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GREAT RELIGIOUS COUNCIL.
TIE PAN-PHEsBTTERIIN ALLIANCE
TO MEET IN WdSHIyGTON
$50 Broadway. cor. Leonard.
heD Broadway. cor. Prince.
Thirty-second and Broadway,


Bring tho Separated Reform Churches
Into One-The Alliance Has n Presby-
terinn Constituency of About %, 600. 900.
WASHINGTON Sept. 24-Representatives OF
all the various phases OF Cnlvanistc thought.
churchmen from every part OF the world into
which Presbyterians have made their way. and
advocates OF nearly all methods Of church work
proposed during the present decade. will
gather in Washington next week for the
sessions OF tho Seventh General Council Of
tho Pan Presbyterian Alliance. As so far de-
tsrmined. the programme includes addresses
by several men Of wide and established repu-
tation and talks on the secular aspect ofchurch
work by laymen Of prominent civil position.
This fact. coupled with the prospective election
OF an American as President OF the Alliance
for the ensuing three years. centres on the
meeting the attention OF nearly 100000
American Presbyterians.
John Calvin himself defined the scope and
purpose OF tho Alliance. Writing to Archbishop
Cranmer in 1852. he outlined a purpose to
unite the sentiments OF all good and learned
men. and so. according to the rule OF Scripture
to bring the separate churches into one." In
such an effort" he added. neither labor nor
trouble OF any kind shall be spared" How
completely this aim would be realized by his
followers tho great reformer could have had
ance eighty-sx different denominations
or national churches. worshippsrs from all
Ave continents, and n Presbyterian con-
stituency OF about twenty-five millions.
These have como together according to the
constitution OF the Assembly. mot to change
their fraternal relations with other churches.
but. as heretofore. to join with Thorn in Chris
tIan fellowship and in advancing tho cause OF
tho Redeemer on tho general principle main
tanned and taught in the Reformed Confess
sions." Thus. as far as Presbyterans could
effect such an alliance. the separate churches"
are brought into ono. A glance at the Alliance
programme Indicates that the council has also
united the sentiments" OF great many
good and learned men"
The Washington session is tho seventh In the
history OF tho Presbyterian Church The
movement toward a union OF energy and
method found expression as early as 1913.
when the States General OF Holland called
meeting at bort. The Westminster Assembly
at London. In 1913. also took on somewhat
the form OF an ecclesiastical council OF Eng
disappearing Christians. But 1t was not
until tho middle OF the nineteenth century
that tho purpose to create a general orGani-
cation. to include all Reformed Churches
wherever found. assumed tho aspect OF a
practical. feasible undertaking. Chief among
and a Scotchman, the Rev. James McCosh D.
D.. IL D.. President OF Princeton University,
and the Rev. William Carbon Blake. D. D..
IL. d.. Of the Free Church College. Edinburgh
Scotland. There was much to arrange. many
preliminary meetings were 10 be held. and a
number Of conferences had to take place
between the leaders OF the several church
organizations. DR.. McCosh. Prof. Blake.
the Row DR.. John Hall of Now
York. and tho Rev. G. d. Mathews.
DID. OF Quebec. now General Secretary OF the
Alliance. accomplished all this. however. and
announced that the first couCcil should be he ID
with our national celebration. the Centennial
Exposition. and was changed to 1877. Al that
session forty three churches wero represented
by 200 delegates. Tho subsequent meetings
have been held In Philadelphia IN 1880: in
Belfast, Ireland. in 1884, in London In 1888
In results those meetings have moro than
justified themselves. They have brought about
foreign mission work. A majority OF the Pres.
hyterian and Re formed organizati ton have been
nduSS sa, to dops ana clan Of
practically united certain churches hitherto
isolated FROM English and American infu;
SnnFiS South f sn nS the
William Henry Rober's. the .American secre-
tary: 1T. has enabled the Presbyterian and
ed Fl tho World " eh
iis and nToFrsss, Of the ih,.os Church. Tnil-
the largest body Of Protostants in the world,
which are intimately connected with the pro
gress OF civil and rel sious liberty They con
DIV
Side by side on every continent stand tho Rom
anist and the Presbyterian
About $50 delegates are expected to take
mart in the Washington meeting. or these II
fairly large numher are foreigners, The clergy
near those countries are ,prccluded from at
tending. however. by the disTuiot and alarm
h mme EGsand and Scoand viii Il" send nd U arse
delegations. The representatives from South
Airicn lett before the war cloud gathered ovor
The Shicl GEurC omTopC the Visitors to Amer
land. pastor OF the Barrony Church, the old
dresden, q the Nance. in his church John
h hsIJ it H''s ses.on.. and Ai"xagder Hem.
ds der" preached. it's affairs are now airected
by the most prominent figure OF the fresby-
Observation-Disclosures his siNty-nye years, and one
Of tho most eioquont nxnonGnts, II EaiyinlSm
| LIVING" ono OF Dir. l.anGo's many books. found
its way into many Amerl"nn homes. ,.
| mcnts, sends 10 the council the Rev. Dr.
| Stewart the genius OF the South African
| educational institution established by the
| Church. He viii address the council on
| Christian Mission Progress in Africa During
| tina Nineteenth Century DR.. IL. 5. Bosnian.
who comes from Pretoria. in tho Transvaal.
| will speak on Colonial Churches"
Two members Of tho EnGlish Parliament arc
10 attend the council as delegates. Ono OF
them. Samuel Smith. ESD. is a Londoner. II
Liberal and q Spirtualist on church ques-
tions. He has taken foremost part IN tho
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