The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-09-03

Herald says.
"oa Saturday, October, 4, papers
will 10 read concerning
"clRlsriAE UNION,
its Basis, modes of its Promotion and
Manifestation, and its Consistence
with 'Denon'inutioual Distinction :"
"Ihe Objects and Influence Of the
Evangelical Alliance in Promoting
Christian Urion and Religious Libor.
ty; "Tho Relations, Spiritual and
Eccelsiasticul, OF tho Unitcd States
to Great Britain aud tho Continent
to Europe,' and lastly, Tho Inter.
change oi Pulpits." There is ample
room Ter varied thcugEt and diversity
Of criaion in this urray Of subjects,
bearing however, upon the o.e g,and
subject OF Christian u,irn. Aud We
ohght to expect and to hear somc
thing grand and sublime on these
polnfr tom such men as tho yer,
Rev. john II. Payne Smith, D, d.,
Dean III Canterbury; Rcv. Jvhn
Stough,on, D. T., of Tendon Rev.
q. Monod, d. d, of Paris !; Rev.
i"ut Pieldclt, of the University, of
Berlin ;Rcv. James Davis, and Rev.
DR.. Schn cttan, Secretaries of the
BIltlsh alliance DR.. Hodge, of
Princeton Seminary, New JcrSoy' (;
BISHOP Bedeil protestant EpiscopurS,
OF Ohio, and Bishop Simpson (Methv.
disr), Of Philadelphia.
On Monday, October 6, tho ses
slons of the Alliance will be devoted
to u discussion Of
CHRISTIANITY AND IT'S ANTAG oNIsms,n -
and papers will be read on "Ration.
alism ADD pantheism," "Matctialisn
and PositiviSm - on the "D,.st
Methods of Countcracting Mvdern
i"hdclity - on the "Harmcny of
Science and Revelation :" "Thc Cos.
pei History and Modem Criticism u"
"Theology and Philosophy :" "Faith
and Reason," and "Chl istlauity and
Humanity" This programo will
give occasion to some of the most
eminent minds i'll Europe and
America to present their best
thoughts on the subjects indicated =,
and to show US plainly and
directly how Christianity MAY meet
and overcome it's antagonists s-wi1y
foes who arc 80 assiduously seeking
to undermine the Foundation Of our
faith. We shall hear on these sub
lccta from such men as Rev. Prof.
J.J. Stewart Perownc, -. D., Of
Trinity College, Cambridge; Rev
Piof. Stanley Leathcs, Of Kings
College, London Rev. Dr.. John
Cairns, of Berwick, England. Prof.
Calderwood, of Edinburgh Universi-
ty DR.. Hoffman, Court Chaplain at
Berlin; Rev. Ch,istlicb, of the
University of Bonu Rev. Prof.
Utrecht, Holland .; Prof. Godct of
Neuchatol, Switzerland President
Dawson, of McGill College, Montreal
Dr.. McCosh and DR.. Guyot, of Prince.
ton DR.. i. a. Washburn, of this
city President j. w. Nevin, of
Lancaster Pa. Prof Park, of An.
dover Prof. II. B. Smith, of this
city; DR.. W. f. Warren of Boston
University, and Prof. henry, of the
Smithsonian Institute, Washington,
q. Certainly this array of scholar
ly talent ought to produce and pre-
sent something worth hearing and
remembering for years to come.
Tuesday, October 2, will be spent
IN discussing papers on
"TlIE CHRISTIAN JIEEn
including Personal Religion, PRAYER
and the System Of Nature Family
Religion, Sunday Schools, Religious
and Secular Education Rcvivals of
Religion, how to make them produc.
tiue Of permanent good Modern
Literature in its Relations to Ch-is.
tiahity the Pulpit Of the Ago and
Young Mems Christian Association.
They should also, and they doubtless
will, oiEer occasions to dwell upou
topics that arc now cngrossing tho
attention of many minds in this land
namely The retention or the ex.
pnisioa Of the Bible from the public
schools, and the prayer test of Prof.
Tyndal and others. The dcbatc,s of
these questions include such name cs
as Rev. William Arnot, of Edinburg;
DR.: j. Ii. Kigg, of the Wesleyan
College, Westminster DR.. j. G..
Harrison, of J,ondou DR.. Franck
Conliu, Of Geneva ; DIR. George Fisca
of Paris Prof. Pfeidercr, of Wur-
tcmburg Hon. J. w. Van Loon, of
Am stcrdam DR.. Noah Porter, Of
lalo College, New Haven, Conn. ;
ex.Prcsident Hopkins, of Williams
College, Mass; Henry Ward Bcechcr,
of brooklyn Prof. Anderson, of
Rochester University DR.. Fuller, Of
Baltimore Pro. flumer, Of Columbia
s. G. Row. DR.. Mast, of Cincinnati !;
Dr.. Richard Newton, of Philadelphia;
Rev. Phillips Brookcs, of Boston,
Mass, 3; Cephas Brainard, of this city
and Professor ID. l.. Kiddcr, of Drew