The New York herald., 1879-08-31
Opening Of The Seventh Session Of the In.sr-
national Evangelical Alliance.
BASLE AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS.
The Work Of the Meeting and How
Il Is To Be Done.
DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVES
[BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.1


BAsLE, Switzerland, August 80, 1879.
The seventh general conference of the
Evangelical Alliance begins its session at
this ancient city tomorrow. No more ap-
propriate place could have been chosen.
This city occupies an important place in
the history of Professionalism as the home
of Erasmus and other reformers. A large
number of delegates have already arrived
and more than fifteen hundred visitors have
come to attend the session. The
hotels and boarding houses are filled
with delegations from all Protestant ma
tions and several prominent Protestant
theologians have arrived from Roman Gath
olic countries. The Committee of Arrange
ments are doing all in their power for the
accommodation of their guests. The ses-
sion, which will continue one week in st.
Martins Cathedral. opens under the tenn
porary presidency of Herr Vischer-Sarasin;
then the permanent president will be
chosen.
PROM ALL PARTS or THE woRLD.
Several delegates from the United States
will deliver addresses. The Rev. DR..
Philip Sohaff. of the International Bible
Revision Committee. will speak on estate
and Church in the United States )" the
Rev. DR.. Hurst, president Of the Drew
Theological Seminary, Madison. on ''The
Christian Union as an Element of Religious
Progress and It's Defence y the Rev. DR..
Washburn, ofthe Calvary Episcopal Church,
New York, will discuss Socialism" and
the Rev. DR.. Anderson, of the Park Avenue
Baptist Church, will lecture on "Sun-
day Schools" The two former ad-
dresses will be delivered in German.
and the two latter in English. Among the
English delegates are the Rev. Doctors Will
lam Arthur, Z. Z. Conder, Donaldson
Frazer, John Strengthen and J. D. Dykes,
Sir Charles Reed and DIR. D. H. Rigg.
France sends the Rev. Doctors Babut, Fish,
Talbot, Lefevre and De Pressense. Holland
will be represented by the Rev. DR.. Van
Osterzee Italy will send Emil Comba;
Spain, Pastor Fliedner, and Scandinavia,
Dr. Vonscheel.
THE TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED.
The proceedings will begin by addresses
on the religious condition of the various
countries; then the ministry. education,
the press, missions and the Sunday schools
will be treated in their order. The session
will end with n communion service ut the
edral-the sermon to be preached by
the Rev. DR.. Stockmeyer. of Basle-and a
brief formal farewell service for the dele
gates will follow.
ITS REAL IMPORTANCE.
Great importance is attached to the pres
ent session of the Alliance. The organiza-
ton has existed for about thirty years, but
until the great session at New York in 1873
it never assumed cosmopolitan character.
The Alliance is now regarded as recog-
nized force in behalf Of orthodox religion
throughout Christendom. Its active in
terest with the Russian govern
ment in relieving the Protestants
of the Russian Baltic provinces; its aid in
promoting the interests of humanity in
behalf OF the wounded on the battle fields;
the sympathy it extended to the suffering
Bulgarians have made the Evangelical AL
liance name of endearment to hundreds
of thousands throughout the world. Raths-
herr Sarasin has invited oil the guests to o
general reception at his gardens in this city
at four o'clock tomorrow.
THE HISTORY AND PROGRESS OF THE ORGAN
IzATIoN-suBJEcTs AND SPEAKERS DELE