, 1880-09-24
CHURCH GATHERINGS.
Meeting Of the Pan.Presbyterian
Council in the City of Phil
adelphia.
Tho Foreign Delegates Welcomed
by tho Itev. DR.. Breed.
Last Days Session Of the Bible Societies
Centennial at Trenton, N. J..
THE 1,ltEsDYrE1,1ASs.


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THE l'lsEsbiIEHiASS.
PHILADELPHIA, fa., Sept. I.-'rho dele
Rates to the Pat-rresbytcrlan Council as.
se,nblctl this morning Iii the Chambers Street
Church an'l marched from there to the
Academy Ut Music, wllich Wns cFowaed
frtlh pnrqnet TO dome. Tie opening scrill0il
w"s preached by Tho Rev. William Paxton; !:
w.' & VI sew iorh, , from .ne 'eS. ,,, faa. nm'
say i''lo ynll tint tlis',y siall como from
tie east anu tho west a1lu SIT slnwli with
Abraham. atlsi Isaac, ntl Incul, III lin King
@ ,,,,, i.ts,.,,o,, ~ 1, sI,t"is: ~ io,at It,'i ;, M
thu past history aul tho future mission Of
'l'rcsbytcrlanisni, md c!osc.t with feeling
Adams u i, s,.l,n ,iotvornI ,,,a l,ut r,,.o,.
tau"''la' -. - ~" ucn'oieA NY i's1 pt''set
anu pronounced 1he ias' penetllctlon NJ t'o
Edinbiru. IN 1s77. "
% II ,vaa :, MT IT mil M uc,rtv o,cfoc. Tint tno
-. VIZ NV '...n ''o =. s'osN ,A"t wv
snst haalehee t'all packsu l'o AcwlcMhy ~
MUSIC sacated tl'at p'l4aihs. ns'nse'lnehlly
HILL alul urunntxell business scSstUly. The
formal address uf welcome was made by tie
l,ny. Dr. William r. Breed. .rIm lute Kuy.
DR.. DcatlIu WIS originally selected to deliver
the address OF welcome, md ,,po, lis death
tim ttey, )r. III, 4. 1,onr,lu,a1, wns cl,uscll.
I)r. u,rlr,lmuu also died, a,l DIR. l}recd was
tl,cn selected. In Ills uldrcss. DR.. Urcwt
mnae fitting u,ll,slon to this fact
in welcoming thu Council, which, lie
satd. collectiyr!y ropr,,spnted IN great
crow,t Of witnesses, thirty millions.
yes, forty millions of them, In every.
lulltl a1ld Iii every cline" Aftersucccssiyuty
welcoming tllo sevG1ll foreign delegations,
t nk'g 'tig 3 ntas!o u 5e .e1ptn1s f tn.a,n
t.%nls,i rn,,ntrirs iir isr~3I rnf"rrs u tn Iii. In
fast shut the iirst American presbytpry WAS
formed III Philadelphia LIS years nEi,, nsMl
,tGtlnyt m!lL oi hn,ooo i1,nie q .,o lhilnHe!-
@ r!a,, 'w o t.r,'ana IL ,,it o.',,,r,,,n
rcorhi,n, IL Ian and nj, aIthr,,,,re t,Y sonlt,
1Ot,, ,U03, Join Ii, giving YOU genuine prcsby'-
terla,, welcome"
Upo'i ulG eulGilss9n nL ~. bFcSdS ;, ntt-
hr~ ,vns o tisi f,,iT,,nn "y' ~ M =" s,,ssn,,
mil LID Rev. Ura, Matthews mid UlnfEiu
Clerks Of the Council.
The !scr. Dr: !'rinc referred to tho tlgntlls
2! lhe !aogs; @ W!'ltA heaAnts, @ - ~, OF MoW
siur" tia I iast M Hn,,tcfI. mil % niJeraJ s,,itnI,n
minute, wj,jcIl WIS ntlopted,
The ltey. DR.. Dlaiktc,, fso. tho Committee
on Stntlstlcs reimftea tl!at ia Esn.i lstn!liagtl
~ r.'a' J.; ,o WtH , u "" ,,t o;,,eI, W ~
,,;,tthnI ~ o T.; ~, f,r,i I'ty ~ rnaIt trio
Itatn,st ~ otnr ,v ~. st,i,ai;,s u i9 fLrv
f2u1 Ghl.tclss g. wlielil,ftGe Spp a. tl,
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hh9s4,a T. wy SsS " iao uh''es ota'es' a1d SIX
!" tiM @ ntIt,s t;s p';'t,rt I ai ,,oo, ert,,to cn
'|'t1Paea, % tAe Goumst! ,, ,ooR leGeSs. FL, ,,
H., iHG W. o'Gi1ia!H hessiEA upcu,su w pl"seff
" l!o lteSt M, ~. Jusela s n.iaaai., r. ~ ~
Ma'GiiEI. if;, o n4pffy & mctf re,1a, w s i,sL
11on@I ,og ~ 1ntiS'inn i;! i;uf MM MptSm. py
ia1. t11sME! T.. iatGtieoski L. Ms y PLY
1ot aeSs iur1a'a4sl'l a'id h'ore liturgy III lfes-
psnIm'ias TT ii;,' p,,o~t 1,,,no ~ r,,,,,t,rro
IFl,itlMt Inuult ita!liey; " EattiinntlR,
rGlla aecofld npor " ;no san{ect: ntteLi
l!aoloslen amuiHsn.r Ills WaS ~ LIZ
" f W. t5o,ia91ni ,t.rht ~ t ~ a, .,,iniS t',o
.,ir uo ~ ~, s;s"tt -. htIr,. nyTs,1n',"ti H.
tolc, oWloE largely IL tIo % cr!tlcat nMaek iIls1
uPut tle to"hu"t'oA "l"' te"e@a VI e"'i"'