The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-22
ECHOES OF TIE COUNCIL.
dMERTCIv PREsBrTERTdNS 1T THE
CR.iDLE or THEIR tHJRCH



f,ow 6s N,ensas rr.4,,r
EpiNBUNGu, July 1T WAS an unusual
sight to 500 such refined and Immense crowd,
~ in addition to III" bono Who entered the
G ind tho Gl orgc ". Bridge High Street South
brlle". and az 'urns IN UNIVERSITY Edinburgh.
the most unique city in Great Britain was astr
indeed, and tie American element seemed ~
prrtsIl mont utrnfiNplv.
Tho Lord Provost. in behalf NJ the city anthori-
g :. Ntvc % hearty wc'Qm" 10 the guests. To
al H. held out tin, riglt, hand IF fellowship. and
sh"d th.tn sWlspesd II. their good work OF
tN" Divine Trutn. II tins great meeting should
atttn tie tUrtner spreading oi tIis Gospel IA the
many ny" Lord. then indeed ii would hot have
Lord B,rour of Bureieh then babe the dele
gates w,lcone rerI, scntlne rs they did 2lOuN
tnnAregttuns OF Preslytcrians scattered all
over tine world
Dr Blak ic called On delegates ~ respond. Dr.
Albums of New York said that this great meet
iug compensated for all the re- srct. and sadness
In leaving HON" and friends. and alrendy he
and his t,ilnW rountrymen felt they We're amid
al 'ud-. They lad CONF to historical l. llnhurGh
o. $500 The diyiu's and teachers and the scholars
Gos.-l h. spread by the aid Of rrSoytcran en-
DR.. rialacr OF Columbia. South Carolina re-
| Of America. and drew some feeling pictures "
! the sad condition Of education and morals. cor
rnpted by inopportune p2litiIs. which had
ii.:hcr ana Notier duties II ia.
! Al this stagc of nro'ccdngs u Telegram from
Thon soino FronSh Frcshy,erian dviuos
: sr9lc At length Tie Rev pr. De Presscnse
oi Ppris was pointedIN severe IN strictur 3 on
/ tie Vatican t4t did not meet the general ap-
/ pro,a pith, vast audience. Hungary. Austria.
! Canada. and Iusia We're also rcprrs" nt"d. Then
tr ceremonies term mated 10y u ucdic dion pro-
/ nouu. . by Sir Henry Moucricf.
/ ON "Wednesday 'Nrflug 'nc'' n- WIS n''u IN
TIM Frca \-srr,hly Hall. and pr stuart Robin
soW. a. Louisville KY. presided. Al Immense
/ crowd uSSenblcd
rror. schan If Now York opened with. a
/ l.Yrupf tii4l the idea initiated by
Cranmrr At Lamb IN. in 1862. when confer
encr was th,re and then formed t. ogsid,r a
/ Union uf al Reformed -hgr'h hes. f. this cal
! vim had replied that he would not only cross
/ one hut ten oceans To- bring about surh mn m.
, 50, too. thp Americans present to-day IN Edln-
| hur-A would ross ind reeru-s the O"clu- f'r
t'ge pnrBose The Learned Proffss So, q, Nm IT,,
| cils~i'-: Tue anu-Cnlvinsttr the Calvin site.
aui ule r.-t- Cuvnistie lie then dealt with
/ priu .pli CulN.ni-ti" Confessions. including
| I'll. Westminster Standards styling these tocu-
nlcni- 40 a. most remarkable body OF literature.
am tn.t iht> Wts" not orEinally intended t.
ton oi IN" Protestant Evangelical faith against
, kumlsl misr' presentation. They Wcr, nuner-
OTIS. y.t % unity. al th -" iciorn,d Comics.
I son. unanimously taught that the CanonicN
S'nptulr- of the Old and New Testament We're
til" only .niaiiinl" RUE of Chrs stan iaitn aud
of holding c.'le-ig-ti.al traditions u
ln,nt rulc IT faith and pra,tirr. For moro
than tive uuh,iF-i Years these conf - on- mains
tanned helr supremacy ia the Cnut 2 councils,
no me rr '.ssor-' LIARS and in The ohurch unl-
century. % theological revolution such ~ L...
nu,,r ~ ut over 'he Christian Church; Il
+ affected the Reformed tie Lutheran and tic
/ Roman Churches. AMI in France ended M tho
Eri.,n oi icrrvr and that reyoh.ti"n which
= 'rN.n-4 Chf,-1 H., hS1 ~, Sir'e r men
auinorlt, in aim ~ every country save England.
5 ouaud and the United States OF America.
I!'n "a this injury anne Theological revival
IN" hu'h wn- The same but the theology dil-
| t.r'd. Every uEe must produce lis own
tlrulos,. Modern theology was .nihoii N
H. uNur 10 do lust 20 all clcfnen ts Of truth nj
t,rod ahroni n other branches of the Chris ian
Church. Ii mad become an article OF hith that
launsciunce was siicred domain over which
God alone had sway, and that. while the civil
mag -trntr was bound to protect the subject he
mad no right T., interfere with "A mans Religious
CONVICTIONS. What WAS tins council now IN ki-
-s,n-us Of Reformed Confessions Such con-
-rn-uS was declared necessary. Was the con-
-.ils Ia he. irlt indefinite. or was il Ia be for
/ nulut'Hd by seri of articles historical state
mems or by M a. iumenical Reformed Comics
/ sion,
Later N in the afternoon Or. Robinson read q.
| y. - interesting paper On the CHURCHES anu
Calvlm -n" The distinctive tn eolog al opin-
@ iaaaa t lpy6i.A s4 S& TSrS s
e. van rH ON lniYcE anf I%'is,'' !,,si "a 'le
0i lrulerryund Coprrnirus. The earle Fathers
mad, centre ul their theological system the
: II OF Cod nut CALVIN showed that the whole
sisrnd pmrp S - II 'u Go wi WHIT was t the whole
Bible. therefore, nut the pubhcAilon of the lour-
would uuhli-i n. .nurnii- ~ THIS council when
ti"y got thr usi' They talked about the
Church organized hy the Al stiles. The Alo~-
uss urVrr rGdu1,d ANY Church At Ml-thry
found il organized already. They .wcro merely
u son,"ntion ~ remodel the Church 81 one ma
ton MAO The onur IA lor all nations. He found
,hro,Ut H. ylnlr H. ~ Sr i rs.,s
III nat oon N his own hook to pharo ir'' H.
y" tf RI 'ail'd I e." flisSa was 6olaine
| ,amr To MIN. and Ezekirl was sitting on preshy
terry when me hand u III" Lord fell upon him.
II wl- a general assembly ~ Va ap, stars church
la con Nmed tn SIN Il God 10 1rath
! Nhen I've new Church opened they had the
l'r'*YytTy a.i'.n. H. might -ny re.ardigpg tne
will, the former was frequently uacd in the
Naw Testament, the latter was only employed
four TINES. ami then when he Apostles were
soak ng 10 the Greek G'ntilcs, who Gid n I
Church in Heaven WIS not a mob i was sun
church. and the four.mi-thrty Elders laugh
| tor 'i-tlu- their croNns ut his iect. Hence
there WAS reason o. animate the old Covenant
era On wh m 80 much rdicnle had been cnsi
& v.nanL' Nemigh' search through the whole
A. iil' " rl II God. hut not find a single place
whore auy man who was not inspired ever eN-
or 49,. hy himself etcl.s.asll a. power. IAni
/ Ms always rArrcisci hy tribunals, and that Waa
Nc '-s'ii 90 ~ Prrshytcry.
nr lr.nsu. Prm" Il Nrw York rcad paper
lnuri St1t"~.' ii" AT once secured the undl-
ylci aiier, IA u Me c,nNenton and peri, 4
IN the Cnrcd States WINS ns much divided az
"- 'wi r., 'rrStyt'rlan~ were the same = OF
mon. amt they were So IN ttc same way. that 49,
ilcir NWu way. always ready Ia Civ NJ Wh n
.n'ipr'd. lut n"N,r convinced If they could
s.tl q tfan sicld point In dispute. They had
H'MuililNu 300 America That ON" Ol tnclr Pr shy
prayed ihu,. Grant. - Lord. that w. may be-
n-ht tor goHy kpow,Ti wt rs vri9 e'ld,6 Ne
ana luuD.-h member and Aj,uVl.uOl IN Amer