The New York herald., 1873-08-25

Vest indies The second meeting was held IN IN
'aris in 1855, during the French Exposiuon .nU ,u
hird at Berlin in 1857, the fourtn AZ uenesa i u
~ 69e shn 'n 1sa, n ass na%sd active EFFORTS
orth to e1ect o branch organlzatlon y. .n1 s ,%at
lnce in this country and on January ., Sathcr
ng was quite large and respectable anu I repIe e CO
,ented very much OF the Christian wealth as i,'iam
q the Christian virtue ol tae o fhe at
that time erfected, and this positon n1 rha s;xth
steadily up to the present noul' vas aat 70 have
been held here in 1870, but for the sudden uleaAn
out of the war between Germany anu rlans1s A1
It's disastrous results TO the S1nnu to a. 1 81
the coming together even mere Oh Sne Nau az repIe
sentatives OF the Protestant CnHrca IN those .
countries The subject was therefore, ien IN abey.
ance, and commissioners were appointed TO visit II
the principal cities, churches and INSTITUTIONS OF
learning in Europe na ance TO- such
men as the body here mad previously agreed upon
or the Commission might be able to induce to come
time Hnss to time since to impress the people
here with the great significance ana impor,
TO Secure the attendance Of such representative
men from different foreign countries. me Rev
Dr. the Leading sPs U sse r@S Mhoe
sive years, and is even now abroad: Large ar sams
OF money also lsSooOO), have been raised to cover
ties as well as other outlaysnecessarlly incident
to such an occasion; It. IT, then definitely settled s6
that the " sesc se "a
closing them on the 18th OF that month.
THE PRELIMINARY SESSION
will be held on Thursday evening-the opening
day-in the hall Of the Young Mems Christian
Association, on Fourth avenue and Twenty-thlr
street. Mr. William E. Dodge win preside, and the
address or welcome will be delivered by Rev. DE-.
Adams, to which the Officers and some delegates
Of the European branches VIII reply On the next ext
elect It's oiiicers, the President Of the Conference
WIN deliver ap address, and ths delegates A NJ! y
the ''Present State OF Christend0mr Excluding
English speaking countres) Will be heard. Among
the speakers selected for this occasion are Rev.
Eugene Berser OF Paris, provided he can get away,
which is not yet quite certain Rev. H. Krum-
macher, of Branden6urg, Germany; Rev. M. Cohen
Stuart, OF Rotterdam, Netherlands; Rev. Matteo
Precinct, Of Genoa Italy Rev. Antonio Carrasco, OF
Madrid, Spain; Rev. Charles Toren Dean of Upsala,
Scandinavia Rev. Erik Nystivem, PHI D., OF Stock.
burg whose name has not yet been announced.
ON Saturday, October 4, papers will be read con-
corning ------2'T
"CHRIsTIAN UNION,
it's Basis, Modes of it's Promotion and Manilesta-
tlon and Its COnsistence with DenOminational Dis
tinction;n 1.-The objects and influence OF the Evan.
gelical Alliance in Promoting Christian Union and
Religious Liberty;'' 1.-THE Relations Spiritual and
Ecclesiastical the United States to Great Britain
and the Continent OF Europe" and lastly, 'The
interchange OF Pulpits." There is ample room Tor
varied thought and diversity Of opinion In this
grand subject Of Christian union. And we ought
to expect and to hear something grand and Sub
lime on these points from such men as the very
Rev. John r: Payne Smith, D. D., Dean Of Canter-
bury; Rev. John otOughtOn, D. D.. OF London; Rev.
g. MOnod D. D., OF Paris; Rev. Paul kletnert, OF
the University Of Berlin; Rev. James Davis and
Alliance; DR.. Hodge, of Princeton Seminary, New
Jersey; Bishop Bedell protestant EpiscopaD, OF
OHIO, &nd Bishop Simpson lMeth0disp, 0I Phila-
delphia - IN 49, S - r,sf
The churches of this city are expected to open
their doors and pupts on the Sabbath to the Al
liaice delegates and all such who receive them
viii have an opportunity to hear and to contrast
the ministry OF the Old World with that OF the New
forded to this generation. The morning and alter
OF that.day will be devoted, therefore, TO TINS
service and IN the eyenng general n meeting MlI
On Monday, october 6, the sessions OF the Al
lance will be devoted to discussion Of
and papers will be read on 1Rationalism and Pam
theism" 'Materalism and Positivism;' on the
"Best Methods OF Counteracting Modern Inhdel-
ity;" on the Harmony of Science and Revela-
ton - 'The Gospel History and Modern Criti-
cism;' Theology and Philosophy" Faith and
progr ANNE will give occasion to some Of the most
eminent minds in 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.its antagonists-wil foes
VINO are so assduously seeking TO undermine the
subjects from such men as Rev. Professor j. J.
Stewart Perowne, d. d., OF Trinity College, Cam
College London; Rev. DR.. John Cairns, of Berwick,
England; Professor CalderwO0d, Of Edinburgh Uni
versity; DR.. Holman, Court Chaplain at Berlin
Rev. Professor ChrIsslieb, OF the University OF
Bonn; Rev. Professor OOsterzee, OF the University
of Utrecht Holland; Professor Godet, OF Neuchatel
Switzerland; President Dawson, of McGi College,
Montreal; Dr. McCosh and DR.. Guyot, OF Prince
ton DR.. Il. A. Washburn, OF this city President j.
W. Nevn, OF Lancaster Pa; Professor e ss, Park OF
W. +. warren, OF Boston University, and Professor
Henry, OF the Smithsonian Institute, Washington,
D. q. Certainly this array Of scholarly talent ought
to produce and present something worth hearing
and remembering for years to come.
Tuesday, October !, will be spent in discussing
'sTHE CHRISTIAN LIFE"
including Personal Religion, its Aids and Hin
ORANGES; Prayer and the system OF Nature; Fam
lily Religion Sunday schools, Religious and secular
Edu alton Demands Of Christianity upon lJs Pro-
fessors in Commercial and Public Affairs ana the
Right Use OF Wealth; Revivals OF Religion how to
make them productive OF permanent good; Mod
ern Literature in its Relations to Christianity; the
Pulpit OF the Age and Young Mems Christian Asso-
ciaton. These themes should give chance to the
speakers appointed to measure such schemes as the
Credit MoDilier ana the back action Congressional
salary grab; the corners in gold and coal and corn
and other commercial and financial matters OF
doubtful morality, with the highest and best type of
Christian morals. They should also and they doubt
less will oer occasion to dwell upon topics that are
now engrosslng the attention OF many
or the expulsion of the Bible from the public
schools and the prayer test OF Professor Tynda
and others. The debaters OF these questions in
clude such names Rev. William Arnot, OF Edin.
burgh; Dr. James Ii. Rigg OF the Wesleyan College,
Westminster; DR.. j. c. Harrison, Of London DR..
Paris; Professor Pfeiderer, OF Wurtempurg; Hon.
J. w. Van Loon, OF Amsterdam; DR.. Noah Porter,
OF Yale College, New Haven, Conn.,; ex-PresdeIit
Hopkins, OF Williams College, Massachusetts; Henry
Waru Beecher, OF Brooklyn; Professor Anderson,
Of Rochester University; DIR. Fuller, OF Baltimore
Professor Plumer, OF Columbia, =. c.; Rev. DR..
Mast OF Cincinnatl DR.. Richard Newton, OF Phila-
delphia; Rev. Phillips BrOokes, OF Boston, Mass.
Cephas Brainard, OF this city, and Professor ID. p
Kidder, OF Drew Seminary, Madison, N J.
Wednesday, October =. will be devoted to dis
cussiOn OF
"PROTEsTANTIsM AND CATHOLICISM"
including papers upon such topics as the "Princ
pies OF the Reformation "Supremacy of the Bi
be,n classification by Faith and Christian Liberty
effects Of the Reformation Upon Modern Civiliza
tion," present Aspect OF komanIsm, the new
dogInas of the Immaculate Conception and Papa
Infallibty, the Vatican Council and the Polltica
Aspect OF Modern Romanism and Jesuitism, the Ole
Catholic Movement" "Reaction Against Romanism
and the Training required to enable Protestant
Ministers enectuaily to meet the Intellectual and
Practical Demands OF the Age.n. These topics will
be treated by men who have lived and labored
as 1t were, under the shadow and in
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