The New York herald., 1877-07-05
I PAN-PRESBYTERIAN.
The Great Church Council Assem-
bled in Edinburgh.
JOHN KNOX'S BATTLE-GROUND
Impressive Scene in St. Giles Cathe-
dral-Dr. Flint'S Sermon.
THE WELCOME BY THE CITY.
Hard Work and HarmoW-The Fourth
Of July HoDofed.
The Delegates Whom and What
They Represent.
ORIGIN OF THE COUNCIL.
Its Importance ana Ecumeni-
cal Character.
THE SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION.
Separation of Church and State
To Be Demanded.
UNITY TO BE SOUGHT.
Sketch of the Rise and Spread of
Presbyterianism.
DISTINGUISHED DlVINES' OPINIONS.
Separation of Church and State
To Be Demanded.
UNITY TO BE SOUGHT.
Sketch of the Rise and Spread of
Presbyterianism.
DISTINGUISHED DlVINEs' OPINIONS.
ley CABLE TO THE asaAnp.1

EDNBunoH. July s. 1877.
The great Pan-Pres5yterian Council,
which has been looked forward to with the
greatest interest by the Protestant world,
assembled in this old Protestant city on
Tuesday. AS far as weather went better
day could not be granted in this land
of mist and passing cloud. Never did
the old city look better. Blithe sunshine
gilded the commanding eminences and lit
up the grassy slopes between the ridges that
give the capital of Scotland its uphill and
down-hill character. The great mass Of
Edinburgh Castle stood out against blue
sky, and far back to Arthur's Seat the glory
of the day took every spireand tower into
its keeping.
THE DELEGArEs IN TOWN.
Many Of the three hundred delegates ar
rived at the end Of last week and passed
the time before the meeting of the Council
in visiting the places of historic interest
which abound in the old town and in admir-
ing the beauties of the new. To many, Of
course, it was simply renewal Of early
love, for Edinburgh is almost as dear to
the Presbyterian as Geneva. Indeed, it's
interest is more direct, as the bold, sledge-
hammer polemics of John Knox are more
vividly present to him than the more subtle
work of Calvin. Hence. after the we'll
known quietude of the Scotch Sabbath,
many Presbyterian pilgrim wended his
way to the old house of John Knox, in
High street, with its quaint inscription
above the door. ''Lufe God abuf all, and ye
nychtbour as yiself" So you see Presby-
terianism has it's shrines and Meccas, for all
it's iconoclasm in the times when its faith
was hot with it's forcible rupture from the
older creed. On Monday all but one or two
of the expected delegates had arrived.
WARM RECEPTION.
The municipal government and, indeed,
all the townspeople, are keenly alive to the
significance of this great Protestant Coun-
Gil being held in their midst, and have left
nothing undone to mark the heartiness Of
their welcome All the public institutions,
colleges, libraries and monuments have
been thrown open to the three hundred
delegates and the five thousand visitors at
tracted by the assembling of the Council
The majority of the delegates and visitors
are lodged in the splendid streets of
the new town, but they may be met
all over the city, wandering about
led by old residents, or, guide book
in hand, now inspecting Mons Meg, the
great cannon or the crown jewels at
the Castle or poking in and out under the
lofty old houses among the closes and
wynds Of what is still fairly described as
''Auld Reekie." The city is delighted with
the honor conferred on it by the leaders in
the Presbyterian world, and the delegates
are in love with old and new DUNEDIN.
TIE ORGANIZATION.
| The Committee Of Arrangements having
previously decided with happy tact that the
two great bodies of the Presbyterian Church
| in the United States, North and South,
should be represented in the officers of the
first meeting of the Council, appointed the
Rev. Howard Crosby, d. D., Chancellor Of
the University of New York, and DIR. Stuart
Robinson. of Louisville, KY, to preside as
Moderators
ynEE cHuRcH AND xsrABLIsHxp.
The subsequent sessions OF tho Council