Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-07-20
The Virginia Pre- >byterlAA Del
eg;ltes in EtiiHbMrG.

ReU. Vim. Broann' letter, July OH.
went to the Royal McGregor Hotel.
1t is in every respect a grand affair, and
Mr.. McGregor is a Presbyterian-ofa type
The bluest of the blue-being genuine Co
yenanter. I was Immediately assigned
place, I. e., a room, as being member OF
the Council, and every possible attention
was shown ME. After getting mysel
ready. dinner was announced, and aftel il
was over, some Of us walked out to see tn
sights. Just in front of our hotel Tor neal
" SOY and not hundred yards off is the
monument erected to Sir Walter Scott
and it is certainly one of the most perfect
of it's kind. 1t has winding staircase
within one of the columns, and though
distrusted my strength, yet could not re-
sist the temptation, and worked my way
slowly to the gallery from which there was
a grand view. Old st. Giles. the Ere
Assembly's church, and a large number o;
memorable places lie just on the hill across
the deep ravine, the whole space between,
both valley and hill side, being under the
most exquisite culture and Ornamentatlon
appropriate to each. By this time it was
growing late, though not yet dark, and at
any rate was growing tired. So lreturn-
register was delighted to find DR.. Hoge's
name. He had just arrived from Liver
pool, where and in is vicinity he had been
spending week.-In little while he re-
turned from his room, and we made
hearty hand shaking and congratulation
together in eAuld Reekie." His room,
112, was near mine, II. Quite a number
of other delegates were III tie same hotel.
had fine nights rest, and after break
n \ r, 10 in,
an Elder in the Assembly's Free Church,
near old St. Giles, came to take DR.. Hoge
and myself there. He obtained seats for
us near the pulpit. The preachers of the
city ger orally occupied their own pulpits
last Sabbath, and on next Sabbath will
have them filled by strangers. Dr. Smith
IS the successor of DR.. Arnot, and preach
ed Il sermon of great ability OH Col. I'd
chapter, "B ware lest any man spoil you
through philosophy and vain deceit" NC.
&c. have never heard or read so skill
full summary OF tie relation OF Christi
anity to Science. The church is not large,
but was crowded, and had good oppor-
Unity of observing the peculiarities of
Scotch Presbyterian worship. They had
no organ, but nearly all the people joined
in the singing, [ cannot say very much
as to the melody of the voices, but a great
deal AS to their heartiness.
Tuesday md Wednesday,. Tie Council
opened in the very best manner. and yes
terday and to-day were rminently success
full If it goes through as it has begun,
there can be no doubt of the G cd it will
accomplish. DIR. Iloge made an excellent
speech to-day, and so did DR.. Stuart Rob
inson. Both elected great applause. |
am on the committee to prepare business
for the Council, and we have our hands
full
From the s.Belfast News" we learn that
a public reception was given to the party
of delegates to the Council, who landed at
Londonderry, from the steamship Bolivia.
1t was held on the evening of June 2Sth,
in one of the largest churches OF the city,
and Rev. DIR. Knox said if they had been
able to announce the meeting Il little ear
lier, no church would have held the people.
Nearly all the ministers of the city. and
| many prominent laymen were present.
Rev. John Macnaughtan gave the welcome
greeting, and sud ''When the delegates
90 to England and Scotland they would
receive warm and hearty welcome, but
in this island we ere not contented with
| that. Our welcome was hundred thou
sand welcomes which he now in the name
of the meeting accorded to them"
These hearty words were received by the
s cnli hiaithffEn e ettfn HaiHieu upon the
| Rev. DR.. Brown, Richmond Va, the
Stated Clerk OF the General assembly of
| the Southern Church of America.
| Rev. DR.. Brown, who, on rising, was re-
ceived with applause, said it was with the
greatest pleasure he had come over to Ire
land; and since his arrival in Belfast he
had, on going through the streets, noticed
great similarity in the names of the peo-
pie to those in Virginia. The congrega-
tion now assembled before him looked like
d congregation of Scotch-Irish people at
home. In concluding, DR.. Brown remark
ed that the people of the North of Ireland
had contributed to Virginia more largely
in point of numbers that any other portion
of the IJnited KINGDOM