Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-24
PRESBYTERIAN COUNCIL.
DIR. Breed Delivers the Address of We
come in Place of DIR. III. A. Boardman, Dc
cesSed.

DR.. Breed Delivers the Address of Wei
come in Place of Dr. II. A. Boardman, De-
cessed.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 23.-Dtl sgates to the
Pennsylvania Presbyterian council assembled
this morning in Chambers church and marched
from there to the academy of music, which
was crowded from the parquette to the dome.
The opening sermon was preached by Rev. w.
NJ. Paxton, d. D.. of Newt York, from the text,
"And say unto you that manv shall come
from the east and west and sit down with Abra-
ham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of
heaven" The speaker, after an eloquent in
PRODUCTION, dwelt at length upon the past his
tory and future mission of Presbyterianism
and closed with feeling reference to the
death of Rev. VIM. Adams, d. D., who deliv-
cred the last prayer and pronounced the last
benediction at the close of the first meeting of
the Alliance at Edinburgh in 1877. The first
business meeting will be held this afternoon
at horticultural hall.
It was not until nearly o'clock that the vast
audience that packed the academy of music
vacated that building. Subsequently the dele
gates assembled in Horticultural Hall and Or
ganized the business session. The formal adj
dress of welcome was made by Rev. DR.. VIM.
P. Breed. The late Rev. DR.. Beadle was origin
ally selected to deliver the address of welcome
II. Il. II.
was chosen. DIR. Boardman also died and DR..
Breed was then selected. In his address DR..
Breed made fitting allusion to this fact in
welcoming the council, which he said collect
lively represented great crowd of witnesses,
thirty millions, yea, forty millions of them, in
every land and in every clime," After success
lively welcoming several foreign delegations and
making fitting allusion to memorable features
of the religious history os their several coun.
tries, DR.. Breed referred to the fact that the
first annual presbytery was formed in Phila-
delphia IT'S years ago and to-day out Of the
$50, 900 people of Philadelphia there were $50
Presbyterian ministers, 100 Presbyterian con-
gregatlons, with communion roll reaching to
AZ, OO0 and adherents of some 100000, joining
IN welcoming you genuine Presbyterians.
Upon the conclusion Of DR.. Breeds address
Rev. DR.. Balderwood. Of Edinburgh, was elect
ed chairman of the session and Rev. Drs.
Matthews and Blaikie clerks of the council
Rev. DR.. Prime referred to the deaths of Revs.
Wm. Adams, d. D., of New York, and L. R.
Beadle and FL. A. Boardman since the last
council, and offered q suitable minute which
was adopted. Rev. DIR. Blake, from the
committee of statistics, reported that he had
tabulated statement which it would be imprac-
ticable to read to the council, but which would
be published III the journal of proceedings.
The statement covered the statistics of thirty
four churches, of which thirteen are on the
continent OF Europe, nine IN the United King
dom, six in the United States and six in the
British colonies. After this report had been
submitted and adopted the council took re-
cess.
The evening session was opened by prayer
offered by Rev. Joseph Stratton, ID. D., of
NatcheZ. Three papers were read--Subiects,
'The ceremonial" 1.-THE moral and emotional
in Christian life and worship" by Prof. Rose
wold Hitchcock. 1t wss plea for less Pnri-
tanlsm and more liturgy in Presbyterianism.
Principal Robert Haney, of Edinburg, read a
second paper on the subject of Modern theo-
logical thoughts" This was in the main a
consideration of the general pressure of theo-
logical thought of the day, which the speaker
characterized as being apologetic in tone,
owing largely to the critical attack upon the
foundation and contexts of Christianity.
Prof. G. w. Grove, of Kingston, Canada.
read paper on religious and secular life. DR..
Grove commended that in religion as in secular
matters, the probable will notdo as a grou nd
of belief.