, 1869-06-01
Speeches Of Drs. Beattie and Mus.
grave on Monday.
Wednesdays Session in the Brick
Church,
DR.. Adaus' Speech.
Taking the Vote on Thursday.
tFaoA OrR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE

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rare, Dr, Deattle and Nj. McKnIoh. ara nrasant.
d. Dr.. Beatt,e Is presentet, ami e,ans tnrvs-',
nanuscrtpt IN hand: personally tnarnnsnrn,ns
5pe Of the orthodox Presbytcrisu divine ta1I |
lender, the form little bent With aye, keen S1ay
yes, and close cut troD-g7ay.ha1r He begins win |
few e1tempore Words, but soon commences 10
Irop his spectacled-eyes upon his manuscript ant,
ne lonr reods uncomnrom,>,nply. a. cantiops
nan who knows that yerY Eord Is being weigh.
n hv hundreds or cr,ttcsi eav rhn osdrrss IL
,r1ef. pertinent fraternal. cnnct,iarorr-
uIl o! earnest desires for the con.
,ufn1uatlon Of tho uuIon. The detailed IA, !
;o5t has already reached yuu, 20 need not % |
nto the matter Of the uddrrsA and here comes
Dr. Masg.aye, the old war-horsc Of Old Scnoollsm,
liz stout t0ure set on BY the Vide sxirted dress.
nat his nrnn,nent no4e sn,7nm,ntetl hv thc orzeu
,oou,ea which shne m. ever a a,de xtrv n NJ.
wa frnm the snertafnr and hfa hald head covered
oy the shining aud ela,orately cur1cd brown viz.
No MANUSCRIPT foy him. How well the old Paslta-
knows how to handle his audience |
How adrctly he puts them into good hupor by his t
tocetious introduction, delivered In his round, |
EoIlicEinc voice. he gives aly poke ut bts COL
League Dr. Beaitte es he a}ludes to hta own are |
which he Il has different Tay Of couceAlLnc from
gis brother" Then, IN his retrospect Of the con-
uoversy, he introduces with an eject that con-
suBes the house, the story OF old Dt. Pessley the
champion Of Psatuody, and his 1ank, white horse,
and so passes, gradually, aa ne sees he has bis
hearers IN his power, 70 the graver matters Of
discussion. A leader and high counsellor In
the movement toward reunion lrnm the beginning,
as cautiously uoTinR man, as stern defender OF
CalEiDistsc orthodoxy, a. one whose attitude on
the question has excited perhaps rs much com-
.ucut rs that OF any other man In either branch,
his Forus are followed nth bTcathless interest.
It - evident ds he goes on ttat the cautious bsatn
a Z u
follow the impulse Of the great Christian heart.
The old man eloquent Is baptized Nth the spirit
Of union. HS whole soul ig full OF II. He wW not
admit that failure Ia possible now. In the
roundest terms he asserts his faith IN the ogtho-
do1r Of his New School brethren. He p.uphcs1es
rue Tate OF heresy hunters On the one hand and OF
hezesy preachers on the other, in the United
Chhtcn- lie beseechea The Church not to insist
upon mere points OF Administration which cirrum-
stances mar make 1t desirable to chnngc, as por-
ttons OF solemn'trcaty which 1t will be next to
impossible TO annul and so on to the close. inter-
rupted now aud then by outbursts Of applause,
Nhen nc e.ses place 10 Elaef MchulEnt, Who in q
Few Wcu'chosen n ofuR expresses the sentiment Of
LIS lay brethren, and Sits down. Dr. Fowler
makes neat response, and the assembly takes
recess. Dr Cox meets as as We leave tho house,
his venerable fncc wet with tears, and graspng
hand n both his Own, e1c1atms, "The fruit Of the
Spirit Is love, Joy, peace.''
The death Of the brother OF William E. Dodge,
ono Of the prominent lay members Of tho Reunion
Committee, delayed tho visit Of the New School
delegates to the other branch. But on WeLne:-
day morning tic Brick Church was llleI, in an-
t!c!pat!co Of their visit However, the Joint CON-
msttcc did not rise until II O'Clock, md the time
up to the hour Of adjournment Ea1 1ued by the
addresses Of delegates from other corresponding
bodies, SO that lnpatlence had to restrain itself s
Thr y-S 3,rtS
OF the session Fds occupied with the reception Of
delegate nom tho United Presby .eEaus- Mean
while We station ourselves In the choir gallery,
over Tue pulpit, from which we command the
whole scene. Thc great church Is filing up Mem
'feFs OF Tue New school Assembly are seen thickly
scattered among the seats, ladies' throug the gal
lef1es+ and tne alsles. about the platform arc
enoAeo "Ha 1nc th9oag oi nlnlstels- Ut. Jaco!'us
conc!uaes ms scps 70 sae Y. Z. tAnsch' and Dr.
Auan1s anu "AHan = pooec noa2' sae plat
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inc Doctor hegins quietly enough, With familiar
alus'on to the divided state Of the churches, and
throws IN pretty soon gooh round assertion Of
Tue ieei1lmacs OF MS ao"n branch uf tho Church.
Ihen ne cntesa upon retrospcc; OF the movement
toward reunion He alules to his fel1oE-comnlit.
tecmaus Ut. Heat1'e' VINO sits lust tefore LIN in
close proximity 10 Ds. coS- lie recalls the cold
Wln'fy uas on which the committee he'll theif
AtAS> "NN" <a@J AoNAAA 4ASAAAANN ~
each other, and how Dr.. Deattie thought he might
some time, In the far.or years, 1oook down from
some height OF hlesscduess In the better land aut
rejoice over united Church But, Gays the Doc.
tor, his Jog has come sooner thaa he had horet
will not PLAY UPON bis name. IT conl1 only have
been derived from " "btof"S,' and he is happ.
man thls day. down goes the tron-efay hcat
upon the hack OF the Ecat andthe Doctors han:l
kercnlei can be seen u luA play. And now q
Nm nfar$r HFT1d n IN rid ht
! ~ Is his wont when roused he Is three himself
"Ah." whispers Clergyman ut our left, "tht
Church has but one Adams" lie Is speaking now
Of the days which attended the Negotiations III
| thanks God for them They have bccn used ie
make tho union the more certatn AMI satisfactory
| In the end. when tho Gun, :" he goes on, " ha.
been nil day long drawing the yapors after himself
they commonly arrange themselves to girc ht
setting glorious reception" The progress O
events has carried tho cautious nlonS With tt
The delays have glsen time for deepening
conviction. And now, as he Views the PAS
anil present together, his mfnd goes baci
to an Old Testament sccnc, ami he tell
us Of lsaac's serrants who 1lggcd well, and wee,
| driven AWAY BY the herlslucR Of Germ, and the!
called the we'll " E~k," contention. And the.
,iieged yet another, anti thcrc, too, strife arose
md they called It SIuah, hatred; and at last tho.
found watef, nnd they and their enemies male
covenant OF peace, and called the well " Shtba,
IN cath. So through the centuries OF the past
tho Church comes TO day TO this well Of living va
ter, and enters into q covenant OF peace, and 70,
gets her strttes at former vcIls- But despair q
giving any adequate Idea Of this speech, replet
with beautiful figures, and literary and class.
allus,ous, get marked throughout BY q thoroug
mastery and grasp Of the great issues at STAKE
Occasionally fash Of numQF would conyulse tn
vast 4sscuhlaqe with laughter. as when he tlt
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