The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-07-07
PRESBYTERIANISM.
Cniiieail0n or the Free aud Esiab-
iished Church After a Separation
OF Forty lears.
The Reception OF Welcome is Tsraed
into a Grand Fourth Of JuIy celebra-
tion-Tbe Mother Country Proud
Of Her Great Son.


New YORK, July 5.-An ElinbUrg
special about the Presbyterian eouu-
ell says all the public institutions, col
leges, libraries and monuments have
been thrown open to the three humid
red delegates and the five thousand
visitors attracted 10y the assembling Of
the council The committee of AZ
rangements, having previously de-
cided that the two great bodies Of the
church in the United States, north and
south, should he represented in the
officers of the first meeting Of the
council. appointed the Rev. Howard
Crosby, ID. D., chancellor OF the Uni
yersity OF New York, and DIR. stuart
Robinson, of Louisville, To preside a.
moderator. The subsequent sessions
oi the council viii be moderated by
the Rev. Dr. Gold, of the Free Church.
aud the Rev. Or. PhinD. of the Esiab-
lished Pres sbyterien Church OF scot
land. 1t is now forty years ago since
the Free Church parted from the e.
taGlishment, on the question of state
interference in religious matters, and
this is Tie first effort at afiiliation or
union made since that time. OiheF
churches represented in the mod
eratOrsh!p Of the council are
the reformed Dutch of America.
represented 10y DIR. OrmistoD, of New
York the United Reformed synod OF
France, represented by PASTOR Fisch,
OF Paris the Presbyterian Church iu
England, represented in the mOdera-
tors chair by Rev. J. Oswald Dikes,
DID,, OF London I; the Irish Presbyte-
rian Church, represented by the Rev.
DR.. keer, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,
ard Elder Junkid, of New York, who
presides in tarn over the evening
meetings. On Tuesday evening Te-
ception of welcome was given the
thFee hundred delegates. AZ least five
thousand visitors were present and the
assembly was brilliant. The lord pro-
vost presided, and beside him sat
his wife. The lord provost is
an Englishmsn ard Methodist. Al
dresses were delivered by Rev. Dr..
Adams, o. New York; Rev. pr. Viii
liam SnOdgrass, of Kingston city: Dr.
Bartlett. of Hungary; Dr. McCozh,
I president OF Princeton college, New
Jersey, and by DIR. MoLRde, of Paris.
( The latter spoke " it'll intense feeling
% the condition Of religious liberty
ia France, where, he feared, nothing
would save the reformed protestan,
church. Aeonhic;, ne said, was neua-
cling the very existence Of the ehurcii
there. Then followed the venerable
Or. Plummer, of Columbia, south
Carolina, in a speech of Remarkable
[, vigor and earnestness. The doctor !,
the veteran member of the coun
Gil, being now eighty-seven year,
old One speaker, having refer
enee 10 the Fourth of July, Ia,
vast audience arose and brok.
forth in tumultuous applau-e. Tn,
counsel assembled Wednesday FOL
business, and sat from pm. till pas
10, with an hours intermission fol
luncheon. The same programmes vii
be followed for the successive DAYS
until next "Wednesday, with the ex
eeption Of Saturday and Sunday. Tn,
utmost harmony prevails, and the r-a
business will 6e earnestly attended o.
and promptly despatched. Speeehe
were made at the convention 10y Jane
Stevenson, esq, member of parIia
ment, who presided, and 10y the lar
Of kentere, who felicitously alluded &
American independence saying th
inotherland no more regretted tn
I declaration of Independence of ia
. United States OF America to>dA
. than = father does his sons reachin
| their majority, and the mother coua
try's heart beats in eladness at a.
prosperity Of her great son. Chan
eeilor Howard Crosby, of New YorE
: IL the course of n brief but spirit,-
: address, remarked that the Fourth {
!. iuly was ordered aud designed b
Providence that England and Anel
a lea might love each other NOR,
: Great applause followed DIR. Crosby
3 address. DT. Plumber, Of Columbi,
b South Carolina, made a few remark
and called upon PASTOR Monade, {
Paris, who responded by saying thl
}. France, too, had something 10 "a
d about American independence, seein
:. that she had also something 10 10 vii
, il The Rev. DIR. James McCosh, ,
Princeton, New Jersey, was called on
and made glorious Fourth Of Jul
!. speech His address evoked genuir
+. enthusiasm. The stars and strip,
: we're displayed in the lunch room. au
= on many prominent buildings througl
:. out the city.