The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-17
SPREAD OF CALVINISM.
DIR. vAss ON TIE GREAT PAN
PRESBYTERIAN COUNCIL.

The City Where the Council Was
Beld-The Growth or Presbyterian-
ism Throughout the world-Twenty
Millions of People Living in the Faith
of Calvin.
Rev DR.. L. G. Vass lectured last night o.
the First Presbyterian church upon the re-
cent pan-Presbyterian council held at To-
ronto, which he attended az delegate from
the Southern Presbyterian church.
DR.. Vass gave many interesting facts
connected with the meeting OF the council
and the information received there OF the
condition of the Presbyterian church
throughout the world.
The meeting at Toronto was the fifth
general council of the alliance of
reformed churches holding the Presby-
terrain system. One hundred times
as many Preshyterians, Dr.. Vass
said, were represented at the council at
Toronto as there were Protestants repre-
sented at the great ecumemical councils Of
the churches which attracted so much atten-
ton in the last century.
A MODEL CITY.
Toronto, DR.. Vess said, is known as the
Queen city Of the west.n Ii is a city of
900 population, and is the capital of the
province of Ontario, which has a popula-
tion of 2.500.0O0. Ontario is larger than
any state in the union save Texas. Toronto
the churches &c are Presby-
terrain, and on an average one
person in every five of the population
OF the province is Presbyterian, giving the
province Presbyterian population OF 500.
600. Toronto has MAGNIFICENT church and
college buildings. One thing DR.. Vass
noted particularly was the observance of
the Sabbath there. There are no Sunday
newspapers. no Sunday trains and no Sum
day street cars. The saloons are closed at
Z O'Clock Saturday night and remain closed
until O'Clock Monday morning.
The city with its 200, 900 inhabitants is as
quiet on Sunday, DR.. Vass said, as q country
village. Nobody objects to this state OF
affairs, and everybody seemed well satisfied.
Toronto is an exceedingly prosperous city,
and has doubled its population In the last
nine years.
PREsBTTERIANIsM THROUGHOUT TIE
WORLD.
There are ninety~two Presbyterian organ
izations throughout the world, DR.. Vsss
said, all of which were represented at the
council by delegates or proxies.
Among the distinguished theologians
present were Prof. Blackie of Scotland Prof
gov, Principal Hutton of Edinburgh, Prof.
Park and DR.. Leeds of Ireland. Principals
Caven and MoVicker and DR.. Monroe Glib
son of London, DR.. Patton of New Hebrides
and other distinguished chuFehmen. The
body wss distinguished for the ability and
character of its represe natives. Enter
| tainments in honor Of the council were
| given by MAJ. and Mrs. A. M. Cozby, Sir
| Olin Morvatt. premier of Canada, and by
| Lieut.. Gov. kirkpatrick at the government
| house. Numerous papers were read, and
| reports received of the condition of the
Presbyterian church throughout the world.
THE EFFECT OF CHRISTIANITY.
DR.. Vass contrasted the advancement
| shown by the countries which have adopted
| the Protestant system of faith and those
which had rejected IL. The census of 1886
| Of Great Britain showed, he said, that there
was illiterate person IN "a in Scotland,
in Ga in England and in in Ireland. He
contrasted the advanced condition of the
| Protestant countries OF the continent as
| compared with the Catholic countries.
| The mission of the Presbyterian church,
| DR., Vass said, is to maintain
the right OF private Judgment, the freed ON
| OF conscience and the New Testem ent
| doctrines Of the fall and stonement.
With regard to the mission-work Of the
| Presbyterian church DIR. Vass said the re-
| ports showed that the church has missions
| in II countries, with 6, 557 missionaries. with
| 3, 400 native ministers and AZ $40 native
helpers, and 1856, 116 communicates.
| One-fourth of all the mission work of the
world. he said, was being done by Presby-
| terians. In Australia the reports showed
| the Presbyterian church to have 638 min.
listers and 400, 900 adherents.
The total number of adherepts through
out the world. DIR. Vass said, is 1000, 600.
Among the important questions discussed
at the council was the substitution of arbi-
rration for war among the nations Of the
earth. collection for foreign missions
was taken up after the lecture.