The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-25
7BB CENTENNIAL DAY
Celebration by the Presbyterian
General Assembly.
THE FIRST GREAT REUNION
.,,,.. ,i.e war--Two More Bishops
r,ec,ed in New YOrk---Laytns
,bc Corner stone Of the Great
Catholic University.

p.,.,. ,,yt7rrA, May 24.-This was the
,.,.nr.I Day Of the Presbyterian
C5r-.b The members of the two Gen
Ilr'' ,I ,...mbIies united in great mass
tin. g''' in the Academy of Music and
Horticultural Hall.
~ rr. ceremonies began in both build
-, ten o'clock this morning and the
= +, attendance were enormous.
-t .,,,rrasc academy of Music, with
ain, capacity of over $500, was
r,,,-, 10 .utTocation, and every inch
..al.p. room was occupied by a
.-.,rsp, mass Of humanity anxious to
-, ,5rt in the frst reunion of the
n-'' 1t bodies Of the Presbyterian
p -. ~ m America since the division
80 l,. han a quarter Of a century ago.
l'I,. ,5. academy Of Music the Rev. j..
r,'.mrE ID. Moderator Of the South
,,.9rral Assembly, presided, and
.'3,,I @ with him on the platform were
,br Rev Wm. II. Roberts, DID, stated
-. ~ .f the Northern General Assem-
IL. H. r-r Joseph T. Smith, DID, OF
g'i si...'r-. ex.ModeratOr OF the North
iL,'',,. -- ',,,...,Yblv; Rev. James McCosh, d.
n +, Il" pr,-,.-iJpni Of Princeton College; Rev.
IT, r.r Hg,I. ID. OF New York; Rev.
~ l.s n Stoddard, editor of the New
Y9rJ. Ol.rrsr, and many Others.
Nr. Cleveland occupied seat in the
rrrar right hand box. She was WITT.
.fi =. hmtly OF Rev. Charles Wood, OF
80. .,,.snfHEn, whose guest she is during
L., -,1v here. and bore the battery OF
-, - grasses aimed ut her with compo-
.,,a and WIS evidently deeply inter
cs,ei listener and spectator.
Tn, great audience was evidently
male no in equal proportions nom rep
r.-sn,g,ives Ot the two assemblies, and
,rbcn Rev DR.. Bullock was introduced
,s nrasi,lirg officer. there were thunders
= ,npIause. He was presented by DR..
smiif ex.Noderator Of the Northern
I..embly. and when DR.. Smith said, in
Walr0mi1y the Southern guests, that the
audience could remember that the mem
hers oi these great assemblies were
p,.sbvtrrians above all things, and that
, L- brethren from the South had crossed
II .,a and pixon's line almost without
Ia. - wing where the division was, there
~ w. ,,,gthrr round Of enthusiastic ap-
niSrse They were OF the same ancestry,
!Ha ,,,'. anne n itk. the same glorious history:
Then The i've thousand people rose and
.gng, Praise Go! from Whom all Bless
- 1- BrIiock. As the representative Of
tbr southern Assembly, made a briei
Inn, rIaGuept address, cordially recipro-
r.tad the fraternal sentiments OF the
brethren from the North, and said that
whatever might be the final disposition
OF the question Of organic union, there
wa. NO ierIia. Of alienation or prejudice
or wan, Of !li,h in the doctrines OF their
sister assembly. There was no obstacle
;hat he knew Of TO fraternity and tel-
The exercises concluded with an ora
ZION by Rev. DR.. Cuyler, of Brooklyn,
who spoke ior an hour on the history
oi Prtsvyterianism," and an address by
Rev Benz. VI. Palmer, D. D., OF New Or
leans. on The Work OF Presbyterian
ISM ior the Future
4 ma, audience also crowded Horti-
cultural Hall. adjoining the Academy,
and 'here, TOO. there was the comming-
ling 6i the blue badges OF the Northern
Assembly and blue and white OF the rep
rrsentatiyes from the Southern branch.
The SAME iraternal feeling was manifest
among the commissioners OF both bodies:
Rev. DR.. Charles L. Thompson, OF
Kansas CITY. the Moderator OF the Nor
fhera Assembly, was in the chair, and
ses,ci with him on the platform were
eminent divines representing both
branches. The opening ceremonies were
were brief but fervent, and when
Moderator Thompson introduced Con:
vrrssman Wm. c. P. Breckenridge, OF
LexiaEton College, there was much en-
tLuslasm.
bespoke on "Calvanism and Religious
Liberty, and eloquently sketched the
work u the Church in advancing ciylll-
ation and great moral truth. HIS
reference tO church union were received
with extreme warmth. When he had
finished there was 4 whirlwind OF ap-
plause.
Rev. Howard Crosby, D. D., followed
Tith an address on "Presbyterlanism
aRi Biblical Scholarship" He defend
ell the verbal inspiration of the Bible.