Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-10-18

CLOSE OF THE ALLIANCE. The closing GER
emonies of the Evangelical Alliance were held
last Sunday evening at the Academy of Music
and two other large public halls in New York
city, but the interest of the public centered in
the meeting at the Academy of 'jusic over
which the Mayor of the city presided. At all
the meetings farewell addresses were delivered
by the most eminent foreign and home orators.
The general expression was that the American
meeting of The Alliance had been the most sue.
cessful of the six conferences which have been
held and had its united forces SO that lis iu.
IRE influence could not but largely and stead.
! lily increase The American branch of the Al
lance has established n permanent organiza-
iion, and will hold biennial meetings here.
after. The meeting on Saturday was devoted
to reading of papers on rclormalory institutions
and processes and their connection with Christ
ianity Among the essays was one by Rev
w. A. PAssAvANT, orN. Y. city on Refugees"
The papers read before the Alliance are to
he printed in hook form by New York pub
Usher and will make n volume of great value
not alone to the ,heologiau, but TO all who de-
sire to keep abreast OF the best thought of the
most attention was that of last Monday treat.
Ing of christianity and lis antagonisms, and in
which the Darwinian theory of evolution was
thoroughly discussed by some of The ablesi
men Of the Alliance, European and American
Hardly second TO this was the debate on Thurs.
day on "Christianily and Civil Government"
the notable papers being that of ex.Prsident
WooLsEY, of Yale, Oh Constitution and Gov
ernment in the United States rs relaied TO Re.
llgiOn," which was an exhaustive essay upon
the subject Ui the dependence OF religion upon
the State IN this country, and that by Presi.
dent CURRY, of the Richmond University, up
on "rhe Church and the Nation" which was
81 close and uncompromising on argument a.
gainst the interference of the State with rellg-
Ion that the Chairman of the meeting cut short
the delivery, upon the ground that, if prolong
| ed, ut would make deep and abiding wounds" ="
II seems 10 hayc been Objectionable to some Of
the German and English delegates, disciples of
the State religion ut their reSpt ctlve countries
The New York Tribune, in no sense a sympa-
thizer with what is known as "Evangelical''
sentiment, comedies that In the tea days de.
bates "ihere have been large contributions to
the sum Of human knowledge and the results
of human ihought and what Is more aud bet
ter, large advance In tolerance, cathollciiy,
charity. The Christian world draws closer To.
gether Difference In uniform and armor, In
watchwords and countersigns, are growing
smaller aud counting for less.
Some oi the delegates to the Evangelical
Alliance, just closed In such happy manner,
have already left our shores. Others who re.
main having completed their business, have
started to enjoy their well.earned pleasure, 10
visit the President, and the various cities and
colleges which have extended Invitations to
them Monday morning they might have
been seen" by twos, by threes, by fours, wend-
Ing their way on foo, and In carriages down
Cortland street TO the Jersey City Ferry, Rey.
DIR. McOosh, Chairman of the Railroad Com,
mitlee, met Them nj the depot. and were as
slduously attentive toward making everything
comfortable for them. A little after O'Clock
The long train of Pullman palace cars took
them away, amid the warm good byes and
waving handkerchieis of the friends let be-
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