The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-07-06
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INTERESTING ACCOUNT 9th GATHERING, ITS
oFPICEBs--THET FOURTH OF JULY, ETC. 4
NEW YORK, July s. --An Edin burgh spe-
cial about the pan-P resBy terian Council
says all the public institutions, colleges, II:
braries, and monuments have been. thrown
open to the three hundred delegates andtn
five thousand visitors attracted by the as
sembling Of the Council. The committee
OF arrangements having previously decided
that the two great bodies o! the Church in the
United States, North and South, should be
represented In the officers Of the first meet
ing OF the Council. appointed the Rev.
Howard Crosby, D.fitD., II Chancellor
of University Of New York, and Dr..
Stuart Robinson, OF Louisville, KY,
to preside as, moderators.. The sub
sequent session of the Council will be
moderated by Rev. Or. Goa1d, OF the Free
Church, and Rev. DR.. Phinn, OF the Estab-
lished Presby Church OF Scotland. II
is now iorty-fourayears ago since the Free
Church parted from the Estab he'd Church
on the question of State interference in re-
ligioiis matters this is; the first effort at
utilization or union made since that time.
The other churches represented IN the mod
eratorship Of the Council are the Re
formed Dutch 3 Of " America, by ikey.
DR.. Ormiston,. OF New Yorkset the
United Reformed Synod. OF France: w
Pastor Fiscb. OF Paris. The @Hresb yter1an
Church n in England Is represented I in
the moderator's chair by ReV.J: 0sWald
Dykes, D.; D., Of London the Irish
Presbyterian Church, by Rev. Dr: Bell; the
American churches, by: Rev, Dr. Kerr, OF
Pittsburgh, Pa, and Elder Junkin. OF New
York, who preside in turn over the evening
meetings. On Tuesday evening "a; Teeep-
ton Of welcomeswas given to the 800 dele
gates. At least 500, visitors were; present,
and the assembly was brilliant. The Lord
Provost presided, and beside him sat his
wife. The Lord Provost is an Englishman
and a M Methodist. Addresses were delivered
by Rev. DR.. Adams, Of New York; Rev.
DR.. William Snodgrass, Of Kingston. Can
ada: DR.. Barrett, OF Hungary; DR.. McCosh,
president OF Princeton, College, n. j., and
by DR.. Monod, OF Paris. The latter spoke
with intense feeling OF the condition
of religious liberty in France, where be
feared nothing would save the Reformed
Protestant Church. "A conflict, he said, was
menacing the very, existence OF the Church
there. - .+ta'5 T ~ ~ ttt:t ~ : = S
: Then followed, the venerable DR.. Plum
mer. of Columbia, S. c., in speech Of re-
markabe viSor and earnestness.i The Doc.
tor is the veteran member Of the Council,
being now eighty-seyen years old One
speaker having made reference to the 4th OF
July, the vast audience arose and broke
forth in multitudinous applause - : z.
The Council reassembled "Wednesday fer
business, and sat from half-past 10 in the
morning till half-past 10 in the evening,
with an hours intermission for luncheon.
The same programme will be followed for
successive days till next Wednesday, with
the exception of Saturday and Sunday. The
utmost harmony prevails, and business will
be attended to and promptly dispatched.
Speeches were made at luncheon before A.
S. Stevenson, member Of Parliament, who
presided, and the Earl OF Kirtore, who IA
cetiously alluded to American independ-
ence, saying: The mother land had no
more regret at the declaration OF independ-
ence Of the United States to-day than ia
Their does his sons reaching their majority.
England's motber-heart goes forth in glad
ness at the prosperity OF her great son. IL
Chancellor Howard Crosby, OF New York,
In the course Of brief but spirited address,
remarked that the Fourth of3July or
dered and designated by Providence that
England and America might love each other
more. " - -
Great applause followed DR.. :Crosby's adj
dress. .<ftI..'; r - -3g.TE = 81. =
DIR. Plummer made few remarks and
called upon Pastor Monod, OF. Paris, who
responded by saying France now had some
thing to say about American independence,
seeing that she also had something to do
with it.
The Rev. DR.: James McCosh, OF Prince
ton, n. j., was called, and made glo-
rious Fourth-of-July speech. His address
evoked genuine enthusiasm. The Stars
and Stripes were displayed in the lunch
room and on many prominent buildings
throughout the city. -A.-'
THE TRUE WORK OF THE MINISTRY.
EDINBURGH, July 5.-In the Pan-Presby-
terrain Council to-day paper on pulpit elo-
uuence was read. After discussion, in
which Rev. John Wilks, OF Toronto, and
various celebrated divines participated, a
motion was adopted that simple preaching
OF the Bible was the true work Of the min
istry. In the evening addresses were de-
livcred on Home Missions in the United
States and other lands by Rev. Mr.. Van
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