The New York herald., 1873-10-09
The Meeting In Brooklyn.

The Brooklyn Academy OF Music was crowded
Immediately on the opening OF the doors, and at
halEpast seven O'Clock the proceedings were CON-
menced by the invoking OF the Divine blessing by
the Dean OF Canterbury.
The Rev. DR.. STORRs presided, and In a short and
singularly appropriate speech introduced the
various speakers.
ADDRESS OF THE REV. MR.. PRoCHET.
The Rev. Matteo Prochet, OF Genoa, Italy, was
the first speaker, and in reference the conuiton
OF Italy, said that God deals with nations not men,
and that to be successful in promoting the pro-
gress OF true Christianity there, the means OF in
struction must begin with the people. God is
ready and is waiting for us. and he closed by urg
ing the audience to remember even for few mo
ments the present condition OF Italy. (Cheerso
Lord Alfred Churchill as the representative Of
the British Alliance, made short speech defining
the principles OF the Alliance.
ADDRESS OF HENRY WARD BEECHER.
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was called upon to
England. In the course OF his address he said: =
well that the Christian Alliance has union and
seeks it. This belongs to earliest feelings were for
out toleraton rhe unites Of men are in denes
In America We come to freedom in civil and in religious
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affect the soul itself and are beyond the Church In the
IN the conflict.
Mr.. BEECHER then sketched eloquenlty and forci-
bly, the characteristics OF American social life and
liberty. He concluded by introducing the Rev.
John SrOughtOn.
ADDRESS OF DR. sToUGHTON, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
DR.. STOUGHTON, alter referring to what mad
struck him In America, and alter particuarlzing
It, said that when he saw an American IT seemed
to him that he was looking upon man who was
to him condensation OF the characteristics OF
gentleman that he regarded an Englishman as
an undeveloped Yankee Cheers and laughter.)
Upon this he thought that an American must be
ten What he saoas WAS
the characteristic OF American humOr He dwelt at
length upon the remarkably successful character
ana wondrous hospitality of the New York people,
and concluded by an earnest, touching and prac-
tical appeal to those in that vast audience who had
not yet given their hearts to God to do at once
ADDRESS OF DR. HALL
DR.. JOHN HALL. IN the course OF his Speech said
that he desired to correct the notion that the
preston OF Romanism. Never was greater mis-
take. Why, 1t has happened more than once in the
history of this Alliance that when ROmanists
have been prosecuted for conscience sake the
Alliance has struggled in their behalf He con-
Guided by strongly urging that when this
should love and act out this spirit Of brotherly
affection towards those who have conscientious
convictions as to their faith cheers, and then IN
troduced the Rev. n. Sheshadr, IRON Bombay,
who afterwards addressed the audience in q very
interesting speech, in which he expressed q hope
that Bombay would entertain, some day speedily,
the General Conference Of the Evangelical Alliance
and II they did, they would do IL as well even as
New York.
Addresses were afterwards delivered by Pastor
Fsche, OF Paris. and the Rev. Mr.. Grant. OF Canada
after which the benediction was pronounced and
the vast audience separated.