The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-13


rUoc~ammc includes not only sll the gen
srol interests Of the church, but an inquiry
,and presentation Of the most interest
ing points in the history Of the donomina-
7ion the systematizing Of methods OF evan
s.e!ization. and. most important OF all,
1e-haps measures for complete reunion
u The Pres byterians north and south
REPRESENTATIVES from both general assem-
olies will attend. concurrent meetings VIII
be held in the Academy of Music and in
horticultural ball and prominent minis
GERS and public men from both sections
uyjii address these meetings.
81 the Academy of Music the moderator
II the southern general assembly Will
preside the first day. Justice William
STRONG. OF the supreme court. on the
second day and on subsequent days Gov
amor Alfred N Sales Of North Carolina.
ara others. and this meeting will be adj
dressed by Senator benjamin Harrison. oi
Indiana: Hon Randolph Tucker. of Nir
yinia. DR. Theodore l. Cuylcr OF BROOKLYN.
aud other eminent divines. lawyers and
statas,nen In horticultural hall the
,noderat0r Of the northern general assem-
BIZ. Con Daniel H. Hill, of Georgia. Gov
error Beaver. Of Pennsylvania. and others
wilt preside ana the leading themes VIII
DC discussed By Hon w c p Breckia
ridge. of Kentucky; Rev Howard Crosby
If New York. and other diyincs and
statesmen of equal eminencc The Joint
meetings. in the evenings end closing
DAYS will be held in the various churches
81 Philadelphia. and addressed by The
worlds most eminent opponents of educa-
no, ard Christianity
In anticipation of the event many inter
sting facts have been culled from the
sAssrch records in rIcltion to the early
PRESBYTERIAN movements in the colonies
and states. for he would be very dull
historian who should ignore the influence
Of Presbyteranism in the Eighteenth cen
5ury upon the political evolution of the
s.n3es ARD the nation. 1t is matter of
synnon knowledge that from its first
organization the Presbyterian church has
had government distinctively republican
N form. and that it has fourished best
where there has been the least monarch
seal influence. to wit in Scotland the
north of Ireland and the United States
b., il is not so well known, perhaps, that
IL, prosecutions to which the early Pres
ssrSerians were subjected were much more
r,ohtical than religious. The Stuart kings.
stupid as they were in many respects. were
smart enough 70 see than republican
church government must. whether its nd
herents so intended or not, weaken their
devotion to monarchy James II CURLY
EXPRESSED the truth IN his famous phrase,
NO bishop no king" and his grandson,
,ssuch more stupid man. hit the truth
soparaly when he said that as long as the
asatch were allowed to be Prcsbyterians
tbey would be anti monarc!iical at heart
Indeed. there is no education In self gov
srrn,ent equal to the practice of sci: gov
ccanent So the Stuart kings and the
most bigoted among their successors drove
out 500. 900 Congregatonalists, Baptists
and Presbyterians 900 600 of the latter
from Ireland aone). and Great Britains
loss became Americas glorious gain.
The Oldest Presbyterian church in the
United States with unbrolen succession
Of records and worship is that at Jamaica.
Long Island. which took form between
1856 and 1862. but of course this was not
f..:o irst in the colonies. Sometime be
tyyss. zoos and 1914 Rev Alexander
Whitaker preached to q Presbyterian con
yreration at Bermuda Hundreds. Vir-
cinia, and this was doubtless the first.
The Puriians independents or Congrega-
+ioualists and Pre>5yterians merged with
on. difficulty in Virginia and increased
Rapidly until the complete separation OF
saf,s in England; then Sir William Fer
HsAy. the royal governor, determined 70
establish the British church absolutely,
and about 1912 began TO prosecute and
expel the presby;crans. So the majority
o., .hem moved to Maryland whore they
eyastually obtained political control, bat
IL no long time there was liberation in
both colonies, and Virginia had many
Presbyterian strongholds.