The herald., 1893-08-05
PRESBYTER|ANS AT PASADENA,
They Have a Gala Time at
RubiO Canyon.
The Session Ends With the Reading
of Several Papers.
The Members Express Their Admiration
of the Mountain Railway-Mr. Will
sons Paper on Romanism.
Miscellaneous Matters.

The closing session OF the Presbyte-
rian alliance which has been holding its
third annual convention in Pasadena
during the past week, took place
in Rubio cafion yesterday. Most
of the delegates and friends took
the 9:40 Terminal train for the
mountain pavilion, making all told
a crowd Of nearly 800 persons. The
morning was devoted to sightseeing,
the many delightful resorts in the vi
cinity of the pavilion, furnishing abun-
dant means of amusement.
After rambling through che romantic
canon to the great Msrchsha falls and
ascending the incline to take in the un-
parallelled view from Echo mountain.
they assembled in the music hall to par
ticipate in the closing proceedings OF the
convention. Rev. 8. H. Weller called
the meeting to order and announced the
hymn, Nearer My God to Thee, which
was performed with exquisite taste by
the Lowinski orchestra and sung with
fine effect by the audience.
Rev. H. W. Crabbe of Los Angeles,
chairman of the committee on resolu-
tions, then read his report, embodying
an appreciative estimate of the services
of Prof. Lowe to the community in
making these mountains accessible to
the general public.
John Shirley Ward, speaking to the
resolutions, said there was something in
the Presbyterian alliance which resem-
bled Professor Lowe, and that is a pro-
gressive spirit. We started from Los
Angeles by steam; reaching Altadens
our propelling power was that new and
wonderful agent, electricity. When we
had attained an elevation of 22O0 feet
the great cable with its white chariots
suddenly took us up, like the fight oi
Elijah, to an altitude of $500 feet, where
we could overlook much of Southern
California. We heartily thank Profess
sor Lowe, the Terminal railroad and the
people of Pasadena for this interesting
occasion.
Col. 0. 8. Picher of Pasadena said
language was inadequate to express his
appreciation of the wonderful scenes by
which he was surrounded, and the
splendid genius which had made them
available to the public.
Rev. L. L. Crawford said he had en-
joyed this gathering, and especially the
part that related to this day. He came
to this valley IL years ago, and often
looked up at these grand mountains,
hoping some time to view the land from
their submits, but waited till genius
came along tina: could lift US up to these
heights, and then waited till the Pres
byterian Alliance made arrangements
for the interesting trip. He admired
Professor Lowe for his energy and enter
and ho nh I'd hsr frr hn ~sv lar
OF being translated to these scenes which
inspire awe, gratitude and love.
Rev. j. @. Fletcher spoke of the time
when he was in Rio Janeiro quarter oil
a century ago and met q representative
OF Professor Lowe, who had been sent
there to organize balloon corps, anl
the strong impression it made upon hi
mind. He reverted to the fact that the
professor, born in the shadow of th'
White mountains, came from that coun.
try, whore person can enjoy only three
months OF the year, to this beautiful
land, where he can enjoy all the yeal
round, and, inspired by the love of grand
scenery engendered in his boyhood home
built this splendid mountain road, rival
ing that of Mt. Washington. In closing
| his remarks he praised the common
sense of DR.. Weller in bringing the Pres.
byterian alliance to these beautiful
| scenes.
Professor Lowe was then earnestly
called for and said he had not expected
to be called upon, but was glad of an
opportunity to thank those assembled
for their presence here, and especially
for the kind and sppreciative words oi
those who had spoken, and hoped that
all would be 80 well pleased with their
| present visit that he should have the
pleasure of seeing them here on future
occasions.
EVENING ANNOUNCEMENT.
The evening exercises commenced
promptly at 7 O'Clock, 90 as to give the
visitors and opportunity of visiting the
falls after the completion of the pro.
gramme.
The subject of the opening lecture by
Mr.. G. N. Wilson was The Alleged Men
ace of Romanism to Our Institutions.
In opening, the speaker said: ''Put q
map of the world over the wall there,
and then name any country thereon
where Romanism dominates and it will
be country that is today so years be-
hind our own America in institutions OF
learning, science, art and government"
The present age ia one of advance
ment, and the teachings of the church
of Rome are such as to forbid any such
movement. The nations which are
under the sway of Romanism do not ac-
cord the right to think and act to their
citizens. To do 30 would be the death
OF Romanism. Romanism is a menace
to this nation because it is a thing of
foreign planting and foreign soil. Its
rituals are copied mainly from the Chi
nese. Lafayette warned us that Ameri-
can liberty, if ever destroyed, would be
through Roman priests.
The second and last paper was written
by Rev. B. E. Howard, who took as his
subject The Sort of Preaching the Needs
of the Time Demand, and read by DR.. s.
H. Miller. The speaker opened by stat
ing that he was not up to advocate SEN
sational preaching, but that the church
did not need brass band in front of
her door to draw a crowd. The object
of preaching should be to bring Chris
tianity into every day life.
This is practical age, the people
want what they can use as much in reli-
gion as in business.
In spite of the appearant feverishness
after Bensationalism in the pulpit, am
satisfied that the most of the people are
hungry and thirsty after pure simple
Christianity. The entire paper was OF
practical and interesting nature and
was thoroughly enjoyed by the audience.