The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-09-27

Alliance proposes. II has now had q life OF a quar-
ter OF century welding more or less the power OF
Protestant Christendom Now will you tell me- Ia
| WHAT 1T HAS DoNRs
a Dr pEsm can point to noble RECORD Ul
It's Efforts oppression and persecution have ceased
In Russia and Austria. II has opened Italy to the
| Bible and taken the temporal power from the
Pope. 1t has brought It's inauence to bear upon
China and Japan, aad to-day there is not nation
according to the dictates OF his conscience, while
| twenty years ago there were many countries
done grand work in Europe and is doing the same
| In Asia.
India, but do you not know that In spite OF their
| exertiOns and or the influence OF English govern
mental and commercial supremacy the Mahome-
that populous empire faster than Christianity
DR.. PRIhEI have seen such assertions and
me; will whip the Koran yet. We are only just
learning how to use The Bible. and with 1t we Will
conquer the world
Pastor Dreyer, Of Bremen.
Among the delegates to the Conference already
arrived the HERALD reporter met at the rooms OF
the Alliance Pastor EDWARD Breyer, OF the Re-
formed or ''New Kirche,n Bremen. He is a stall
wart old man. Of fine personal presence, standing
over six feet in height lbroadsshouaered and
heavily built. He appears about tstxty years
The reporter learned from him that he is the repre-
Church, the new or Reformed Dutch Church, but
| OF all other denominations - well; as Bremen 10
tso ss se Ct ae
Which claims to be the exclusively true Church,
hl sects there join heartily IN the objects and
zeal for the of Christian progress inducing
tins venerable pastor to cross tue sea. He has
finds mis- city very largely Represented among the
active business men Of New York.
| Ron~>s~n< - ti~~ F-Cu~ T~HV~
After thirty years. service as missionary In
India, hale, gray bearded man OF fity- live comes
across nearly half the circumference OF the globe to
| attend the Conference and read an important
| paper before the Alliance. This is the Rev.
| John Long, an English Episcopal missionary
| from Bombay. He says that In British India
there are none OF those UNCONVENTIONAL dissenstons
| which sometimes mar the harmony and beauty OF
religious professions among the scots OF Europe
| and America. There all work together against
| heatnanism and MahOmetanism "Even the
Roman Catholics" said the sturdy old preacher;
81 get along well with them. They have very large
mission establishments, especially in the south OF
India, and are highly successful In some respects
| their organization and method are better than
| ours. ad
| NOT ENCUMBERED BY FAMILIES.
They are under better discipline and have the ad-
| vantage OF superior mobility. They are ready to
be placed where they can do most good. But 50
| far as thave observed NO enmIty exists In india
between Any OF the ,E branches OF the Christian
| done wonders In giving to that benighted people
the blessings OF Christian civilization India has
population Of about 24000O,O0O, according to the
| recent enumeration which by far exceeds all the
previous estimates and 1t In Of the most vital i'm
possible under the power OF Christianity.
REPORTER-Is it true that the greed Of Mahomet
| is rapidly gaining converts in Indlas
Mr I.ONl
o far larger MOslem population than it was sup
posed we had In India, but doubt II it is now
largely on the increase. The Koran has been very
generally adopted by the pariahs and others Of the
lowest castles in some DISTRICTS Tor the that
OF CASTE ana their condition as Mosems 10, there
fore, decidedly preferable to their prior state under
the rgOrs OF Brahmncal rule
AN ERRAND OF PEACE.
For nearly year have been on tour through
Russia looking into the question of serf emancipa-
ton. IN which am much Interested and which has
Alliance Thna it a great work in the best inter.
ests OF humanity. In this matter the enlightened
sentiment OF all who hope and labor for the eeva-
ton of our race comedies England Is endeavOring
10 civilze and Chrisanize India, while Russia seeks
to ennoble and elevate the wild peoples OF her
wide plains and carry the culture and development
% h and sre
danger that the good understanding now existing
Russia ana ts % may Se o Ss
borders where the two sovereignties approach
each other. Nothing could be more disastrous
great empires 1t would put the civilization or
Asia back for ages IL seems to me that this is
question In which the United States should take
the deepest interest. A war between Russia, your
early and constant friend and ally, and Great
commercial and social ties, would be specially in
furious to the United States. II would disturb her
would her stream nor Of %m
terfere with her unparalleled growth.
THE MISSION OF PROGRESS.
To these three nations, Russia, England and the
United States is given the great mission OF clviiza
ton in this age, especially In Asia, with her almost
countless populations. They bring the forces OF
Christian development upon her from three sides.
virtually surrounding her. Each. works by the meth.
5 sse
power trees the slaves Of Khtva and holds the war
like hordes Of the steppes In check British rule in
India all the industrial appliances Of Western
civilization with the moral force OF regulated gov
eminent. America carries commercial enterprise
near neighbors, with whom she interchanges pro-
ducts and communicates to those nations, hoary
gressve ideas OF the age Of steam electricity and
the printing press. | hope the sentiment OF
ss rs pr sr nd
Russia an imposstbility.
Delegate from Holland.
A representative Of the HERALD found the &C.
credited delegate to the Conference from the Prot
estant Churches OF Holland in the person Of the
reverend pastor, M. Cohen Stuart Of Rotterdam,
Secretary OF the Netherlands branch OF the Evan.
gelical Alliance. He Is the guest Of the Rev. John
Mason Ferris Secretary OF the Board Of Foreign
Missions OF the Reformed Church, at the ancient
home OF an old Knickcrbocker family In the quiet
shady village Of Flatbush. The pastor is the son Of
converted Jew, who, on his marriage with the
descendant off Scotch emigrant, added her name
OF Stuart to his own OF Cohen, which signifies
'priest." Thus his children bear the royal Scot
fish name. Pastor Stuart Is stoutly built man. q
little below our medium OF stature, with
straight black hair. dark bright eyes, COM
plexion slightly ford and the aquiline nose
OF his paternal stock. His voice. In the
pronunciation Of English, has . tone much
softer than the German. He is an enthusiast on
the subject Of the Alliance, which, he says ex-
presses the sentiment OF the Protestant p0puls-
tOn OF his country who are three hths Of ts inhab
itants, the other two-ffths being Roman Catholics
with q small proportion Of Jews. He will present to
the carefully prepared statement OF the