The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-03-09
The pan.prcsbyterian Alliance

The meeting OF the Pan-Presbyterian
Alliance in the city OF Edinburgh, Scotland,
in July next, is already exciting great In
terest in this country and on the other side OF
the Atlantic. It is not to be church court,
or Ecumenlcal Council, but a gathering OF
delegates appointed by the ecclesiastical
courts OF the different Presbyterian churches
throughout the world, for the purpose Of
discussing topics Of great practical interest
and Importance.
The New York Evangelist says:
"The names [of the delegates are such
as to give assurance that the Western Hem
isphere will be well represented. The Cen
adas send a full delegation, which includes
such men as DR.. Cowen, principal OF Knox
College; DR.. Snodgrass. principal OF Queens
University, Klngstown; and DR.. Topp, OF
Toronto. From the United States DR..
Sloane, OF Allegheny, will represent the Re-
formed, and DR.. Kerr, Of Pittsburgh, the
Drs. Medicines, Scudder, Ormiston, and
Ipglis, will attend on behalf Of the Rcforp>d
Dutch Church. The Southern Presbyterian
Church will have a strong delegation in
Drs. Moses D. Hogc, OF Richmond; Stuart
Robinson, of Louisville; ). r. Wilson, OF
Wilmington; j. B. Adger, OF Pcndleton
Judge Robert Ould, Of Richmond and
others. Our own Church will be no.
bly, represented: New York will send
Drs. Adams, Crosby, Sehatf, S. ]. Prime,
and Dickson, as embodying, we sup
pose, theology, scholarship, Biblical learn
ing, literature, and Home Missions; Brook.
lyn will send DR.. Van Dyke, the moderator
OF the last Assembly; Princeton will send
DR.. McCosh and DR.. Atwater. Welsh Pres
byterianism will be we'll represented by DR..
Roberts, OF Elizabeth; and the Irish be
looked after by DR.. Blackwood, OF Phlla-
delpha, assisted by his co-presbyter DR..
Beade. II our eldership cannot send
Dukes or Earls to the Council, our
ministry will at least send one
..Maruuis" from Baltimore. Steubenville
will send DR.. Beatty. DR.. Moore, OF Co
lumbus, will be able to advise the Council
as to the law and practice Of our Church,
while DR.. Niccolls, Of st. Louis, by his elo-
quence may influence the pe1Jruidum in,
qeniun, Of Scottish hearers. DR.. Campbell
OF Rochester. will furnish an excellent
snecin1en OF the efficient and successful
American pastor. DR.. Patton. OF Chicago
will represent the Church Militant, while
DR.. Eells will show how Presbyterianisn
has taken root on the Pacific coast. The
venerable missionary DR.. William II. Thorn.
son, of Beirut, will be q worthy represent,
atlye of our foreign-mission fields.
This is an admirable list OF ministerial
delegates, and will be well sustained by
such elders as Hon. William E. Dodge
Hon. Stanley Matthews, Judge Olds, OF Co.
lumbus, j. 5. Farrar, Esq, OF Detroit, and
others.
So much for the Presbyterian Churches
OF America. But Of course the Churches
OF England, Scotland, and Ireland will be
more fully represented, as the Council
meets so much nearer home. They are al
working together heartily for an efficient
meeting, and will be each fully represent
ed. It is worth all the pains taken to get
I'D the Alliance, to see it bring together
three such bodies as the National Church oil
Scotland, the Free Church. aud the United
Presbyterians.
Nor will the Presbyterian Churches in
the uttermost parts OF the earth be unrep-
resented. Those vigorous otfshoots from
the parent stock that have been planted in
| Australia will send back their fruits to the
mother churches at home. There Will be
representatives also from the Cape OF GOOD
Hope.
Dir. Schafr expects to return from Bey.
rout in May, and to spend some time ir
Constantinople and Athens. In June he i:
to be in Edinburgh to attend the meeting
of the great Alliance, or Council, which
is to gather representatives from all tht
tribes of Presbyterianism from under thu
whole heaven.
Those brethren who have the honor o.
representing the Church will have also the
| privilege OF paying their orn expenses, sc
that the Church will be burdened to the ex
tent only OF little printing and postage
Expecting that in addition to the oflicia
; brethren many ministers and others from
this country will wish to attend the meet
ings. the steamship lines are already offer
mo Inducements TO travellers,