New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-13
EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.
SEVEN SESSIONS ON SATURDAY.


THE LARGEST AUDIENCES ON THE LAST DAY.
TAPTRs BY THE REV. PROP. !. II. JONES, PHI. d.
THE REV. W. FLEMING STEVENSON; TINE HON
W. II. ALLEN. II. D.; THE REV. THOMAS W.
AyEIJNG: THE REV. VIM. A. MUHIRNBURGH
ID; THE LATE COUNT GAsPAEIN: PROP. HENRY
A. NELSON, D. D.; THE REV. F. c. WINES. d. D.
THE REV. Z. ROBIN. b. D.; HENRY BERGH, ESQ.
AND MANY OTHERS.
Seven audiences heard the closing exercises Of the
Evangelical Alliance on Saturday. On Sunday
evening ,as will be seen by reports another page
Eve great mass meetings were held and innumer-
able sermons of which The TRIBUNE has room for
only brief abstracts Of few. were preached by the
foreign delegates in the various churches. These
facts, thus briefly stated convey grander impress
sion Of the effect Of the meetings of the Alliance
than any words which might be used. In any otheI
country and city the meetings OF the Alliance "ouiu
have been more digniied and less enthusiastic Al
the same time, while as mOmentOus they woulu no'
have been reported in any other city as iuiy as ley
have been by TnE TRIBUNE in TINS clty; anu ~ 10
acknowledged by all the delegates that much Oh to
interest and enthusiasm is due to the TACT Vlat HE
tribune daily indicated the Importance Oh the Con-
ference.
The First Section met in Association Hall at 10
o'clock Yesterday morning. PAPERS were reau' as
published below in full, by the Rev. Prof. l. harris
Jones PHI D. of Treveacca College, south Wales, on
Christianity as a Reforming Powers" by the Kew.
w Fleming Stevenson, Dublin, Ireland, on The
Working Power of the Church-iow 10 Utilize 1t"
and by the Hon w. II. Allen, IL D., of Girard Col
leqe. philadelphia. on "The Labor Question"
The Second Section met in st. Pauls NJ. Z. Church,
and papers were read by the Rev. Thomas w. Avel-
ing London. on christian Philanthropy" by the
DIV Wili,u, A Aluh1enburr DID, of ST luke's
Hospital. on Joint Communion Service :" and by
the late Count Ag6nor de Gasparin of Geneva the
care of the Sick
The third section met in the Fourth Avenue Pres
byterian Church. The papers read here were by
Prof Henry A. Nelson, ID. D., of Lane theological
Seminary, Cincinnati Ohio on Intemperance and
its SUPPRESSION by the Rev. E. c. Wines. d. D..
of New York on christianity in its Relations to
Crime and Criminals" by the Rev. Z. Robin, B. D..
of Paris on Industrial Schools an Agency in the
Prevention of Crime :" and by Henry Bergh, esq
on Cruelty to Animals"
IhoFourth Section, which was in effect the closing
Business Session of the Alliance met in Association
Hall at two o'clock in the afternoon, Addresses
were made by the Rev. DR.. Adams, the Rev. John
Hall ID. D.; Lord Alfred Churchill: the Rev. DR..
Fisch of Paris; the Rev. DR.. DOner, Of Germany
the Rev DR.. Greene. of Canada; the Rev. Mr..
Grant of Halifax; tho Rev. lDr Ormiston; and
Bishop Cummings, of Kentucky.
The American Branch of the Alliance'met in AssO-
citation Hall at four o'clock in the afternoon. re-
port of their action is given below:
The Fifth Section met on Saturday evening at As
sociation Hall TO discuss the subject of "Young
Mems Christian Associations" A paper was read by
Cephas Brainerd. esq. of New York. and brief
speeches were made by several speakers.