ALLIANCE, EVANGELICAL. 



ALMONTE, JUAN N. 



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publican, a paper owned and sustained by his 

 friend Charles Francis Adams. In 1858, he 

 was appointed Chief Justice of the Superior 

 Court of Suffolk County, and, on the abolition 

 of that court in 1859, he was appointed Chief 

 Justice of the Superior Court of the State, 

 which office he held until 1867, when he re- 

 signed in consequence of his age. He was a 

 delegate to the Peace Congress of 1861, but 

 maintained there a firm and statesmanlike posi- 

 tion. Judge Allen received the honorary de- 

 gree of LL. D. from Yale College in 1836, and 

 from Harvard in 1863. His decisions in the 

 Superior Court were regarded as very able, 

 and as evincing his profound legal knowledge. 

 In private life he was highly esteemed. 



ALLIANCE, EVANGELICAL. The meeting 

 of the Evangelical Alliance, for holding which 

 in New York, in 1869, arrangements had been 

 made, has been postponed to 1870, for rea- 

 sons which were explained by Dr. Schaff, at a 

 meeting of the American Branch of the Alliance 

 held in New York, on the 4th of November. 

 Dr. Schaff had just returned from a visit to 

 Europe, where his mission had been to consult 

 upon the holding of the proposed meeting. At 

 the meeting of the British Branch of the Alli- 

 ance held on the 6th of May, the subject of the 

 contemplated meeting was a prominent topic. 

 Serious difficulties concerning the expense of 

 the conference had arisen in the course of cor- 

 respondence between the American committee 

 and the British council. These difficulties were 

 entirely removed after a full and frank discus- 

 sion, and terms of satisfactory cooperation on 

 a fraternal basis of perfect equality were unani- 

 mously agreed upon. The programme for the 

 meeting is drawn up on the basis prepared by 

 the New York Executive Committee, but is 

 considerably changed, in conformity to the 

 wishes of the English and Continental brethren. 

 It embraces the leading religious questions of 

 the age, such as Christian unity and coopera- 

 tion, Christianity and its antagonists, Protes- 

 tanism and Eoman Catholicism, Christianity 

 and civil government, Christian union and 

 Christian life, foreign and domestic missions, 

 Christianity and social evils ; also reports on 

 the Society of Protestant Christendom by the 

 delegates. 



The Congregational Union of England and 

 "Wales, which Dr. Schaff subsequently attended, 

 passed unanimously a resolution in reference 

 to the meeting, expressing the hope that they 

 might send a delegate, and desiring that events 

 might continue to favor its arrangements, and 

 that the Divine blessing may crown its accom- 

 plishment. Dr. Schaff also attended the two 

 General Assemblies of the Established and of 

 the Free Churches of Scotland, and a number 

 of meetings specially held for the objects of 

 the Alliance, all of which returned a unanimous 

 response to the invitation. The Archbishop of 

 Canterbury would not commit himself, but ex- 

 pressed himself very happy to correspond on 

 the subject. The Dean of Canterbury is to 



prepare a paper, and, from the position of the 

 Church of England, extend the hand of brother- 

 hood to all evangelical nations. Several emi- 

 nent Evangelical clergymen of England have 

 promised to attend, and " in Germany, France, 

 Holland, and Switzerland," said Dr. Schaff, 

 "the subject has been greatly agitated, and 

 they have promised us their best men, who 

 have truly a representative name and char- 

 acter. The conditions and the circumstances 

 are very favorable. I am confident that, if a 

 meeting had been held this year, it would have 

 been a failure." After hearing the remarks of 

 Dr. Schaff, the New York meeting adopted the 

 following resolutions : 



Resolved, That we have listened with feelings of 

 lively interest and grateful satisfaction to the report 

 of Key. Dr. Schaff, and, while gladly welcoming home 

 the distinguished representative of the American 

 Branch of the Evangelical Alliance, beg to exchange 

 with him our warm congratulations upon the success- 

 ful issue of his mission, and thank him for the im- 

 portant and efficient service he has rendered. 



Resolved, That as we heartily approve, so we are 

 prepared to second, with Christian zeal, the steps 

 which have been taken in furtherance of our cher- 

 ished purpose, and, as we believe, the general desire, 

 to hold a Conference of the Evangelical Alliance in 

 the United States ; and, therefore, be it further 



Resolved, That we hereby extend a whole-hearted 

 American invitation and welcome to the several 

 branches of the Evangelical Alliance in the various 

 parts of Christendom, to meet in General Conference 

 in the city of New York, at a date hereafter to be 

 agreed upon, during the autumn of the year 1870. 



Resolved, That we are eminently gratified to learn, 

 by the report of Eev. Dr. Schaff, that the preliminary 

 invitation of the American Branch, conveyed through 

 him. to our brethren in Europe, has been so kindly 

 received that we have already good reason to expect 

 the attendance of a number of distinguished dele- 

 gates, and that we have pleasing encouragement to 

 anticipate a large representation from Great Britain 

 and the Continent. 



Resolved, That, in offering to our brethren abroad 

 the hospitalities of New York, we propose, under 

 God, more than open doors and hearts full of wel- 

 come, looking forward as we do to such communion 

 in Christ, and such " sweet counsel together" touch- 

 ing the interests of His Kingdom, as shall bring down 

 upon our churches and the world we seek to evan- 

 gelize a fresh baptism of blessing, and help us all, who 

 now labor in Christian unity and spiritual fellowship, 

 to the achievement, through Christ, of a heavenly 

 fellowship when labor shall cease and love be in- 

 throned forever. 



ALMONTE, JUAN N., a distinguished Mexi- 

 can general, statesman, and diplomatist, born 

 about the year 1812 ; died in Paris, March 22, 

 1869. He was the reputed son of the priest 

 Morelos, the famous -partisan chief, who was 

 shot in 1813. His youth was spent in the 

 United States, where he managed, by the en- 

 ergy of his character, to support himself while 

 obtaining an education. Returning to his 

 native land, he entered upon a military career, 

 and was chosen by Santa Anna one of his aides- 

 de-camp, in which capacity he served in the 

 Texas campaign against General Houston, being 

 made prisoner with his chief at the battle of 

 San Jacinto. On regaining his liberty he was 

 made Secretary of State, and was subsequently 

 appointed minister plenipotentiary at Wash- 



