New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-24
FRATERNAL DELEGATES SPEAK.
GREETINGS FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
DIR. CLARK PRESENTS THE WORK or THE HE
FpRMED CHURCH-THE HUGUENoTs AND
wrnr,-crANS REPRESENTED.

FoRMEp CHuRCH-THE HUGUENoTs AND
wALDENsIANs REPRESENTED.
Tho er.t o,dcr Of business before the Assembly
yesterday was the reception of fratcrnai ucies",e0'
reDresenting sister denominations. The Rev Dr.
Clark, of Philadelphia, spoke for the N'iorr'e"
Church OF America, saying In part
Mr. Moderator: You spoke recently Of tho Pirsoy;
terrain Church having completed the hrst century "
her existence With glad promises jor pnsormed Church
ceT.bratcI tho 2SOth anniversary OF It's eLftence ~
was organized in the year s IN thr Of ono OF
the smaller bodies that all united IN inc nGrH o.
his evangelical work We only nay ~ ne rem
~ one but we are doing work to Spre Sd
Gods word We arc In the Geld n INDIA nnIG" I i5S
I,asIon aries ESQ native helpers and $3.50 c0mmni
cants and zoe received on probation No or,ar,cs
IN mae ai0 nniis theological seminarics With 20
Students az day schools with 3,oO puplisi Inc con
trbgtlons Sd an, nr Snng what we can toward tho edu
cation OF native ministers, as tho cosnai
,o nSt Sa native nominations than By native ministers
We have collected over Sg3oVo l3r ia 90 nnisslon
,,n. 600 commandments. 10000 Sunday-schooI
scholars and in the last yoar We e onr Widows
for Foreign r Mss snbsa Minister Fund Tho Presby
tsriar Church thank the ReIorped Snr
eepec.SS ~" Sr theT psstor pr Howard Crosby. who
.,e from our church TO you. This Is also true OF IN"
Rev DE- , Th Son3 we have Dr. RtrcdGr in the re
formed Church he having como over 10 Us ir'in 'o"
THE MODERATOR BECOMES PROPHETIC
DR. Roberts, in responding to the greeting OF
DR. Clark, bade him carry to his Church the con-
gr.+uatIops Of the Assembly, and closed his speech
nv expressing the hope that the oodlee "oui'
soor hocone ono in name, as they are now one
in shirt, The two sisters will walk together IN
Heaven: why not walk the streets OF New iotS
nd Pbiladelpbia together now? In the ClnSas
- Nav-York there are now twenty ministers
~ these the Moderator was informed t"eNe
came from the Presbyterian Church
The Rev, L. J. Bertrand, OF the lndePcndent ffot
cstant Church OF France, represented the Societe
Centrale de MiSsonc Intcrieure OF fdriS' nc Sn'n
that for 400 years the Huguenot hnd suncted
torture and death. In his youth thc'e W. W.
only three Evangelical ministers In frNn't to,l'A
thcr. are o.c than 700 pastors Of the ENahEelcHi
faith Then there were no Sabhath hClmoE'
Igbereas now they are attached 20 every church'
Thpn there were no religious phpcrS' no" iheic
am TOO many daughter In the spakcF
ynu.b they were Obliged 70 get their young pastor
isom Switzerland, and now they have theoaosI Smi
sPminhrirs close NJ hand. bne OF .H'I" H'I
seyenty-cight students, and all OF them were
ready 10 wave Chrsts banner over nnregenerauI
mountains and ignorant valleys. Nhrh ne lLe.
came 10 New-i0rk he went 10 see pt0mIheh'
clcrgymen Of the city. and their hrst words mete
~ ta do at home The Presbyterian Board
OF Foreign Missions had done all ~ could TO hriP
DR.. Berirand's work. II had received cohlillppIt'
tions for the work and forwarded them, Tor Which
Tr bertrand mud HIS associates were duly grhp /,
full His closing words were, Come no" ana
help u.s. or never ..,, IT
armnothy which the Presbyterian Church Ind Tor
lie French brethren, and expressed hope that ald
would be given them
Nm pporurT spyAEs yoR THE wALDESs1ASs.
The chairman Of the Committee on CorreSpon-
dcnee, DR.. Allison, Editor OF The Presbyterian
Ranncr.n ncnt presented Chcynlicr Matte Prochct,
OF Rome, who, with the Rev. Mr.. Iron. u Iuril'
came as the representative Of the WnldcnSian
Church DR.. Prochct preached for Or. John Hall
last Sunday. and will speak in Dr. c. l.. Ihomp-
sons church next Sunday lie WINS listened 70
with the closest attention yesterday In his nd
dress Of greeting he shld
I only have two thlngs IN give you herN this morn,
ing In the name Of ny shgrSh one - 5oR fcO TS.
year Is the NJ centenary 81 the rcrnry OF our lofo'
fathers into tho Church in 1859 In 1895 tho valdez.
sIan church 500 years old according to the judgment
OF German critics, hut In my oumAuon oiucL, 20,
ns,eS b,d hecn scattered hrough switzerland and
through Germany. J Wish had more time 10 tAk U.
those tremendous years ina, arT a.! SrogS which
oar forofathcrs had 20 go and to describe y, you
ncasant valleys where the wolves alone fomaln"l
howlng tho Inhabitants being taken away. aTl"n
away--not I'm hndrrdS and THOUSANDS no, Uut ~ len'
~ ISousendS-And whilst the few that remained wor'
crying 10 their fathers, their husbands, or Ia
their wives, 20 their children. or TO hsr parTn,h
down IN Rome that one who styles himself the vicar
OF Him who saved the world informing the TIE
Dcun 10 praise God because he had slaughtered 50
many o. us 5.nnicd win rbs INV handful Of people
for 500 years she had done al maj >he coud NinSu
ever being @hs 20 STo ser ARM D let them be scat
tered IN switzerland. IN Germany out none Oh men
shall soil the beautiful Italian Son or breathe under
he gkes OF I'alyn
For three yea, the WsGsnSan church had d!sap
pcaed. but in tho heart. Of torfathcrS there a.
longing Tor home thst could rot be crushed. They
we're In SwiEcrland, and IN Germany anu IN SICILY as
| we'll In Germany they vcre treated Ike brothcrs
on the i7th Of August i7-0 600 Of them started from
! Geneva to Italy. Those Of you who 50 mo IttD
Ton San BeTtram and turn to the right look al The
river With its torrents rushthE down. ihes [,ou,
| oisrsd there 10 prevent these 900 wadentianS IRON
pa.sIug They VHro pushed By love OF country. IhrS
| hem left Oh how INV heart beats when think o
| hat noble band who we're to reach thor homo or d
Inn louis xiv Of Franco, with oidcr 10 let non
escape alive Ana let me mention this t9ci 70 you
and let me beg your attention TO This: There wcrr'
| Q zoo men on tic side and only 400 on m
oot6eT. Surrounded by men on the top OF the noun
rec1e1fs OF France and OF tho most celebrated
msrShals of France, Catoaa, who hal detea,oi th
ana driven them beyond the Rhine, he too was there
And il dld not make any difference ihey .HrLchI'rc
| or not they must DO hanged u the laSi OF tLnn.
| | know you cannot bur sympathiIe,yon American
with your love Of country WHEN you iHhA OF ms u1
happy 400 Herr they "'fr All c9'I u =, V
| IapSh srd Dor what Were thGy rhbersI Wcrc the
! c,n'a.rcr,l Were thoy distrrLrrs Of the lawi NJ
The only crime they guilty Of was that they per
,s,.1 a. Torshlppng God according 10 their own con
srencr and according the dctatrs OF the Bible an
| The (lospcl Can you not realize what their feeling
,vst have been II they failed Finally ono Of then
Jaw, an opening ln the mountain apparently inaccess
lie IN ali human life but eagles and goats ami told h.
commanders that be had beet In there With hts goats
| Time was pressing and thr enemy were AZ
nruaching nearer and nearer. II seemed a
hat
| his nlarS Right alongside drup thou
sands Of feet below into almost unfathonabc abyss
| 4 slim OF the foot moAnt instant death. While tho
were debating about taking this last desperate ScI
suddenly appeared mist IN the heavens. an unusua
thing nj that tine Of The year. and which grncrall
sIayed mn i'm the clouds How they watched It 10
II II would dcccnd and GGaly It came down and ever
one OF those 400 men crept through that opening al
not a foot slipped, ,.
That is The great dclIv"rancr which we intcnd :
celebrate this year. Fifteen days after that, IN
| Dnbe ~ Sayuy., tp use a vulgar expression, was q
with the King OF France. and then no son