Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-04

| referred included all places on the CONT
nent where Englsh-speaking people resort
and also the islands of the Mediterranean.
An interesting contribution on the same
subject was an address by Rev. DR.. James
ID. Paxton of St. Paul, Mimi, who told of
the progress of the work on the continent,
especially in Paris, where the speaker was
once stationed for time. He made a de-
| tense of the students of the Latin quarter
and said that the average was as high as
IN any other class. The great trouble with
them. he said, was the ALPHABETICALLY
getting away from religious Influences. He
spoke of the present apd future of the stu
dent work. His remarks were listened to
with close attention. -
Representatives of o. the continental
churches then took part in the discussion,
the first speaker being Rev. A. Kalassy
of the Hungarian Reformed Church. The
accent of this speaker was such that it was
difficult at times to catch his pronuncia-
ton of the English. Fe gave a sketch of
the history of the struggles of the Hunga-
rian church against the opposition of the
Roman Catholic Church.
Rev. Gays Address.
The. next speaker was Ray. S. Gay of
Naples, Italy, the representative of the
Waldensian Church. His style of speak
ing was marked by the viSacity of the
Latin race He was quite witty and caused
frequent outbursts of laughter. In referring
to the church council. as he termed the
alliance, he said his idea was that 1t was
an assemblage designed to create some
thing new, but he found this was mis-
take, as it was evidently the function of the
alliance to maintain what is old. In refer
ring to his church, he said 1t existed before
Columbus discovered America, and before
Luther discovered the Bible. While his
church had been oppressed, for the past
half century it had been free. He spoke of
raising in Italy the standard of religious
liberty, and said his church had taught
to Laos tInN
principle. He referred to a bull issued by
the pope of Rome Offering indulgence for
those who read the Bible, and the speaker
said it was thought by the Waldensians
that the pope had become alarmed at the
demand from the people for the Bible and
so he had issued this order in the hope that
1t would have the reverse effect
Rev. Mr.. KATE. as the representative of
the church in France, also spoke of the con-
ditions prevailing in that country, and gave
some facts indicating the encouraging
progress made in evangelistic work in that
country
Upon the conclusion of the addresses the
alliance adjourned for luncheon Before a
recess was taken the assistant secretary
announced that copies of Prof De Wits
sermon could be obtained by application in
the Sabbath school room.
Afternoon Session.
The alliance assembled for the afternoon
about o'clock. A paper on Rec nt Move
of the Sabbath was read by Rev. Dr. Cum
ningham Of Edinburgh. Scotland. He said
in part:
THE movement Of which / have to speak
may be said to have originated at the meet
ing of the Evangelical Alliance at Geneva
in 1891. International congresses attended
by influential men of many nations have
been held-at Geneva in rs. at Berne in 10,
at Paris in 81 and again in 80; at Brussels
in 50 and again in 81, and in Germany.
The subject was discussed at the Berlin
international labor congress in $780, and
the Stuttgart in 1892
I'm Switzerland in 1877 law was passed
prohibiting work in manufactures upon
Sunday, with exceptional of neces-
sity, but reserving even in these cases one
Sunday in every two for the workmen
In 1891 legislation provided that fifty-two
holidays in the year, of which seventeen
must be Sundays. be secured to every per-
son employed In railways. or steamboats,
or tramway cars, or In the post office or
Geographic departments, and all goods
trains on Sunday were suppressed after
the International conference at Berlin in
1873.
In Norway and Bavaria one Sunday in