Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-03
Presbyterian Delegates Join in Paying
Honors to Dewey.
Two OF. TEE SESSIONS ABANDONED
Proceedings of Meeting Held at 2
O'clock Today.
A d ID RESS ES YESTERDAY

The delegates in attendance upon the
meetings of the Pan-Presbyterian Alliance
winch mas been in daily session at the
New YORK Avenue Presbyterian Church
since last wednesday. paid honor to Ad-
Hhrai Dewey by emitting the meeting last
evening and took part in the welcome ex-
TENDED MIN by the capital of the nation
o"lng TO the further demonstration in
honor OF the hero of Manila arranged for
today no session was held this morning.
This afternoon at o'clock the delegates
came together again and the program was
as follows:
Report of business committee: report of
the committee the desderata of Pres
byterian history; eastern section Rev.
Prof. Lindsay. Glasgow, Scotland; west
ern section, Rev. DIR. NJ. H. Hutton. New
Brunswick, N. j.; discussion; papers on
Methods for increasing the efficiency of
the alliance, Rev. DIR. Mathews London
England, and Rev. DR.. William F. Junkin
Montclair, N. j.: discussion.
The program for the meeting this even
ing, which will begin at o'clock, is as fol-
lows:
l. Report of committee of the western
section on Corporation in Home Mis-
slons; ?. Addresses The Importance
and Results of Home Mission Work in
Guiding Missions Among the North Ameri-
can Indians; a. The United States Rev
b. S. Stern. New Bremen, Ohio; b. The
United States, Rev. DR.. c. L. Thompson,
New York city; c. Canada, Rev. Dr. Robert
Johnston, London. Canada.
Inc program for tomorrow is follows:
10 o'clock forenoon-The Continental
churches; report of business committee;
reports of the committees on work on the
European continent; eastern section: west
ern section. Rev. Prof. James l. Good D.
D.. Reading, Pa; papers. Claims of the
Englshspeaking people on the European
- "a Brit oh
churches Rev. DR. Bannerman. Perth
Scotland, and Rev. DR.. James u. Paxton.
st. Paul, Mimi; discussion: addresses by
representatives of the continental churches
O'Clock, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS morality
in its Application to Business" G. J. Guth-
RE, esq, @. c., Edinburgh. Scotland; The
Church and Social Questions" Rev. Dr.
Edward B.. Coe, New. York; discussion
Recent Continental Movements in Favor
of the Sabbath" Rev. DR.. Cunningham,
Edinburgh, Scotland; The Preservation Of
the Lords Day in the Interests of Labor"
Rev. President John Forrest d. D.. Hall
fax, N. s.; discussion.
o'clock, evening Addresses on recent
historical anniversaries: The Founding of
the Reformed Church German in the
United States.'' Rev. DR.. H. NJ. Kiefer.
Easton, Pa; The Westminster Assembly"
Rev. Prof. T. NJ. Hamill, D. D., Belfast
Ireland; THE Edict of Nantes and the
Huguenots,' Rev. DR.. Steel, Glasgow. Scot
land Reception of the delegates at the
house of the Rev. DR.. Talmage.
Study of Comparative Religion.
At the session yesterday afternoon Rev.
DR.. Robson of Aberdeen, Scotland, held the
attention of the delegates while he read a
paper on The Apologize Value of the
Study of Comparative Religion"
In contrasting Christianity with other re-
ligions, he said the former does not rest on
the secondary conditions of ethics and phi
losophy, but on God. He said the forgive
ness of sins is the great feature which
raises Christianity above other faiths. A
discussion followed the reading of the pa
per.
Reports of the committee on Sabbath
schools were presented by Rev. Thomas
Burns, for the eastern section, and by Rev.
DR.. J. V. Stephens of Lebanon, Pa, for the
western section. These reports were print
ed in the blue book
Confederation of Methods.
The well-known Sabbath school worker,
Rev. DR.. James A. Worden of Philadelphia,
read a paper on improvements in Sabbath
School Methods He said the Sunday
school not sufficiently identified with
the church, and that pastors were not
much interested in this branch of church
work they should be. He believed that
be a special department to give those pre-
pairing for the ministry proper training in
Sabbath school work.
Rev. Alexander Smellie of Thurso, Scot
land, followed with a paper on the same
subject, and the remainder of the session
was given up to a general discussion OF
Sunday school work and methods.