The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-07-06
PRESBYTERIANISM.
utilization OF the Free aud Rstab.
llshet Church After u Separation
OF Forty Years,
The Reception Of Welcome Is Turned
Into a'6raud Fourth Of July Celebra.
ton The Mother Country Proud
OF Her Great Son.
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New YORK, July 6,--An Edlnburl
special about the Presbyterian couu
Gil says all the public institutions, col
leges, libraries and monuments hay,
been thrown open to the three humid
red delegates and the Ave thousanC
visitors attracted by the assembling o
the council. The committee OF ar
engagements, having previously dc
cided that the two great odies of the
church In the United States, north anC
south, should bo represented in the
officers of the first meeting of the
council, appointed the Rev. Howard
Crosby, d. d., chancellor OF the Uni
versity of New York, and DR.. Stuart
Robinson, of Louisville, to preside ~
moderator. The subsequent sessions
Of the council will be moderated by
the Rev. DIR. Gold, OF the Free Church,
aud the Rev, DR., Phinn, OF the Estab.
lished Presbyterian Church OF Scot.
land. 1t is now forty years ago since
the Free Church parted from the es,
Enlistment, on the question OF state
interference In religious matters, and
this Is the first effort at utilization oil
union made since that time. Other
churches represented in the mod
eratorship of the council are
the Reformed Dutch of America,
represented by DR., Ormistou, of New
York. the United Reformed Synod OF
France, represented by Pastor Fisch,
OF Paris the Presbyterian Church In
England, represented in the modera'
tors chair 10y Rev. j. Oswald bikes,
DID,, OF London the Irish Presbyte
rian Church, represented by the Rev
Dr. Keer, of Plttaburg, Pennsylvania
and Elder Junkid, of New York, whC
presides in turn over the evening
meetings. On Tuesday evening u re-
ception of welcome was given thu
three hundred delegates. At least FIVE
thousand visitors were present and TIL,
assembly was brilliant. The lord pro
vost presided, and beside him So
his wife. The lord provost il
an Eugllshman and a Methodist. AID
dresses were delivered by Rev. DR.
Adams, of New York; Rev. DIR. vii
liam Snodgrass, of Kingston city; DR.
Bartlett, OF Hungary; DIR. McCosh,
president of Princeton college, New
Jersey, and by DIR. Mohade, OF Paris.
The latter spoke with intense feeling
of the condition of religious liberty
in France, where, he feared, nothing
would save the reformed protestant
church. A conflict, he said, was mona-
cling the very existence Of the church
there. Then followed the venerable
Dr., Plummer, of Columbia, South
Catolina, in speech OF remarkable
vigor and earnestness. The doctor IL
the veteran member of the c0un-
Gil, being now eighty.seven years
old. One speaker, having refer
ence to the Fourth OF July, the
vast audience arose and broke
forth in tumultuous applause. The
counsel assembled Wednesday for
business, and sat from pm. till past
10, with an hours intermisslon for
luncheon. The same programme will
be followed for the successive days,
until next Wednesday, with the ex
ceptlon of Saturday and Sunday. The
utmost harmony prevails, and the real
business will be earnestly attended to,
and promptly despatched. Speeches
were made ut the convention by James
Stevenson, esq, member Of parlia-
ment, who presided, and by the Earl
Of Kentere, who felicitously alluded to
American independence saying the
uotherland no more regretted the
declaration Of Independence OF the
United States OF America toeday
than a father does his sons reaching
their majority, and the mother coun-
try's heart beats in gladness at the
prosperity OF her great son. Cham
cellor Howerd Crosby, OF New York,
I'm the course OF brief but spirited
address, remarked that the Fourth Of
July was ordered and designed by
Providence that England and Amer
lea might love EACH other more.
Great applause followed DR.. Crosby's
address. DIR. Plumber, Of Columbia,
South Carolina, made few remarks,
and called upon PASTOR Monade, Of
Paris, who responded by saying that
France, too, had something to say
about American independence, seeing
that she had also somethlngto do with
IL. The Rev. DIR. James McCOsh, Of
Princeton, New Jersey, was called out,
and made glorious Fourth OF july
speech. His address evoked genuine
enthusiasm. The stars and stripes
were displayed in the lunch room, and
on many prominent buildings through
out the city.
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