EVANGELICAL ALLIA 



of Art to Church-Worship," by thoRov. Donald 

 r, I. I >.; ..a -Tin- Hymns of the Church, 

 :nl of Unity," by the llev. John Latham, 

 f Halifax; and on "Confessions of Fait li, t lieu- 

 Use and Abuse," by the Rev. Prof. MacKnight, 

 of Halifax. In the evening u reception was 

 held in the Convocation Hall of Mi < Jill College. 

 Addresses were made by Principal Dawson, of 

 .Mc'Cill College; the Rev. Dr. McCosh, Pn>i- 

 dfiit of Princeton College, N. J. ; Prof. Daniel 

 M, LI.. I)., of Toronto University; the 

 ' ':-. 1 thick, of Inverness, Scotland; and 

 il remarks were made by other persons. 

 Sunday, October 4th, a united communion 

 M r\ ice was also held in the afternoon at St. 

 Paul's Church. The Anglican Church, the 

 Church of Scotland, the Canadian Presby- 

 K'rian Church, the Free Church of Scotland, 

 the Wesleyan Methodist Church, the English 

 . -ti-rian Church, the Presbyterian Church 

 in the United States of America, and the Con- 

 gregational and the Baptist Churches, were 

 represented by ministers or laymen partici- 

 pating in the services. 



Mass-meetings were held during a part of 

 the day at several churches. One at the First 

 Baptist Church was addressed by the Rev. Dr. 

 Cramp, of Wolfville, N. S., the Earl of Cavan, 

 and Mr. II. Thane Miller. At the St. James 

 Wesleyan Church, the Rev. Dr. Dabney and 

 the Rev. Dr. Fraser spoke. The Rev. Dr. 

 McCosh, Major-General Burroughs, and the 

 Rev. Dr. Black, of Inverness, addressed a 

 meeting at the Zion Church. At a meeting in 

 the Erskine Church addresses were delivered 

 by the Rev. Dr. Bliss, President of the Syrian 

 Protestant College, and ex-Governor Wilmot, 

 of New Brunswick. At a meeting in the La- 

 gauchetierre Street Wesleyan Church, the 

 speakers were the Rev. Mr. Wilson, the Rev. 

 Mr. McEwen, and the Rev. Mr. Grant. Ad- 

 dress'es were made before a meeting in the 

 Ottawa Street Wesleyan Church by the Rev. 

 James Bennett, of St. John, N. B., the Rev. 

 D. M. Gordon, D.'D., of Ottawa, and the Rev. 

 Mr. Patterson, of Nova Scotia. Another 

 meeting was held at the Cote Street Canada 

 Presbyterian Church, where Mr. Gibson made 

 an address on the subject of "Spiritual Life," 

 and was followed in addresses by Mr. Henry 

 Varley and Prof. Wilson. A meeting of the 

 French-speaking delegates to the conference 

 was held Sunday evening in the French Prot- 

 testant Church, Monday, October 5th ; several 

 papers were read which had been assigned to 

 Saturday, but had not been reached on that 

 day. They were : " The Church of Canada 

 can such a Thing be? "by the Rev. G. M. 

 Grant, M. A., of Halifax; "The Teaching of 

 our Lord regarding the Sabbath and its Bear- 

 ing on Christian Work," by the Rev. George 

 Patterson, of Pictou, N. S. ; " Reasons why 

 the Distinctive Principles of Protestantism 

 should be inculcated," by the Rev. Dr. Cramp, 

 of Wolfville, N. S. ; " Ultramontanism," by the 

 Rev. C. Chapman ; and *' French Canadian 



Missions," by Mr. James Court. An address 

 was also made by the Earl of Cavan. 



A mass-meeting was held in the evening of 

 this day at the St. James Street Wehk-yan 

 Church; addresses were here delivered on 

 "Sunday-school Work," by the Rev. J. 11 

 Vincent. D. D., of New York; on "Spiritual 

 Life what is it? " by Mr. Henry Varley; and 

 on "God's Work in Scotland during the l.a-t 

 Twelve Months," by the Rev. Dr. Black, of 

 Inverness, Scotland. 



A meeting of the French-speaking branch 

 of the Alliance was held at Association Hall 

 on this day (Monday, October 5th). The 

 Rev. J. G. Tanner presided. The following 

 papers were road : " On the French Evangeli- 

 cal Schools of Lower Canada in 1874," by the 

 Rev. Charles Roux ; " French Missions among 

 the Roman Catholics of Canada," by the Rev. 

 T. Lafleur ; and on " Evangelical Missions 

 among the French Canadians," by the Rev. C. 

 Doudiet. At a public meeting held in con- 

 nection with the French branch, the Rev. Mr. 

 Tanner made an address on the objects of the 

 Alliance, and a general discussion took place, 

 in the course of which the Rev. R. P. Dn- 

 clos, of St. Hyacinthe, Pastor Vernon, Prof. 

 Coussinet, the Rev. M. Cote 1 , Pastor Lafleur, 

 and Pastor Doudiet, spoke. 



The general subject of "Science, Philos- 

 ophy, and Literature, in Relation to Christi- 

 anity," was assigned for Tuesday, October 6th. 

 The discussion was opened by the Rev. Dr. 

 James McCosh, of Princeton, N. J., with a 

 paper on " Grand Truths in Nature, overlooked 

 by Prof. Tyndall." Other papers were read 

 in the morning session, on " Modern Philosophy 

 in Relation to Christianity," by Prof. J. C. 

 Murphy, LL. D., of McGill College, Montreal ; 

 and on " Evangelical Rationalism," by the 

 Rev. J. M. Gibson, of Chicago. 



In the afternoon the sessions of the confer- 

 ence were held in two sections The first sec- 

 tion met in St. Andrew's Church. Papers were 

 read on "French Canadian Missions," by the 

 Rev. Theodore Lafleur ; on " An Investigation 

 of the Relations of the Comparative Study 

 of Religions to Christianity," by Prof. Camp- 

 bell; on " Efforts to meet Skepticism and In- 

 fidelity," by Major-Generol Burroughs, and on 

 "Inspiration," by the Rev. Principal Mac- 

 Vicar, LL. D. 



The second section met in the First Baptist 

 Church. Papers were read on " Creation and De- 

 velopment," by the Rev. James Bennett, of St. 

 John, N. B. ; on " The Attitude of Religion tow- 

 ard Science," by Prof. Daniel Wilson, LL. D., 

 of the University of Toronto ; on " Modern 

 Christianity, from the Stand-point of Modern 

 Science," by Principal J. W. Dawson, LL. D., 

 of McGill College; and on "Modern Litera- 

 ture in its Relation to Christianity," by Presi- 

 dent Noah Porter, of Yale College, New Haven, 

 Conn. 



After the reading of the papers was con- 

 cluded, a business meeting was held. The 



