The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-15
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CIimpscs OF the Alliance.
ny REV. JOHN p. AIKEN, pAwLrr

occ1 ncIu III Now Ork calicu the EVangcl-
ical Alliance, and as many of your readers
could not be present to attend any of those
meetings perhaps glimpse at that rcnown-
ed Worlds Convention would not be dis
pleasing.
Let us first 90 together to Association
Hall, which will hereafter have a celebrity
peculiar to itself We find the outside en-
frances, the wide stairways, and the spa.
cioul, and beautiful rooms upon the first
floor of the Y. NJ c. A. building thronqed
with gentlemen and ladies, many of whom
are strangers in the city.
On entering the Hall we find it gaily
trimmed with flags of different nations in.
tertwined with the stars and stripes.
Behind the platform we read the rover.
ed names of Wiclif, Calvin, Knox, Bun.
pan, Wesley and Edwards, and appropriate
inscriptions.
Upon the platform we see a goodly set Of
men. Among them, we Immediately rec
ogni2e DR.. Woolscy who prcsides, DR..
McCosh, the great mctaphysician DR..
Adams, whose opening address has been so
highly praised. Doctors Prime and Schafr,
the chief promoters of this great meeting,
and the latter Of waiom, more than to any
other man its success was due, and other
distinguished representatives of the
churches.
We also see group of Foreigners. Those
two men sitting together in the front row
of chairs are evidently Englshmen. On
inquiry we find that the taller and larger
one, with benevolent, and intellectual
countenancc is the Rev. II. Payne Smith
Dean of Canterbury. His companion who
has pleasant but in no way distinguished
appearance is the representative of Eng
lands nobility, LorI Alfred Churchill.
And who are these two setting behind
them. We Judge from their appearance
that they are Germans. The one who ey-
identity is somewhat advanced in years, has
compact head and earnest face which
bespeak distinction. This is Dorner of
Berlin, the leading thcologian of Germany.
The young man who sits bcsd. him, grace
full in his appearance with an interesting
and classic face is Chrstif of Bonn,
Prussia, who won eminent distinction at the
Alliance by his paper on Modern Infidelty.
Some of the other foreigners upon the plat
form are Cook of Paris, Prochet of Genoa,
Stuart of Rotterdam, Fliedncr of Madrid
and Sheshalri of Bombay The mass of
the delegates sit below in the front of the
audience. And what an audience it Is
One glance suffices to know that there is
great intellectually here, and when we see
all on floor and in gallery rise and sing, or
bow in prayer, we know that there is also
great spirituality.
As day after day passes and each day
Aeeo"o'ion Hall is crowded, and at the
same time the spacious Methodist Episcopal
church near by, while large gatherings as
sembled also at the Madison Square Pres
bytcrian church, the church of the Disci-
Piles, Or. Hepworths) which by the way
is most admirably adapted for the people.
We realize something of the magnitude and
Importance of this great convention.
But when the second Sabbath comes then
we have an opportunity to observe its pop
ular effect. Nearly twenty thousand ac-
cording to the estimate of the i'yiJuac,were.
out upon the evening of sunday, October
18th, attending the great meetings which
were held in the Academy of Music, Stein.
way Hail. Tammany Hall, purgcd temper
arly of its INSCRIPTIONS politicians, and the
Church of the Disciples,
1t is Sunday evening, and we are on our
way to the Academy of Music. The horse
cars are crowded with people going in the
same direction. We find throng gathered
at the outside entrance. BY energetic eff
fort we reach the door, guarded by police
men and on showing our tickets enter.
Ilurredy we 90 toward the individual
stationed at the gate who seems to be tax
ne tickets by the handful and obtain adj
mission.
Already, though the hour is early we find
the house dcnscly filed, but by gooi fortune
obtain comfortable seat. The immense
platform extending the whole front of the
building is crowded with foreign delegates,
and noted clergymen and laymen of vari-
Gus denominations. From the center OF the
lofty ceiling hangs Il magnificent chande-
lier consisting of three circlets of lights, con-
nected by glass pgism' which brilliantly
Eliminates the room.
The speakers succeed each other in rapid
succession, tor their are many to speak and
the time is limited.
Now the vast audience rise, rs one MIA,
and as with one voice, ings the praises of
rcdeeming love. The last OF the foreigners
who speak, are Sheshadri the llindoo con-
yer, whose word, so simple, yet 81 full of
true eloqucncc, has been listened 10 with
, certainly as much interest as those of any
of the delegates, and the Dean OF CaLter-
bury who utters appropriate aud feeling SEN
timents, full of love for the church universal.
The tarewells of the delegates having
been spoken, Rev, DIR, Schcnck of the Epis-
, copal church responds in an eloquent and
feeling address the audience listening with
the deepest attention, Then all unite in
I prayer with Rev DR.. Adams, He with
several Of the delegates llncels upon the
nlatform Who that was present will ever
$ forget that far well greeting, or indeed any
S of those delightful gatherings, whose object
was to extend the Redeemers Kingdom and
, to bless the world.
SALE OF THE FORMER RESIDENCE OF
President VAN BuREN.-lhe famous es-
tate at Kinelcrhook, the residence of the late
ex. President Martin Van Buren, aud recent
t " owned by George Wilder, Esq, was pur-