The New York herald., 1873-10-05

are capable Of sustaining two good companies
prove our ability and willingness to support
one at any time.
Review OF tho Religious Prcss-Impres-
sions on tho Evangelical Alliance.
The financial panic having had its day as q
sensation our pious contemporaries have
turned their attention almost exclusively this
week to the All-the- Worlds Evangelical Con-
ference now pending in this city.
Referring to the Conference, the Christian
Union Henry Ward Beecher) remarks that ''it
is pity the world moves so slowly. 1t is a
pity that we have to take our stand one or
two hundred years back in order to see plainly
the parallax that indicates this movement
But let us rejoice that we are moving, and in
the right direction The editor continues:
achieved so much Of the unity OF the spirit In
the hundred years that have passed since vio-
in the next century9 Shall not harmonies
more complete spring up to shame our discord
a ,s se ~
on an equality in the Conference OF to-day, may
not some VINO seem to US aliens to-day be well
coined as brethren in some larger time A hun
dred years hence some religious journalist may
point to our controversies and to our exclusive
ness, and say, "How much the world has i'm
prOved"
The Evangelist (Presbyterian) declares that
sthe Alliance is in itself the recognition of
great fact in history; that the time has come
when no man can any longer justify himself
in limiting his attention or regard to any pro-
vincial or even national sphere. There is no
longer any exclusively Turkish or Russian,
Indian or Chinese, French or German, Eng
lish or American question, at least in the
sphere of Christian enterprise. The field is
the world, and nothing less than the world.
It has ever been SO, but it has never been
made so palpably manifest as it is to-day"
The Observer (and we take this occasion to
state that this venerable Presbyterian organ
has distinct secular and religious departments,
and one is apt to miss something good unless
he carefully scans both) refers to the personnel
of the Conference as follows
Some OF them are well known by reputation in
both hemlspheres. and they find themselves here
among those who have read their works and have
been grateful for instructions received from their
lips. The great German the0iogians who are with
us meet men who have sat at their feet In the Ger
man universities, and the French and Swiss pas
tors and professors find friends who have enjoyed
their h0sptaties In their own country. The
British delegation Is, OF course, the most numerous
OF the foreign department. There are men here
China and the islands Of the sea. All these are
men Of faith, OF work, OF honored usefulness in the
their fellow men, and who have now come to con-
suit concerning the kingdom OF Christ, and to get
fresh strength by holy communion.
The Examiner and Chronicle (Baptist) COM
mends some Of our city pastors for their un-
wearying diligence in making arrangements
for the meeting of the Conference.
The Christian bateVigencer (ReformedD in
dulges in few thoughts on the crisis, aver
ring that it has brought into light the long
hidden works Of darkness "It has," says the
editor, dragged mean men and towards, dis
honest villains sleek hypocrites, grasping
Shylocks, and the robbers of widows and
orphans into public scorn. But it has also
developed noble heroism which triumphs
sublimely amid the wrecks. There ore men
who have saved little but their spotless reputa-
tions, and there are others whose Christian
faith il achieving martyr-like victories"
Turning again to the Alliance we find the
Baptist Weekly expressing sanguine hopes of
its influence las means of modifying preju-
dices and Of bringing into closer and truer
sympathy those who are now kept widely
apart by the barriers Of an intolerant ecclesi-
asticism." We are reminded by the Weekly
that tho great Baptist anniversaries are to be
held at Oswego this State, commencing Octo-
Der %, at which every regular Baptist church
in the State of New York is expected to be
represented.
The Liberal Christian (Unitarian) says, if it
understands the doctrinal drift of the Evan
gelical Alliance, 'ft is to emphasize anow GER
tain characteristic dogmas Of the Trinitarian
branch Of tho Christian Church which have
become inarticulate or blurred in popular ac-
ceptance." Dr. Bellows, the editor, pro-
ceeds:-
1t seems to us that to admit into the Evangelical
Alliance, with such objects, the very persons who
taste Tor the Trinitarian statements, which have
hitherto ruled "the creed OF would be
council of war held for their own extermnaon
Who can doubt that the main body OF the Evan
geleal Alliance really regards Unitarians ana UNI
versaists as dangerous corrupters OF the d0gmatic
opinions OF the Protestant world We wish they
would say so In terms.
After reciting his reasons Dr. Bellows
declares that it would be impossible for him
Ito accept even the most urgent invitation Of
the Evangelical Alliance to join in their
Congress"
The Feemans Journal (Catholic) counsels
good Catholics to beware Of the 'Fhrmers'
Oranges" and "Patrons of Husbandry," on
the ground of their secret oaths, and announces
the formation of Sc. Michaels Association
in this city "for tho rciiof Ct wounded and