The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-08


climbing 1000 feet, amid columns ant
castles OF rock, we had glorious view o
in umerable ocean creeks and OF tn
Hebrides Islands stretching far out TO
wards the setting sun and America. |
is in such solitudes and with nothing Il
bias or distract him, that your correspon
dent is writing. De can view quite i'm
partially the Presbyterian Council, anc
will now state the impressions 1t has LEI
upon him.
! The Americans all testified: "Thn
has been the most delightful meeting We
ever attended, and Edinburgh is the
! finest city we ever visited; but they keep
h deplorable climate" to which the OBJ
stinate Scotch replied: 'lf we have bad
climate you must have brought 1t With
you, tor it WAS good before you came
and has been improving since you left. "
The Scotch said OF the Americans rs
they heard them speak and preach;
These are able and wise men: but where
are your eccentric men Oh whom the
newspapers speak 80 muchY To this
the Americans answered: ave have left
them at home, where they are not SO
much valued rs you Imagine"
The representatives from the twenty
five countries and the fOrty-nine churches
went away with their hearts warmed,
and anxiously inquiring how they might
carry out the plaus Of good which had
been suggested at the meetings. All
felt it to be n privilege to meet and to
hold fellowship with Christians from 50
many M d widely d,tigrent countries.
These orief unions will be the begin,
nlngs of closer and more lasting unions.
1t is to be hoped that IN few years,
when the exclusive privileges of the es
tablished church have been withdrawn,
there will be union of the best III the
three large churches III ScCtiand-the
Church of Scotland, the Free Church OF
Scotland and the United Presbyterian
byterian Church OF England.
Many were pleased to see the Southern
Church OF the United States represented,
and SO ably represented by DR.. Stuart
Robinson, Dr. hOge and Others. Tpat
Church has ow got out Of the state Of
isolation in which 1t mas been for y / UNI
Der OF years We are not yet within
sight of an organic union between North
and South; but it Is certain that the
Northern and Southern brethren who
met in so brotherly spirit in Edinburgh
cannot write or speak bitter words
against each other in America.
The whole tone of the con erence was
IN favor of the old orthodoxy, that Is the
doctrines.of the Reformation and OF Paul
Principal Campbell, Of Aberdeen, did
utter few sentences looking towards
changes, but he met with no response
and Principal Tulloch, of ST. Andrews,
VINO is decidedly Broad Church, scarcely
opened MS mouth 1t is believed that
some OF the Free Church professors are
uttering somewhat uncertain sounds
1t is expected that the tone of the Pres
byteIian Alliance will help to restrain
them. II it does not the great body of
the Scotch people will speak out unmis
taksbly. 1t is perhaps sign OF the times
that there will be three students from
Scotland at the Princeton Theological
Seminary next winter Ii this is not
attended to there may be more next
year, and this" said leader of the
orthodox party to me, ''will bring these
conceited men TO their senses"
Many missionary has gone back to
his distant sphere with his spirit refresh
cd and hls courage strengthened, feeling
that be has great power behind to sus-
tain HIM, and that his cause is sure to
prevail. The weak churches on the con-
tinent of Europe, lsboring in the midst
of Popery and infdelity, have been
brought into closer connection with the
strong churches in Great Britain and
America, and feel that they will now
meet with additional support. The col
onial churches of Great Britain have
been made to feel that they have secured
p stronger claim on all the mother
churches
II was not the OBJECT of the Alliance
to engage in direct practical action, say
10 set up new mission stations AL this
can be more etlcctualy done by the IT.
dIvidusl churches The Council has
wisely abstsined from interfering with
the proper action OF any of the churches
and has thus avoided mistake into
which it might have readily fallen. BY
pursuing tins course it has been exposed
to the SCOTS of the Scotsman and two CT
three other British papers which did not
wish it to succeed But it has thereby Sc
cured the appreciation OF all who wished
II to prosper. Ii not undertaking prac-
tlcal work itself, it will greatly stimulate
all sorts of evangelical work among the
scattered churches which it represents.
+. S.-Gairloch- am now on the
mainland, in RosShire. Some of your
readers may Be Interested to know
that the educational system of Scot
and is at TINS present. time in 8 most
efficient state. The psrochisl system
though doing unreasonable good tor
ages, had become too narrow; in fact the
country had outgrown it as the growing
boy does his clio hes But a ate act OF
Parliament handing over the education
TO a school bosrd in Edinburgh, and local
board IN the districts, has made the cid
schools much more efficient and raised a
great many new ones. In Syke, under
the McDoHalds and McLeods, the dwell
irgs of the people are wretCEed enough,
most of them not having chimney, but
we saw elegant schools sprin ing up
everywhere. during the pas. aye the
American common schools were the best
in the world. But | believe that the
the Scottish schools under the new sys.
tenn are getting beyond them, and the
Americans will require to exert them
selves il they are not to fall behibd.
The common schools here are looked
after by highly educated and we'll paid
inspectors, who give their whole time to
the work, and the upper schools are rig
idly examined by professors of the UNI
verslties. As passed through lnver-
hess found professor from Aberdeen
University subiectinG the academy 70 =
sitting trial. JAMES MCNosH.
Art SW INNING