Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-27
INTERESTINGLY ALLIANCE.

1NTER.SEMINARY ALLIANCE.
Thirty Theological seminaries Rep
resented - Over Three Hundred
Delegates, Two Hundred From
Other Places - Organization-Wel-
coming Addresses by Professor
stevens and Br. MuDger-A Power
full Address by Bishop Randolph
To-Day's Program.
The fourteenth annual convention of the
American Inter Seminary alliance opened
at the United church yesterday afternoon
at $50. About 200 delegates are present
from out of town, besides 100 from Yale
seminary. Thirty theological seminsries
are represented. After the opening exer-
cises, the report of the executive commit
tee was presented. I. NJ. Allen of Chicago
was nominated for president and elected
the permanent chairman. Mr.. Thomas of
Newton seminary, Mr.. Mullen of Gettys-
burg. Robert Mclaughlin of Oberlin were
nominated as secretaries.
Rev. 8. L. Baldwin of New York city,
secretary of the Board of Missions of the
NJ. E. church, followed with an excellent
address on "The Missionary Outlook" He
said that the cause of missions in this
country was practically born in 1906. Now
the cause has spread all over the world,
| Fifty years ago all the inhabitants of the
Sandwich islands were idolaters. Now
there is not an idolater to be found on the
islands. On the Fiji Islands 80, 900 people
assemble in the Protestant churches. Mad
sgascsr and the New Hebrides have also
been won for Christ.
/ Tn 1opar loco than of oapSpr-
ago there was not a missionary in the en-
pire. Now there are thousands of Christian
communicating, and Japan can soon be
| reckonsd as a Christsn country. The
work Is going on with power and strength
all over the world.
At p. m. reports were presented from
Bangor, Me Xenia, o.; Hartford, McCor-
mick (Ohicago) seminaries and others.
At 4:30 p. m. a welcome reception was
held.
The principal committees appointed are
as follows:
Executive oommittee-A. L. McClellsnd,
chairman, New Haven; d. Bloomershine,
Lancaster, Pa; J.G.Scott, Alexandria, Va. !;
81. Y. Corey, Newton Center, Mass; 81. s.
Lawrence, Springfield, Ohio; W. D. Crock
EFT. ex-oficio, Auburn, N. Y.
Publishing mmittee-S.G. Hickman,
chairman, New Haven.
Transportation committee-A. L. Green,
chairman, New Haven; G.. D. Wilder.
Rev. I. G. Reserve, Perry, Wormer, Ire
land, Hayes, Grant, Jenkins, Rice, Feb
landt, Tyler, Thayer, Erving, Moody,
Pease, Zumbro, Thompson and Thicker.
Among the seminsries represented are
the following: Yale university, Newton
Theological seminary, Chicago uni
versity, Rochester seminary, Andover,
Bangor, Chicago Theological seminary,
Hartford, Oberlin, Virginia Theologi-
ssi l seminary m E,,,, GetsysbGrg' Witten
In. Y; Lane, Cincinnati, O.; Mccormick
of Chicago; P1incston, N. j.; Union OF
New York city; Cumberland of Lebanon,
Tenn; Allegheny, Pa. Xenia, O.. Re-
formed seminary, Lancaster, Pa Union
Biblical, Dayton, O.; Crozier, of Chester,
Pa; Reformed Dutch Of Holland, Mich.
and Union of Hampton, Va.
| Among the we'll known workers present
are Burton s. Gilman and V. G. Harring-
ton of Andover, J. Il. Kobayaskt of Vir-
ginia, Rev. Robert Hume, L. D. Wishard,
Rev. A. J. Gordon, D. D., of Boston, E. A.
Read of Chicago, Rev. W. S. Rainsford, D.
D., Rev. II. P. Beach of Springfield, Rob
ert E. Speer, James T. Spangler of Union
Biblical seminary, Rev. Charles F. Goss
and J. W. Allen of Chicago university.
The Evening Session.
WELCOME BY PROFESSOR STEVENS AND DR.
| MISUNDERSTANDING ADDRESS BY BISHOP
| RANDOLPH OF SOUTHERN VIRGINIA.
| The evening session opened at 7:3C
o'clock with addresses Of welcome by Rev.
Professor George B. Stevens, D. D., of the
Yale Divinity school and DR.. T. T. Nun
ger, pastor of the United church. Dr.
Stevens welcomed the delegates in behalf
of the Yale Divinity achool. In his re-
marks he said
You represent many branches of the
Christian church, assembled here in con
vention on the common ground of the dis
oussion of missionary work. You may no 1
| many of you even know the church rela-
tons of your fellows. This same thing
often happens right in the Divinity school
where instructors oftentimes know nothing
of the church relations Of the students
remember one man whom I always sup
posed to be Congregationalist minister.
In conversation with him one day found
to my surprise that he was a Methodist
and always had been. And this is only an
example. Christians may differ much be
tween themselves, but we are concerned
only with the great Catholic truth of Chris
tianity. You represent various branches
of Protestant Christianity. You emphasize
| what is common and fundamental in this
Christianity and on this account We well
| come you here.
| "But there may be even deeper reason
than this. You emphasize the missionary
idea and this arouses an Intelligent inter
est in missions, both at home and abroad.
For Christianity is essentially missionary.
Yet we often hear 1t said of Christian peo-
pie that they live in ignorance or think
lightly of the world around them. It was
one of the most prominent of Christ's
commands sto go into all the world and
proclaim His gospel. The apostles ideas,
too, were missionary ideas. Look at the
Apostle Paul He cannot think of him
self as Christian at all, except as mis-
sionary. So with all the apostles and the
early church in general. They appre-
hended the representative idea of Chris
tianity as missionary.
chow can any man foil to appreciate the
Importance of missions when he reads the
sent me into the world, even so have
sent you out into the world
Then we welcome you here for what we
intend to derive from you, and for the
benefit you Will be to us both individually
and as a school. And 80 we most cordially
and earnestly desire the blessing of God
and the guidance of His spirit in all its
meetings"
DR.. Munger then followed with an adj
dress of welcome in behalf of the minis
ters of the city. He said in part:
81 know how they all feel and how they
desire your company here, and how hearth
| ly they are interested in missions Any
| collection of ministers or theological stu
dents would be welcome here. But for
those who have conceived of religion in Its
highest sense and take up and follow the
Bible literally, for those I say, there is a
special welcome.
GAS church we welcome you. We are
not very old-only $50 years. The
building we open to you. 1t is not old
either, having been built during the last
| war with Great Britain. Such as It Is we
| open 1t to you, and We trust you will leave
| a blessing 40 well as receive one
II am glad to welcome many of you
| newly to New England. 1t may be all new
to you. But I hope you will get good
| taste Of 1t. hope you will breathe the
spirit of 1t and be imbued by it.
"What the speaker before me said about
| instructors in the seminary not knowing
the denomination to which many of the
| students belong, is SO. But there will be
| no mistake about the spirit of freedom, toll
| Grafton and sympathy which prevails
among the students and instructors.
Il nd hot