Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-10
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ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE GAZETTE
The Evangelical Alliance.

New IonK, Oct l0-The delegates to the
Evangelical Alliance Conference arc very busy
to day. The first section met in Association
Hall at 10 a. M, the second in st. Pauls NJ
f.. Church at 10 a. w., the third in the Fourth
Avenue Presbyterian Church at 10 81. M, anu
the fourth 10 Madison Square Church at > p
III. There will bea German meeting this even
ing 10 Association Hall and if the attendance
renders it necessary, the Fourth Avenue Pres
bytcrian Church will be opened at the same
time
The topics for discussion at all the section:
to-day is the missionary work.
Upon the opening of the Association ilal
He also said tomorrow will be devoted to the
section DIR. Prime read an invitation to the dele
gates to visit the Metropolitan Museum Of AIT
closing business Only one session will be held
viz: In Association Hall at p. M, and all
delegates are requested to be in their places
% Sunday evening four public meetings vii
be hcld--one at the Academy of Music, which
will be farewell service. for which tickets will
be furnished.
Immediately adj Dining the Academy OF Music
said DR.. Prime, is the far famed Tammauy Hall.
This hail and also Stcluway Hail will be open
the same evening for addresses by homc and
foreign delegates, aud Cooper Institute will b.
ings commence at clock, to give all the del.
cgates an opportunity Of returning at Q p. m,
to the Academy to participate in the farewell
exercises. DR.. Prime rock occasion TO thauk tho
| reporters for their assistance during the Cor
| terence.
| The duty Of churches 10 relation to missions
was the subject of paper read by the Rev
Joseph Angus, D. d., Of Regents Park, Lon
don. He said preaching was not for the first
age Of the church only but was to 20 on each
generation The sacred writing b"lng supple
mented by the preacher with fifty thousand
preachers for ten years ald one hundred and
fifty millions sterling, the Gospel might be car
rled to every man, woman and child on earth
More than one denomination in America could
| supply all the missionaries in England alone
spends as much money 10 Intoxicating drunk
i'll four years. Ten thousand protesting chris
tlans might be named England who could
give all the money.
a paper on Territorial divisions OF mission
AIRY fields Of labor in missionary countries, writ
ten by Rev. Rufus Anderson, ID Of Boston
Mass. WIS read by Rev. Dr. Clark. 1t state
that til re are Sc missionary societies at worl
from all evangelical denominations in Christen
dom, which spend over five million dollars Stcr
lug year and have two Thousand ordained
missionaries aud four times as many native
helpers.
There is little to be unprecedented from Papa
opposition 10 barbarous nations, as the natives
soon learn to look upon them as of diffcrcn
religion But the danger was from missiona
ries Of one sccic:y taking up converts of another
imperltctIy taught as to the minor points whicl
divide christendom. On Interference b.; mis-
sionaries of different denominations and thu
occupation of different fields, labor wa
resolved upon by the great council which
closed this year at Allahabad, and at which
twenty denominations We're represented.
Obligations of science, literature and com.
mcrce TO Christian Missions was the title Of
paper read by Rev. L. NJ. Eddy, DID,, Q
New York