Year: 1873

Y large meeting was held at Exeter Hall tonight
80 hear the report OF the delegates to the late
Evangelical Alliance in New York. The hall was
filed with


AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENcE.
At seven O'Clock precisely Lord Ebury took the
chair Among those surrounding His Lordship
were Dean Canterbury, Rev. DIR. Angus Drs
IStoughton, Parker, Dallas Marston, jenkins, Lord
Alfred Churchill c. Reed, ESQ.,, NJ. NJ. and w.
NcArtnur. A hymn was cnanted--


From all that dwell beneath the skies


Let the Creators praise arise


Then followed the reading Of the Scriptures, fol-
lowed by prayers. Afterwards letter was read
from Earl shaitesbury, regretting that 1t would
not be possible for him to attend the meeting. lie
wrote -


heartily sympathize in the movement and were
i IN town al the time would certainly attend.
Faithfully yours, SHAFrESBURY.
The President Lord Ebury, then said he wished
TO explain that they met tonight to hear the dele
gates recently returned from New York give an
account of the proceedings at the recent confer
ence in that city. The conference was attended by
clergymen OF all the Protestant denominations IN
this country, among them the Dean OF Canterbury;
and the fact that this gentleman had IN New York
taken part in the service Of the Holy Sacrament
according TO the Presbyterian rite had given
great umbrage TO many people here. Those who
had protested against his action had In reality also





try. He had the strongest feeling with regard to


THE CONDUCT or THE ALLIANCE


in endeayoring to combat evil and superstition
and there was no better way OF doing so than by
working towards the iullness OF Christian unity.
The Rev. Dallas MarsJon. NJ. A., said he had been
asked TO give some account OF the recent great
gathering in the city OF New York. When in that
city he had made the remark that it would
be difficult to make people in England believe all
that was being done for them. There had been a
profusion OF everything that was good. lie only
knew OF one or two little things in the whole
course OF the 10 or 10 days of the gathering
which showed anything like jarring OF the univer-
sal good feeling. One day they discussed the es-
Establishment OF religions or the connection between
Christianity and the state Of politics. ana it was
only natural that there should have been little
crush there. (Laughter). For some people
thought an establishment was good thing and
others considered it to be a bad thing. Cheers.
But so great and persistent was the current
OF Christian feeling, so decided was the feeling
OF Christian union, so determined was the
love evidently shed abroad in their hearts, that
the little crush passed away and seemed to be for
gotten almost as soon as it had happened. At the
conference there great profusion OF spiritual
power, and the amount OF tins was particularly
shown at the close OF the affair by the Rev. DR..
Adams OF New York.


PRESBYTERIAN


who said ne believed the conference itself had been
. grand result; that they were not to look 10 the
future and wonder what would become OF it. but
OF what good had been doing during those 10 days.
The first time that he and his wife visited Switzer-
land they were gazing at an apparent bank OF clouds
srd asking each other when they saw the snow
capped mountains; and it afterwards turned out
that what they had taken for bank OF clouds proved
80 be the very snow-capped mountains themselves
so, in a similar manner, they ought not to look
Into the future, but around them, at the days
JUST elapsed, and TO lift their hearts to Cod The
spirit OF life was in the midst OF the gathering
making it alive in the highest life and true heavenly
vigor. One morning, when the subject OF Chris
tian communion was before them, there was upon
the platform n converted Hindoo and colored
Methodist. This


BLACK MAN


was asked to lead them in prayer. and in the
course Of the prayer he thanked God that whereas
there had once been scattering abroad OF all the
natives when the descendants OF Noah had been
spread over the earth, now, upon the same plat
form, there stood the son OF Ham, thesson OF Shem
and the son Of Japhetn all side by side, the repre-
sentatives OF the three great human families.
4 tCheers) That in itself proof OF the spirit
ual life in the midst OF them. There IS great
profqsspn Of intellectual power. He could hardly
remembef single person OF any consequence
who did not show ecfdeGjntellectual ability Then.
again, there was very great 2iusion Of Christian
lQYo, Courtesy and hospitality.


DR. ADAMS


rave them formal address or welcome, full OF
~iove and intellectual power After the Doctor had
told them that he would never forget this first
great gathering in the hall OF the Young
Mems Christian Association, and it did him
good to see that a Christian assembly
could really be a happy assembly tnat there
were no long faces 10 be seen, he said, in
continuatlon-You, Englishmen especially, would
say with almost English hearts, welcome to
our homes, to our churches, to our city. Great
cheering) During the fortnight there was not one
single thing that could be done or thought OF to
show hospitality, Christian affection and regard,
that was not done in their behalf Then there was
a proiusion OF Christian enthusiasm, day after
day, during the Conference in New York. The en-
thusasm went on increasing. II seemed as II they
had only TO open any number or buildings for them
to be Immediately filed. On the first morning OF
the Conference just as they we're about to begin,
IL was animated tnat crowds were at the doors
who could not get in. minister on the platform
at once said they might organize a meeting in his
church, and that his building would be opened in
ave minutes. Thus the matter was managed In


THE AMERICAN FASHION,
, and the speakers, soon as they had addressed
one meeting, fastened to address the other 1t
~ one OF the most wondrous sights ever wit


ed in this world 1t was supposed that 200


le heard the farewell address Sunday


and that there were hundreds and hun


Is besides who could not get into any one OF
five meetings that were held 1t seemed to
ham while he was speaking that the audience were
jost In the condition that for word they would
I've burst out laughing or for word they would
I've broken out into tears, they were 50 wound
II to the highest pitch OF enthusiasm. They that
\ hight felt 1t was, indeed, hard to part


- parting is such sweet sorrow,


That shall say good night, I'LL II be morrow.


The Very Reverend Dean OF Canterbury pro.