The New York herald., 1873-08-25
Methods and Result

net1ous ana s nssu ~" protestant Missions Among
and Uncivized ;, Ampng Of
RE s OF Laborn missionary Courtesy,
Christian lscience, Literature and Commerce 20
10 MoMlp M Ally Christian Countries, Including the
iamI am Asions in Germany :; "City Missions In Eng
Mode America and Lay Preaching" laws ,inG anu
an Adentia Delays and Acceerations Of Missions,
a. d the Prospects OF Christianity" DR.. Joseph
hullens Secretary ef the London MISSIONARY society
Professor A. II. Chartens, Dean OF the chapel
Royal, Edinburgh; DR.: Grlndemann. Of potsaain'
Germany; Professor David Brown, OF Aberdeen,
South Wales; Rev: Dr. Knox, Of Belfast Ireland ;
tSSvy d. o.
Horce BUSHNELL Of Hartford, Conn.,; DR.: NJ D.
hoge Of Richmond, Va; Dr; Rufqs anderson q
Washington, u. C., and Rev. DIR. Thomas M EDDY,
OF this city, win speak and write on the above
On saturday October II, the last business day of
the Alliance Conference. the discussions will bear
"RELAT1oNs OF CHRISTIANITY TO SOCIAL EvILs.n
The papers to be read viii treat OF Christianity
as Refining Power; Intemperance and Its Sup,
Prison Discipline; Marriage and Divorce Indians
and Freedmen in the United States; the Labor
and Criminals and Christian Philanthropy as Mani
tested IN Hospitals, Deaconesses, Refugees and
Ragged Schools. The speakers ana writer's on
states. Kew W. F. Stevenson, Of Dublin who is at
present travelling here and studying our benev6
n snd I Harry v
sernsso hs German Minister az wasaSstoD sS2 oHn b.
sscn H topes Sseasf Rev. TO 6
Wines q the Prison Reform Association; Dr.. VII
m e ~ tSk Pro-
saS oseher nSn Wiz NShsR b bsh%S s e. q f PITY S
Arg e. GeSgg stuart Of Hon
Allen, Ii. d. OF Girard College, Philadelphia, VIII
also discuss these important questions.
THE CLOSING DAY OF THE CONFERENCE
Sunday, October IL, will be spent somewhat as the
previous Sunday-by sermons delivered morning
and afternoon by the delegates In all the churches
pits may be opened to them, concluding with q
farewell service Of the Conference In the Academy
Of Music New York with addresses and prayers IN
The preceding list Of speakers embraces only
those who have peen specially invited by the
on the subjects assigned them. The several
branches of the Alliance in Europe and America
are also expected to send their officers and dele
gates to take part in the discussions and debera-
tons OF the Conference. The invited speakers will
be allowed thirty minutes each in which TO
limited as ' the occasion may feqafss DEVOTIONAL
meetings Of the sections viii bs held every morn
ing, from nine to ten o'clock 10 the Madison square
y VII De dvs iSTes on our @usc ss
according TO language English, German French,
&C. and topic The sections viii! meet mornings
ssSh ans IN ans sns h9rDs n p 44sa 4sas aa b. I
by's Presbyterian and st. Paul's Methodist Epis-
copal churches in the vicinity. On both sundays
and on Tuesday and Thursday OF the second week
popular meetings will be held in the Academy Of
Music in this city. a French meeting will be held
0n cn ES eSenns saa S
in ASSOCIATION Hall A public meeting will
be held on Wednesday evening, october s. in the
Academy OF Music, Brooklyn 1t Is the settled pur-
pose OF the Alliance, 30 tar as 1t can now be ascer
tained not to entertain any resolutions that would
be likely to commit the Conference to special meas
ures or legislative prerogauves, but to leave every
member and every church represented Tree to fol-
low their own ways after the Conference has ad-
jOurned as they do now. The gathering itself will
be an era in the religious history OF the country
and It's results win probably be permanently ami
'ensn's1lS TaF 1sai sa5W4n V OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY
and sympathy and the breaking down, TO some ex-
tent at least, OF the barriers of prejudice which
make some churches barren OF good works The
show lOrth the essential quality OF that divine prin
cipe ofOve which vitaizes the faith ana which shall
Though coming together from distant and diversi-
fed fields. the delegates OF the Alliance will,
the same sy ymbOl; and IN the spirit OF unity and
fellowship they win be thus the more enabled to
lay broader and deeper the enduring foundations
of Christian fraternity. The sphere OF its power
will be commensurate with the civilized world. No
hierarchy could WELD such influence; nor Will that
power be due except in an inferior respect, to the
Strength OF thought or the intellectual exertion
that NAV be eXhibited but rather to the unity of
Christian purpose and the fraternity of mutual
love which VIII give to their action the irresistible
charm and force Of harmony aud fellowship.
Besides those eminent men already named in
attend the sessions Of the Alliance hereH rhe Paris
cOmmittee@Of the Evangelical Alliance has dele
gated Pastor Emile Cook, President OF the French
Methodist Conference, to attend He Is not un-
known to American MethOdists, and no doubt will
be heartily received by them. Pastor M. Lelievre,
another Methodist minister and editor and author,
has been aDDOinteU DV the Mines committee of the
Mission lntereure to represent them here. Among
the distinguished Baptists of Great Britain who
are expected to be present are the Revs MaClaren.
StOel, Angus, wilkins and Others.
BISHOP REINKENS AND DIR. DOLLINGER,
but they have refused to come. DR.. DUlnger
asked his interrogatOr what use would it be for
hlm to go to America, where We make new sects
every dayS He declared his mission to be the pro-
motion OF Christian union, but he could not see
how he could promote that end by attending the
meeting OF the Alliance IN New York. DUllinger's
expressed purpose Is to affate the Latin and
Greek churches and he must be careful not to
offend either by seeming to court Protestants. He
had doubts, as many others have, that the Alliance
would be able to rise above the traditions Of Prot
estantism and take In its scope the broader views
OF the Gospel The problem in the world
of pronounced Professionalism is this-to Keep
Independent bodies which are full OF faith in their
particular doctrines and methods and full of inter-
est in their particular work, from invading the
work or interests OF each other. That diTliculy
problem, indeed, has greatly simpifed itself in
late years. Christian affection and courtesy have
wrought important changes in the relations OF de-
nominations which understand each otheP bet ter
than they ever did before. Yet some collisions OF
earnest and independent men and bodies do still
occur, and the Alliance is expected to provide in
some way against the recurrence OF such col
lisions.
But, nevertheless, already before the Conference
assemblies,
THERE IS A SOUND OF TROUBLE
In the camp Two Sabbaths will occur during the
sessions Ol the Conference, and on these sacred
days 1t was supposed the delegates would gather
around the table OF the Lord and commemorate His
dying love and manifest their own substantial one
ness IN Christ. But the Alliance has failed to pro-
vide for such service and 1t is asserted that this
failure is due to craven respect fear of the Bap-
lists, whose consciences Will not allow them to
commune at the same table with unimmersed
Christians. In the discussions which have taken
place ON this subject IN the religious press the ALI
ance has been mildly denounced on the one hand
for It's neglect 10 provide such Sabbath service,
while on the other 1t Is lkened to the Bible or
tract or any other society, which have no right,
obligation or power as such society to par
take OF the communion Of the cody and blood OF
the Lord Jesus Christ. For one purpose OF an
argument the Alliance is looked upon as repre-