need to ask, as has been asked OF SYRIA Greece
| Rome, and Carthage, "Where are they ?n There
! is an element in these Christian empires which
they did not possess. There is a Christian en-
ergy to which Greece and Rome were strangers.
They had not this preserving salt that God has
gwen US. Oh, should we not be faithful that
| this salt may never lose its SAVIOR
Let us pray that the citizens of this great
! republic and the subjects Of Queen Victoria may
have an increasing and deepening experience
! and desire for that true conserving and preserv-
ing power which God hath connected with our
| blessed and holy religion. l Have been aston
| ished with the mass of fertile resources by
which the people of this republic are char
| acterlzed. You have got above the old-fashoned
| inquiry, "HoW grandfather did such and such
! thing 2" You walk straight to the mark right
| to IT, and finish 1t off square. In such dspo-
sltion and nature surely there are great advan-
! tages, because OF most fertile resources. have
| not indeed, seen any wooden nutmegs and
suppose the culture Of that particular KIND of
article has ceased in America. (Applause and
laughter.) But have seen in many places an
earnestness, an audacty of ingenuity / have
wondered and hoped, shall not the citizens of
this glorious land be citizens with ourselves in
the New JerusalemY
Both of the latter speakers spoke at length of
their stay IN America, and, after entertaining the
audience pleasantlywith interesting details, bid
| them farewell.
The resolutions of parting were then offered
by the Rev. M. W. Jacobus, Ii. d., in brief
address, seconded by George FL. Stuart, Esq.
RESOLUTIONS.
First-That we ess God for the advent and soiourn
among us OF the Rev. Drs. Denham and Hail. as also
| DR.. Fairbairn and Mr.. Wells, ana the noble repre-
senetiyes OF the Irish and Scottish Assemblies OF the
sence and their earnest Christian utteraace 10 ur
families IN our pulpts, in our General Assemblies,
well various other occasions, social and pub ic
and we pray God for their n their